Evidencing a professional standard

How to provide evidence of completing a professional standard

There are five types of evidence you can provide that CIMSPA can review to be confident that the requirements for completing a professional standard have been met.

For most professional statuses, the requirements are solely based on evidencing the competency statements of one or more of the professional standards

Advanced general and advanced senior managers must both evidence the competency statements of the relevant occupation professional standard and provide additional evidence.
For chartered professional statuses, individuals must also successfully complete the chartered assessment process.

If you are unsure whether you can provide appropriate evidence or would like support with your application, please get in touch.

Endorsed qualification

A CIMSPA-endorsed qualification awarded within the last five years and mapped to a professional standard

A qualification
- previously endorsed by CIMSPA
- awarded within the last five years
- closely related to a professional standard

A qualification
- currently or previously endorsed by CIMSPA
- awarded over five years ago
- closely related to a professional standard

AND

Evidence of CPD closely related to a professional standard completed within the last five years

Legacy qualification

If you:

hold a qualification (or other related certifications and/or training evidence) that pre-dates the publication of sector’s professional standards

have kept up to date with CPD and can evidence this for the five years previous to your application

you can submit a copy of the qualification and your CPD to be reviewed as evidence for the requirements to be issued a professional status. We are unable to accept all legacy qualifications as evidence, so please contact us for additional support with this route.

International qualification

Recognised international register route

As CIMSPA is a member of both ICREPS and EREPS, we can accept some qualifications awarded outside of the United Kingdom as evidence of completing a professional standard, based on:

evidence of registration with EREPS

evidence of registration on an ICREPS-accredited register of an organisation that has a recognition agreement with CIMSPA.

Other international qualification route

If you have been awarded qualification(s) outside of the United Kingdom that is/are closely related to a professional standard but do not fall within the scope of CIMSPA’s membership of ICREPS and EREPS, then we may be able to recognise these.

In this case, please submit evidence of all your relevant qualifications to CIMSPA for assessment.

Sports governing body evidence

Evidence of current status as part of a registration, licensing or accreditation scheme operated by a sports governing body and accredited by a home-nation sports council

A qualification endorsed by the United Kingdom Coach Certification (UKCC) scheme

AND

Evidence of CPD closely related to a professional standard completed within the last five years

Prior learning and experience

If you are a member of the workforce with:

three or more years of experience in the occupation for which you are applying for professional status

AND

a combination of formal qualifications, CPD and occupation experience

no formal qualification(s) recognised through the evidence routes above

we may be able to use your experience as evidence for meeting the requirements for a professional status. For us to assess this, you will need to provide:

your CV, covering your responsibilities within your most recent role

evidence of any completed qualifications and CPD closely related to the professional status you are applying for

contact details for at least one referee.