claire draper director of membership services iema annual conference 12 th june 2007
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Claire DraperDirector of Membership Services
IEMA Annual Conference12th June 2007
Introduction
• About the IEMA
• About IEMA members
• Professional Development
• The Specialist Registers
• Support for members
• An update on IEMA activities
About the IEMA
• Established in 1999• Provides:
– Membership Services– Professional Qualifications– Training Course Approval– Graduate and Management Scheme Approval– Publications– Workshops– Technical Services
• Over 11,000 members
About IEMA members
Who?– Environmental
Managers– Environmental
Auditors– Regulators– Impact Assessors– Students and
Graduates
Where do they work?– Business & Industry– Training and Educational
Establishments – National and Local Government– Environmental Enforcement
Authorities– Consultancy
IEMA Membership by Sector
Consultancy26%
Business54%
Education11%
Public9%
Membership Levels and Statistics
• Affiliate 2868• Associate 5940• Full 656• Student 527• Graduates 777• Retired 48• Fellows 39• Honorary Fellows 8• Corporate 286
Total:11,149 (end of April 2007)
UK and International Members
UK88%
International12%
About IEMA membersEnvironmental Practitioner Survey 2005• 67.2% of respondents had undertaken formal training in the past 12
months• Over one fifth of respondents had a bachelor's degree (highest
qualification)• Over four in ten of the respondents had a master’s degree (highest
qualification)• Less than one quarter of respondents thought that the
environmental profession compared favourably to other established professions when viewed by others
• Two thirds of respondents had their IEMA membership fee paid by their employer
• Link between professional qualifications and salary
LAST CHANCE TO COMPLETE THE 2007 SURVEY
Membership Survey 2005
Average basic annual salaries for the financial year ending 5 April 2005.
Average salaries by membership level– Affiliate (N=490) £31,587– Associate (N=1,465) £32,698– Full (N=273) £41,241 – Fellow (N=17) £61,131 – Chartered Environmentalist (N=198) £42,643 – Non-Chartered Environmentalist (N= 2,056) £32,668
Employers Support for Professional Development
No16%
Yes84%
Membership & the Specialist Registers
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You need to be a member of the Institute to apply to be on the Specialist Registers
IEMA Professional Development• Affiliate – Anyone with an interest in the environment
• Associate – Knowledge based level– IEMA Approved Associate Certificate Course– IEMA Associate Open Book Assessment
• Full Membership – Experienced based level– Written application and telephone assessment
• Standard Route • Direct Route
• Dual Application for both Full membership and Chartered Environmentalist
• Fellow– Written application and face to face assessment
Progression
Student Graduate Affiliate
Associate
Full
Fellow
Chartered Environmentalist
Approved Training Course or Associate Open Book Assessment
Associate member with three years’ environmental experience
Full member with seven years’ environmental experience
Affiliate member with seven years’
environmentalexperience
You can make a dual application
for Full membership and Chartered
Environmentalist
Specialist Registers
• Environmental Auditors Register– Associate Environmental Auditor– Environmental Auditor– Principal Environmental Auditor– EMS Auditor– LEMS Auditor
• Individual Environmental Impact Assessor (EIA) Register– Associate EIA Practitioner– Registered EIA Practitioner– Principal EIA Practitioner
• Specialists in Land Condition (SiLC) www.silc.org.uk
Other Interests
• Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) UK Competent Body
www.emas.org.uk
• Acornwww.iema.net/acorn
• Chartered Environmentalistwww.iema.net
www.socenv.org
Getting support from the IEMA
Regional Networks
Training Course ApprovalProfessional
DevelopmentPlans
IEMAReading
Room
MentoringScheme
Specialist InterestGroups
IEMA Jobs
Publications
IEMA
Accessing information
• Regional Networking Events– Providing events and networking activities
• Site visits
• Presentations
• Social Events
• Reading Room– Online information source
• Publications– The Environmentalist, Practitioners, IEMA
Handbook
IEMA Approval
Training Course Providers
• Providing quality assurance for delegates
• 80+ Different course providers accredited
• Courses delivered in 32 different countries
• Courses in Auditing and Environmental Management
• CPD / Short Courses
Graduate / Management Scheme Approval
• Available to employers offering programmes of support for
environmental staff
Guidance and support• Professional Development Plans
– Free A gap analysis tool for those working towards Full membership
• Application Packs– Detailing the application requirements, criteria and assessment
process in detail
• Mentoring Scheme– A free service where Full and Fellow members mentor Affiliate
and Associate members to achieve their goals
• Institute staff– Will be able to advise you on all aspects of making an
application– Free review of Full membership short paper
Specialist Interest Groups (SIGS)
• Three Groups:– Environmental Assessment– EMS and Auditing– Corporate Social Responsibility and
Sustainability
• Free access to one group• Supported by online discussion fora• Need to register on IEMA website
– www.iema.net
Access to information
• Reading room– Online resource for IEMA members
• IEMA Jobs– www.iema.net/jobs – 2000+ environmental jobs
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Ongoing Developments
• EMS National Forum – 29th November 2007
• HTML version of the Environmentalist
• Online services
• Environmental Practitioner Survey 2007
• Employers’ Guide to Professional Development
• Access Environment
Contact Information
• My email: [email protected] or
+44 (0)1522 540069
• Membership enquiries– [email protected]
• Training and Mentoring– [email protected]
Any questions?
Workshop Session: Questions and Answers
• Discussion groups:– Associate membership– Full membership– Specialist Registers