Initial Professional Development (IPD) Your journey with IOSH starts - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Initial Professional Development (IPD) Your journey with IOSH starts - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Initial Professional Development (IPD) Your journey with IOSH starts here Your paths to career progression and success: Assessment of qualifications and experience Associate Membership (AIOSH) Chartered Fellow (CFIOSH) Technical Membership
Your journey with IOSH starts here
Your paths to career progression and success:
Affiliate Student Membership
Associate Membership (AIOSH) Technical Membership (Tech IOSH)
Graduate Membership (Grad IOSH) Chartered Fellow (CFIOSH)
Chartered Member (CMIOSH)
Assessment of qualifications and experience
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 process
Electronic 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 process
Electronic 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 locations
Peer 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
- f 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 service
centre 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