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Your membership, your way
Your IES membership can help transform your career or adapt to suit your needs. By moving through the membership grades, adding Chartered status or applying to be on specialist registers, or joining one of our communities, you can tailor your membership to reflect your skills and experience.
Signal to your current or potential employer that your talents are recognised by the leading professional body for environmental sciences.
Chartered Scientist
Add the CSci designation to your membership, demonstrating your high level of competence and professionalism in science.
Chartered Environmentalist
Add the CEnv designation to your membership, demonstrating your high level of competence and professionalism in sustainability.
How do our Charterships compare?
Whilst the IES does not view its two Charterships in a hierarchical way and does not promote one above the other, we appreciate that time and financial restriction can lead our members to having to chose between the two. We therefore have provided the following table for members to compare the merits of the two designations.
| Factors | CEnv | CSci |
|---|---|---|
| Emphasis | Sustainability | Science |
| Skills & knowledge covered | Sustainability, problem analysis, methodology application, horizon scanning, influencing, leadership & management, communication, stakeholder management, ethics and CPD | Methodology application, communication, project management, teamwork, influencing, CPD and ethics |
| Number Registered | 8,000 | 8,700 |
| CPD | Annual submission | Annual submission |
| Application cost | £336 / £499 | £139 / £399 |
| Annual cost | £63 | £77 |
| Mandatory interview | Yes | No |
| Workshop | CEnv in a Day | CSci Accelerated |
| Code of ethics | Yes | Yes |
| Competencies | 11 | 15 |
| Registration Authority | SocEnv | Science Council |
| Established | 2004 | 2004 |
| Required grade | Member or Fellow | Member or Fellow |
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The IES offers professional registers that suit your level of expertise and field.
Registered Environmental Practitioner
For early career professionals to demonstrate they develop and advocate good environmental practices
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Registered Environmental Technician
Denotes professional attainment and expertise for technicians working within the environment
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SiLC
For practitioners working in the assessment and management of land and brownfield regeneration
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If you are an Associate or Full Member, you can upgrade your membership to the next tier when you have reached the right amount of experience
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