Initial Professional Development (IPD)

Your journey with IOSH starts hereYour paths to career progression and success:

Affiliate Student

Membership

Associate Membership(AIOSH)

Technical Membership(Tech IOSH)

Graduate Membership(Grad IOSH)

Chartered Fellow

(CFIOSH)

CharteredMember

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Initial Professional Development (IPD)Route to Chartered status

⁃ Increase your credibility within your organisation

⁃ Improve your ability to influence decision-makers

⁃ Work on an equal footing with other professionals

⁃ Improve your future employability

Why become a Chartered member?IOSH is the Chartered body for health and safety professionals

How you can benefit from being a member:

The aim is for you to demonstrate:- your competence- your knowledge- your skills- your experience

There are two IPD assessment processes:- Electronic skills development portfolio

– practical assessment process- Electronic open assessment exam

– theory-based assessment process

What is IPD?Initial Professional Development (IPD) is an assessment process that graduate members follow in order to become a Chartered member.

Three main routes to Chartered status

Skills Development Portfolio (SDP)

CPD Audit

Peer Review Interview (PRI)

Chartered Membership (CMIOSH)

IPD processElectronic skills development portfolio

⁃ Evidence-based assessment process⁃ Produced online via MyIOSH – MyIPD⁃ Choose seven criteria from

the five elements⁃ Upload evidence of work

completed electronically⁃ Evidence can be no older

than two years⁃ It takes two to three weeks

for a criterion to be assessed

The exam runs nine times a year

⁃ It is open for 14 days

⁃ You have seven days to complete it

Two parts to the exam:

⁃ Part A – 48 multiple-choice questions –three hours

⁃ Part B – two scenario-based questions, 700 words per question – seven days

The exam results:

⁃ Part A – instant

⁃ Part B – 21 days

IPD processElectronic open assessment exam

CPD audit

⁃ What happens next?

⁃ Why do we need to audit your CPD?

Please ensure the following:

⁃ Your development plan is being reviewed and updated every six months

⁃ Activities are added on a regular basis – at least six activities a year

⁃ Each activity added has clear reflective statements

Final stages to becoming a Chartered member

Peer Review Interview (PRI)

⁃ Scheduled at various locations ⁃ Video conference option

for members outside the UK⁃ £80 fee for PRI at The Grange

£95 fee for external venue⁃ PowerPoint presentation

– 10 minutes.

PRI locationsPeer Review Interview venues

⁃ Bristol⁃ Edinburgh⁃ Glasgow⁃ Leeds⁃ Leicester – IOSH HQ⁃ London⁃ Manchester⁃ Newcastle⁃ Cardiff

⁃ Hong Kong⁃ Ireland (Dublin)⁃ Middle East (Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Doha)

Video conference for all other countries

PRI hints and tips

⁃ Provide a presentation

⁃ Familiarise yourself with your IPD assessment

⁃ Ensure you know the four keys areas of the IOSH Code of conduct

⁃ Be aware of the importance of your CPD

⁃ Remember this is your interview: use “I”, not “we”

⁃ Core questions are not available before the interview

⁃ No notes are permitted during the interview

The Peer Review Interview

Interview day

⁃ Arrive early – at least 20 minutes before start time

⁃ Interview by a panel of CMIOSH/CFIOSH volunteers

⁃ Interview lasts 45–60 minutes

⁃ Outcome within 21 days

⁃ If successful, transfer to CMIOSH

⁃ If unsuccessful, feedback is provided and re-interview MAY be required

Come to the PRI Q&A session at 14.15

⁃ To register, call our customer servicecentre on +44 (0) 116 257 3198

⁃ The cost to register is £160.00

⁃ It takes two years to complete the assessment process (does not include CPD audit or PRI)

⁃ 24 hours to activate your IPD record

⁃ We send a welcome email within two hours

⁃ Guidance document available when you have registered

How do I get started?Initial Professional Development

Any questions?

Contact the Customer Service Centre:Call +44 (0)116 257 3198 or email csc@iosh.com