The Scheme is open to all environmental professionals who can meet the requisite competancy criteria of training, experience, professional conduct and ethical behaviour.

Criteria

To be eligible to apply for Certified Environmental Practitioner status you must have the relevant education, training and experience and carry out your work to high professional and ethical standards. You will need:

In addition, there are now specialist categories of CEnvP which require additional criteria, including 10 years environmental experience. Click on the links to find further details on each.

Application Process

There are two intakes of Certified Environmental Practitioner applications each year, occurring in March and September. The next intake deadline is 6 September 2013 .

You will need to decide which application best applies to you, standard CEnvP, CEnvP for Ecology Specialists, or CEnvP for IA Specialists. If you do not yet meet the minimum criteria for the Specialist Certification categories, you are welcome to apply for CEnvP for general practice now, and upgrade to the Specialist certification at a later date.

To apply, you will be required to submit a written application.

Average processing times for applications are around 5-6 months from closing date, but can take longer if applications are incomplete.

Once the Registrar has screened your application and is it found to be complete, your application is sent to the appropriate regional certification Assessment Panel Convenor who will schedule your interview. If your application is not complete, it will be deferred until the remaining materials are received and this may cause your application to be held over into the following intake.

Following your assessment interview, the Assessment Panel submit their report and recommendations based on your interview and application materials. The Assessment Panel recommendation is passed to the Certification Board, which then ratifies a decision on your application.

Further information can be found in the FAQs.

Application Fees

You do not need to be a member of EIANZ to apply for CEnvP, although members do receive significant discounts on application and renewal fees.

Registration as a Certified Environmental Practitioner

If your application is successful, you will receive a Certification Kit, including a CEnvP certificate, the EIANZ Code of Ethics, a Continuing Professional Development Log, a CEnvP Identification Card, the jpg/gif CEnvP logo for use on your business cards, and more.

Once certified, you will be entitled to use the title 'Certified Environmental Practitioner' and the designatory letters 'CEnvP' after your name as follows Mr/s John Bloggs BSc CEnvP.

Your certification will be reviewed on a two yearly basis. To maintain CEnvP status, certified practitioners will need to provide evidence of Continuing Professional Development and a statement verifying any changed circumstances including employment and ethical conduct.

Registration Fee

Following certification you will recieve a formal letter to inform you that your application has been successful and a invoice for your registration.

Annual Renewals are payable each December for the following calendar year.

Unsuccessful Applications

Unsuccessful applicants generally have two options: 1) to reapply once they have met the requirements specified by the Board; or 2) to appeal the decision with the Board through the appeals process.

Further Information

Further information can be found in the FAQs.

For more information, please direct enquiries to info@cenvp.org