Posted By J Knight Hi Paul, Its to do with CPD isn't it? Nobody gets automatic Chartered membership any more unless they are on one of the transitional arrangemnets, and afetr five years CPD I though Cert allowed TechIOSH, John

Posted By Hazel Harvey Paul, The current IOSH byelaws require you to have held a health and safety role for at least 5 years in addition to having the NEBOSH Certificate awarded after December 2002. This involvement in health and safety can be prior to obtaining the certificate as well as afterwards. The most common profile of Technician Members is a bit of both. Although the NEBOSH Certificate was revised and brought up to meeting the level 3 standards, the IOSH Council in making its recommendations for the new byelaws took into consideration the important part that gaining skills and experience played in developing Techncian Members, in addition to the possession of a qualification. So the qualification itself is fine but you will need to be able to demonstrate more experience before you can be transferred from the Affiliate Member category.