Membership Webinars

CIWEM offers the widest range of charterships and technical membership grades of any professional institute in the water and environment sector, reflecting our engagement with the widest spectrum of environmental issues. Our webinar programme provides additional support with your application and ongoing maintenance of your membership.

Webinar Recordings

Becoming a CIWEM Member Part I: Pre-Chartered Grades | CIWEM Membership Webinar

This webinar provides support and guidance for those early in their career or new to the industry find the right grade, hear more about getting actively involved with CIWEM and how you can support your professional development so when you're ready you can become professionally qualified.


This webinar was recorded on 19 August, 2021.


Becoming a CIWEM Member Part II: Chartership and beyond | CIWEM Membership Webinar

This webinar will support those looking to achieve professional registration with CIWEM (C.WEM, CEng, CSci, CEnv and FCIWEM), whether you are ready to apply or planning your professional development, join us to learn about the application process, mandatory competences and professional review interview, and ensure you have all the information you need to apply.


This webinar was recorded on 29 July, 2021.


Becoming a CIWEM member: Ask a Professional Review Interviewer

This webinar will support those looking to achieve Chartered status with CIWEM (C.WEM, CEng, CEnv and CSci) whether you are ready to apply or planning your professional development, join us to learn about the process, how to prepare and what to expect, with insights and top tips directly from a CIWEM application assessor and interviewer.


This webinar was recorded on 28 September, 2021.


Continuing Professional Development

Terry Fuller (CIWEM Chief Executive) and Darren Eckford (CIWEM Head of Learning and Development) guide the audience through the criteria for satisfying the CIWEM Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements for Chartered and Technician grades of membership in addition to providing an insight the role of CPD has played in their careers and tips they have learned along the way.


This webinar was recorded on 07 May, 2020.


CPD, made simple.

This short webinar will help make recording and managing your CPD, simple. Get helpful tips and advice from 2 of CIWEM's Chartered assessors on best practice for CPD, do's and dont's and perspective on how they manage their own CPD records.


Why I became a CIWEM Fellow

Whether you are ready to apply for Fellowship today or looking to do so in the future then join us to hear the experiences, career journeys and key learning points from Niki Roach, CIWEM President Elect, Hannah Coogan, Chair CIWEM West Midlands Branch, Oliver Grievson, CIWEM Professional Standards Committee, and Dr Judith Brammer, former CIWEM North West and North Wales Branch committee member.


This webinar was recorded on 25 June, 2020.


Becoming a TechCIWEM Member | CIWEM Membership Webinar

This webinar, with CIWEM TechCIWEM lead Oliver Grievson, will support those looking to join as a Technical Member (TechCIWEM and EngTech), whether you are ready to apply or planning your professional development, join us to learn about the application process, mandatory competences and professional review interview, and ensure you have all the information you need to apply.


This webinar was recorded on 18 February, 2022.


Registering as an Environmental Professional | CEnv and REnvP

This webinar is an opportunity to find out more about the benefits of becoming a Chartered Environmentalist or Registered Environmental Practitioner with CIWEM whether you are ready to apply or planning your professional development, join us to learn about the application process, mandatory competences and professional review interview, and ensure you have all the information you need to apply.


This webinar was recrded on 29 September, 2021.


Becoming a CEng, IEng or EngTech

Professional engineering registration provides a benchmark through which the public, employers and their clients can have confidence and trust that registered engineers and technicians have met globally recognised professional standards. The webinar will guide you through the requrements, process and provide tips from those you have done it themselves. Hear from Clare Mills C.WEM CEng CEnv, Associate Director at Jacobs and CIWEM Professional Standards Committee member, Geraldine Angus C.WEM CEng, Operations Manager at Sweco and Peter O'Flaherty C.WEM IEng CSci, Associate Director at Waterman Group.


This webinar was record on 05 November, 2020.


CIWEM Chartership weekly breakfast webinar series Part 1 | A1: Knowledge of wider environmental issues and trends

Presenter: Jack Southon, Associate Consultant, Environment, Capita


This webinar was recorded on 22nd April, 2020.


CIWEM Chartership weekly breakfast webinar series Part 2 | A2: Ability to develop strategies or plans to address changes in your sector

Presenter: Katherine Woollard, Water Resources Management Plan Specialist, Thames Water

This webinar was recorded on 29th April 2020.


CIWEM Chartership weekly breakfast webinar series Part 3 | B1: Ability to analyse and evaluate environmental and/or water problems

Presenter: Iain Stevenson, Strategic Network Specialist, Thames Water

This webinar was recorded on 6th of May 2020.


CIWEM Chartership weekly breakfast webinar series Part 4 | B2: Ability to solve problems by identifying, developing and evaluating options

Presenter: Katherine Woollard | Water Resources Management Plan Specialist, Thames Water


This webinar was recorded on 13th of May 2020.


CIWEM Chartership weekly breakfast webinar series Part 5 | B3: Ability to initiate, implement and manage change

Presenter: Jack Southon Associate Consultant, Environment. Capita


This webinar was recorded on 20th of May 2020.


CIWEM Chartership weekly breakfast webinar series Part 6 | B4: Ability to plan and implement solutions and monitor their continuing performance

Presenter: Iain Stevenson Strategic Network Specialist. Thames Water

This webinar was recorded on 27th of May 2020.


CIWEM Chartership weekly breakfast webinar series Part 7 | C1: Ability to manage resources effectively and efficiently

Presenter: Jack Southon Associate Consultant, Environment, Capita


This webinar was recorded on 3rd of June 2020.


CIWEM Chartership weekly breakfast webinar series Part 8 | C2: Understanding, promotion and application of Health and Safety (H&S)

Presenter: Iain Stevenson, Strategic Network Specialist, Thames Water


This webinar was recorded on 10th of June 2020.


CIWEM Chartership weekly breakfast webinar series Part 9 | C3: Your contribution to sustainability

Presenter: Katherine Woollard, Water Resources Management Plan Specialist, Thames Water

This webinar was recorded on 17th of June 2020.


CIWEM Chartership weekly breakfast webinar series Part 10 | C4: Understanding, promotion and application of quality enhancement and quality assurance

Presenter: Jack Southon Associate Consultant, Environment, Capita


This webinar was recorded on 24th of June 2020.


CIWEM Chartership weekly breakfast webinar series Part 11 | D2: Work professionally, ethically and comply with relevant codes of conduct

Presenter: Iain Stevenson, Strategic Network Specialist, Thames Water

This webinar was recorded on 1st of July 2020.


CIWEM Chartership weekly breakfast webinar series Part 12 | E1: Demonstrate continuing professional development

Presenter: Katherine Woollard, Water Resources Management Plan Specialist, Thames Water

This webinar was recorded on 8th of July 2020.


External Resources

The Society for the Environment run a free webinar series and episodes are available for all to attend, last for a maximum of one hour and use a simple platform for you to watch and engage with the speakers. Ideal for lunchtime learning for those in the UK or similar time zones.

Find these here.

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The Engineering Council have a variety of video resources available on their YouTube channel covering the benefits of professional registration, CPD, and more.

Find these here.

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