Chartered Water and Environment Manager

Regulators: Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
Nations: United Kingdom
Sectors: Construction and engineering

Science

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Regulatory or professional bodies

Chartered body

Regulatory authority: Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
Address: 106-109 Saffron Hill
London
EC1N 8QS
Email address: membership@ciwem.org
Website: https://www.ciwem.org
Phone number: +44 (0)2078 313 110

Regulation

Regulation summary

Water and Environmental Management is the application of works and services designed to further the beneficial management, conservation, knowledge and improvement of the environment, in particular in relation to: (a) sustainable development and integrated environmental management; (b) resource protection, development, use, sustainability and conservation; (c) integrated pollution control; (d) public health, water and sanitation services; (e) flood and coastal risk management; and (f ) associated recreation, amenity, conservation and ecology activities.

Admission to the Register of Chartered Water and Environmental Managers shall be open to Voting members of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management who satisfy such additional conditions as the Institution may prescribe, and by licence those who are not members of the Institution, according to criteria agreed and published in its Regulations from time to time by the Institution. Those who are entered onto the Register shall satisfy the Institution in respect of their current active status, their qualifications and experience and their willingness to abide by the code of professional conduct including the regular undertaking of mandatory continuing professional development. Registrants may describe themselves as the Institution provides in its Charter.

Regulation type

Accreditation

Reserved activities

None - restrictions apply to use of title only

Protected titles

Chartered Water and Environmental Manager (C.WEM)

More about regulated activities and titles: https://www.ciwem.org/membership/chartered-member

Qualifications and experience

New professionals

Routes to qualification

To qualify for Chartered membership you will need an Honour's degree (or equivalent). You will also need a sufficient amount of industry experience. There is no defined minimum amount of time over which this can be attained, but typically professionals with less than five years' experience are unlikely to have attained the necessary levels of experience. Using the experience that you have accumulated throughout your career you will need to demonstrate 14 mandatory competences.

In addition to holding exemplifying qualifications to demonstrate the knowledge and understanding elements of professional competence, there are other ways you can demonstrate the necessary knowledge and understanding for progression to chartership. The C.WEM Work Based Learning Route provides a means of enabling very experienced applicants who lack the exemplifying academic qualifications to demonstrate the knowledge and understanding which they have acquired through their working experience.

More about qualification

https://www.ciwem.org/membership/how-to-become-a-cwem

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: For individuals with qualifications gained outside of the UK no specific approvals to qualifications is required, if qualifications are at the equivalent to a UK Honours degree they will be accepted through the standard application route to Chartership (C.WEM). For individuals without academic equivalence application can be made through the CIWEM Work Based Learning route.

Registration

Registration requirements

Individuals are required to apply through The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM).

When you apply for membership at CIWEM, providing you are applying for the appropriate membership grade and have the appropriate academic qualifications and experience, you also can register for additional professional registrations with the Engineering Council, the Society for the Environment, and the Science Council. This can be done in the same application.

• Alongside a Member (MCIWEM) application, you can apply for the Registered Environmental Practitioner (REnvP) qualification.
• Alongside a Technician (TechCIWEM) application, you can apply for the Engineering Technician (EngTech) qualification.
• Alongside a Chartered Member (MCIWEM C.WEM) application, you can apply for the Chartered Scientist (CSci), Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv), Chartered Engineer (CEng), Incorporated Engineer (IEng) or Engineering Technician (EngTech) qualifications.

Applications are made through MyCIWEM, during the application process you will be asked which additional professional registrations you would like to apply for, once selected you will be asked to complete the relevant mandatory competencies for each registration. An application fee is payable upon submission for non-members.

All Chartered members are required to keep a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) record. The minimum amount of CPD activity required by CIWEM is ninety hours, over a three year rolling period. This flexible approach means that a member’s CPD can take account of how they work, and they can plan their CPD activities to address their changing needs. In addition to factual details, such as time spent and content of specific activities, CPD records must also contain planning and objectives together with constructive assessment and reflection of the personal professional development benefits gained from each activity, this should include details of how the CPD benefits the quality of an individuals practice and the users of their work. An annual CPD audit takes place annually. Each year, a randomly selected sample of professionally active members are contact via email and requested to submit their CPD records.

CIWEM’s subscription year runs from January to December. In accordance with CIWEM Regulations membership subscription are due for payment by the 01 January annually.

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