CIOB Fellowship Requirements

A fellow of the CIOB is amongst the most knowledgeable and experienced professionals in the construction industry. The professional has global recognition for their skill and attainments.

If you desire CIOB's Fellowship, read this blog. Here, we will tell you about the requirements you need to fulfill for this membership. In addition, we will also familiarize you with the application process and the like.

You need to possess at least 5-year experience leading an organization, people and contributing to the industry, society or communities. Aside from that, you must also have responsibilities that extend to working with sector stakeholders. This work needs to show a contribution to the wider industry or the general public. Moreover, the experience could be through industry-specific charities such as the Construction Youth Trust or the CIOB or other stakeholders. The stakeholders can be universities, schools, communities and community groups or government agencies.

Fellowship is independently benchmarked and is equivalent to a British Master’s Degree. This work has been done by the expert qualifications agency, UK ENIC. This agency gives information about qualifications to governments and government authorities and educational organizations across the world.

If applying to upgrade from MCIOB, you need to produce a 3,000-word reflective account of a project or initiative you have led. Using it, you will be able to demonstrate your competence in leading people and organizations within the sector.

In the case of applying directly for a Fellowship, you need to produce an additional 3,000-work report. This report must be based on a project or initiative you had led. The report must allow you to demonstrate you fulfill the standards of the professional review for MCIOB.

Every candidate attends a professional discussion, called a viva voce exam, which lasts nearly 1 and a half hours. Trained professionals conduct this exam, and this exam includes 2 assessors and 1 chair. The discussion is based on your written project and interactive discussion on a topical issue affecting the industry.

Before you can move ahead with your written application, the authority will ask you to attend a workshop. This workshop can be in CIOB’s London or Bracknell Office. Besides that, it can also be via Skype if you are unable to undergo the whole Fellowship process. The authority will charge you £155 to attend this workshop. After that, this fee will be reduced from the £700 Fellowship Assessment fee when you submit your final application.

No matter what the occupation is, applying ethics in practice is the hallmark of a characteristic of a genuine professional. It means that ethics should inform your decision-making in everything you do in the workplace. So, any occupation or technical learning or development activities should include ethical consideration for the best practice. CIOB's CPD in ethical practice requires that all members reflect upon the ethical aspects of any learning they have achieved. In addition, they need to reflect upon how they applied those in practice.