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Six week cut-off dates before each ICB meeting.
The next ICB meeting will be held on the 16th February 2009. The cut-off date for submitting applications for consideration at this meeting is the End January 2009.
(10 February 2009)
Provided all the documentation is provided, an interview is not needed and there are not other obstacles, your application will be submitted to the next ICB meeting (if submitted by the cut-off date).
To avoid disappointment please review the criteria for certification and ensure that you meet these requirements before applying.
Certification Procedure
The intention of this page is to assist applicants to understand and properly prepare for their application (to be Certified as Environmental Assessment Practitioners).
- PREPARATIONS
- SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
- SPONSORSHIP OF APPLICATION
- UNDERTAKING BY CANDIDATE
- INTERVIEW
- PREPARATIONS
We recommend that you read through the Information Booklet for a better understanding of the Certification System and the Criteria for Certification.
You will need the following documents:
- Application form,
- Two copies of the Sponsors' form,
- Register form.
You can download these documents on the Download Page. You can download the documents individually or get the complete package by downloading the Information Booklet.
- SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The Submission Requirements appear on the Application form. They expand on the Criteria for Certification discussed in the Information Booklet.
The first five items deal with the documentation, reports, personal statements and additional information that you have to submit with your Curriculum Vitae.
Your Curriculum Vitae and other required documentation submitted to the Interim Certification Board (ICB) should include the following information:
- QUALIFICATIONS
Please enclose:
- Certified copies of degree and or diploma and or short course certificates.
- Whatever further information, justification or personal statement you think may help the Board to judge the environmental content of the degree/diploma/courses involved.
- EXPERIENCE
- In addition to a record of formal employment, as attested to by past employers, provide whatever further justification, personal statement or additional information you think may help the Interim Certification Board to judge the appropriateness of your professional experience.
- PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
- Provide either a complete or a selected list of environmental publications and professional environmental assessment reports. To enhance your application, particularly with regard to professional experience in a position of responsible charge, provide whatever further justification, personal statement, or additional information you think may help the Board to judge the content of the key reports and/or publications. Please describe the nature of your input and level of responsibility in each instance.
- MEMBERSHIP OF, AND/OR POSITION WITHIN, OTHER PROFESSIONAL BODIES OR RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS
- Provide information on your membership of, and/or position of responsibility within, organisations, institutes or other bodies involved with environmental assessment.
- REGISTER ENTRY AS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PRACTITIONER IN SOUTH AFRICA, AS PUBLISHED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE INTERIM CERTIFICATION BOARD
- Please complete the attached database entry form. This information will form the basis of your entry into the Register or environmental assessment practitioners.
- SPONSORSHIP OF APPLICATION
The two pages for sponsorship are included in the application package or can be downloaded here. They should be completed either by two referees whose names appear on the ICB's List of Referees, or by two currently Certified Environmental Assessment Practitioners who are prepared to sponsor your application. They should complete the questions listed, and return their confidential replies directly to the Secretariat. See contact details.
- UNDERTAKING BY CANDIDATE
Should your application for Certification be approved you will have to undertake the following:
I hereby undertake to abide by the provisions and spirit of the Interim Certification Board for Environmental Assessment Practitioners under the Auspices of the Southern African Institute of Ecologists and Environmental Scientists Constitution, its By-laws, the ICB's Code of Ethics, and the IAIAsa's Code of Practice, as issued and amended from time to time.
- INTERVIEW
Should the ICB need clarity on any aspect of the candidate's application for certification as an Environmental Assessment Practitioner, the candidate may be asked to participate in an interview with at least two ICB members.
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