AIPM Membership Options

 AIPM stands for the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM), which is Australia’s leading body and membership association for project professionals. It empowers and advocates for its members at every stage of their project management career, driving thought leadership, knowledge, performance and success.

Membership:

Attaining an AIPM membership will allow you to have access to exclusive benefits, training and events that can add value to your knowledge, advance your skills and accelerate your professional growth through every stage of your project career.

AIPM membership options:

Whether you are an aspiring, experienced or emerging project professional, there is a membership designed for you.

 

Student membership:

For aspiring project professional, student membership is the best option to start their management career.

Benefits:

·        Search AIPM’s jobs to kick-start your career

·        Free industry resources and templates

·        Exclusive discounts and benefits

·        Network with peers and professionals

 

Individual membership:

Individual membership is for an emerging and experienced project professional, it will allow you to drive your project career with the country’s peak project management community.

Benefits:

•              Certification opportunities with RegPM™

•              Free and discounted events

•              Membe- exclusive savings and benefits

•              Professional mentoring program access

Organization membership:

Organization membership will allow you to maximize your staff knowledge and improve their performance.

Benefits:

•              Training programs at exclusive rates

•              Affiliate your business with AIPM

•              Discounts on AIPM memberships and events

•              Branding and sponsorship opportunities

Fellow membership:

Fellow membership is an honour given to those individuals who have a minimum of 15 years of work experience and have made gigantic contributions to the project management profession.

The AIPM Board considers applications, and one can apply by direct contact.

Fellowship with AIPM means recognition of your contribution to your profession and the AIPM. In addition, this membership will allow you to use the post-nominal letters, FAIPM.

Fellow criteria:

Admission as a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Project Management is by invitation or application only. An application for admission as a Fellow must be forwarded to the National Office Membership Team for review and recommendation to the Board. Entry into the Fellow grade may be by Special invitation or Standard Method as given below:

a.   Standard Method: an applicant for admission into the Fellow grade may be admitted by the Board if the Member Experience Team has the satisfaction that they:

1.   Have a minimum of 15 years of experience as a project professional, program manager, project manager, portfolio management or in a project governance or sponsor role (or equivalent); or

Have held the AIPM RegPM™ certification level of CPPM™ (or above) for a minimum of 6 years;

2.   Have made a distinguished contribution to project management in the country or elsewhere, or

Have exceptional attainment in project management throughout your career.

3.   Have the membership level of Member in the institute.

You also need to:

 

1.   have a written reference from a minimum of 1 current financial Member of the Institute; and

2.   have a written reference from a minimum of one colleague who can vouch for the years of experience and offer background about your character and commitment to the profession of project management and has known you for at least 5 years.

B. Special Invitation: the Board may at any time, by resolution, invite a person to become, and admit such a person as, a Fellow on the basis of expertise, experience or standing irrespective of that person having otherwise met the requirements for admission into the Fellow status given in the above criteria.

A current financial Fellow may be denoted as FAIPM.

Applying for certification if not a resident in Australia:

Although from a workplace evaluation perspective, it is often useful for your assessor to observe you in your working environment, it is not essential. Many overseas candidates have successfully completed the AIPM certification program, communicating with their assessors over mail and by video calls.

Remember that you will be required to be able to complete your assessment documentation, offer project management advice and take part in an interview in English.