Becoming a Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner is good for your own career and good for the profession.
Chartered status is a quality standard for EHPs. Those who have achieved it are seen as exemplars and ambassadors for the environmental health profession.
The gateway to Chartered status is the Assessment of Professional Development (APD). This tests the key skills and competencies needed to work as an EHP, and serves as a verification of a member’s professional development.
Members with Chartered status are required to do 30 hours of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) rather than 20, and to submit an annual CPD declaration.
Chartered status is not for everyone, but if you are able to ‘go the extra mile’ and achieve it, your efforts will be very worthwhile.
Applying for Chartered Status
There is currently no fee for applying for Chartered Status.
You will need:
- 5 years of work experience as a qualified EHP
- 3 years of Graduate and/or Voting Membership of the CIEH
Either:
a) To have passed APD parts one and two; or
b) To have passed APC more than 12 months ago.
- 60 hours of compliant CPD records from within the last 3 years.
Full details of the requirements as well as some guidance on applying are included in the Chartered Status Regulations.
Notice for members with Chartered status
All Chartered Environmental Health Practitioners must sign an annual declaration form confirming they have met their CPD requirements. The CIEH sends this declaration form to all members with Chartered status in late December or early January each year.
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