CIOB Membership For Experienced Professionals

 CIOB welcomes experienced professionals with open arms for membership. Attaining this membership brings with it countless benefits. So, let’s know more about this membership.

CIOB Membership:

Joining CIOB will take your career to the next level. Chartered Membership will allow you to enjoy the right to add MCIOB after your name. This designation has global recognition from employers and organizations.

You will be able to call yourself a Chartered Construction Manager or Chartered Builder. By doing that, clients and your workmates will your competency and dedication to the industry and recognize that your skills fulfill the highest international standards. In addition, you will also have access to a range of services and benefits that will be very beneficial for you. Let’s know these benefits:

Benefits of CIOB membership:

·        Competitions and industry-leading publications

·        More than 500 annual events worldwide

·        Be a part of the biggest professional construction management community globally

·        Stay at the cutting edge of the industry with CIOB’s learning resources

·        MCIOB is equivalent to a British Bachelor's Degree, and FCIOB is equivalent to a Master's Degree

Qualified & Experienced Practitioner Pathway (Industry Pathway

£398):

If having a Bachelor’s Degree (or comparable qualification) and proof of solid professional construction management experience, this pathway is the best one for you, as it will you reach Chartered Membership. This pathway gives tailored support from the CIOB to help you complete CIOB Professional Review.

A typical cost to Chartership using this pathway, over four to six months, is £663, including all relevant assessment and membership fees.

CIOB Fellowship pathway:

When you have attained Chartered Membership, you can progress to a much higher position, which is Chartered Fellowship. A fellow is among the most knowledgeable and experienced professionals in the construction industry. This professional having this title can attain global recognition for their skills and attainments throughout their career. You may be a Fellow in less than 6 months.

The application process for Fellowship:

If applying to upgrade from MCIOB, you need to produce a 3,000-word reflective account of a project or initiative you led, by which you can show your competency in leading people and organizations within the sector.

If you apply directly for Fellowship, you need to produce an additional 3,000-word report that must be based on a project or initiative you led. It must show that you fulfill the professional review standards for MCIOB.

All candidates have a professional discussion, called a viva voce exam, which lasts for nearly 1.5 hours. This exam is conducted by trained professionals, and it includes 2 assessors and 1 chair. The whole discussion is based on your written project, as well as an interactive discussion on a topical issue affecting the industry.

Before you can move further with your written application, the authority will ask you to attend a workshop in its London or Bracknell Office (or using Skype if you can’t attend in person) to go through the Whole Fellowship process.

You will be charged £155 to attend. After that, this fee will be deducted from the £700 Fellowship Assessment fee when submitting your final application.