Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Specialist
- Regulators
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- Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors
- Nations
- United Kingdom
- Sectors
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- Other
Regulatory or professional bodies
Chartered body
- Regulatory authority
- Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors
- Address
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7 The Courtyard
Wootton Park
Wootton Wawen
Warwickshire
B95 6HJ - Email address
- ciehf@ergonomics.org.uk
- Website
- https://ergonomics.org.uk/
- Phone number
- +44 (0)7736 893350
Regulation
Regulation summary
Ergonomics & human factors is a scientific discipline and evidence-based profession open to anyone with relevant qualifications and experience. It's aim is to make life safer, more comfortable and more productive whilst ensuring human capabilities and limitations are taken into account. Chartered status is gained through peer-reviewed application and demonstration of continuous professional development following a robust accreditation process.
Regulation type
Reserved activities
None - restrictions apply to use of title only
Protected titles
Chartered Ergonomist & Human Factors Specialist, C.ErgHF
- More about regulated activities and titles
- https://ergonomics.org.uk/accreditation/chartership.html
Qualifications and experience
New professionals
- Routes to qualification
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You can get accredited with a relevant undergraduate or postgraduate degree plus a minimum of three years' experience in the further research or practice of human factors. Undergraduate degrees could be in human factors or any applied discipline which could include psychology, design or engineering for example.
- More about qualification
- https://ergonomics.org.uk/membership/registered-membership.html
Professionals from outside the UK
- Recognition for professionals outside the UK
- All - there are routes to recognition for professionals from all countries
- Summary of routes
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The route to membership if you're based outside the UK is the same as UK-based professionals with a relevant degree and a minimum of three years' experience in research or practice of human factors.
Registration
- Registration requirements
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To maintain Chartered status once it's been gained, CPD needs to be carried out and recorded each year.
Legislation
- Title of relevant act or charter
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Royal Charter
- Website link to legislation
- https://ergonomics.org.uk/asset/4A5B74CA-D1E3-4DAB-B4AF2A7BA5896F1C/