What a year 2010 has turned out to be! In its sixth year, the CEnvP Scheme has continued to grow steadily. There are now 321 CEnvPs across Australia, New Zealand and even the UK and Seychelles.

We are now looking forward to the first applications for Ecology and Impact Assessment Specialist Certification which was announced at the EIANZ Annual Conference in late October. I have already started to complete my application form! See below for details.

Congratulations to fellow CEnvPs - John Stanisic, Ian Spellerberg, Judith Roper Lindsay, Anita Mitchell and Amy Clore for their Environmental Awards given at the EIANZ Annual Gala Dinner in late October.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who assisted the CEnvP Scheme this year, including the Certification Board and the CEnvP Assessment Panels - thank you for your support, which the Scheme could not do without. We need to acknowledge the efforts of Wendy Stegman, Diana Turner and Lauren Sinreich, who took over from Melissa Grant earlier in the year. Many of you have already had contact with our new Program Manager, Peta Haasbroek who has already made a noticeable impact on our administrative systems, and our website. We know she'll continue to be a huge asset to the team.

We eagerly wait to see what 2011 will bring, as we turn our attention to the new STEP Program (Staged Training for Environmental Practitioners) being developed by EIANZ. We will post details on our website as soon as possible. On behalf of the CEnvP Scheme, we wish you all the best for the festive season, and a happy and successful New Year.

Yours sincerely,

Nigel Murphy, CEnvP
Chair, Certified Environmental Practitioner Scheme

Certified Environmental Practitioner of the Year 2010

Dr John Stanisic was announced 2010 CEnvP of the Year at the EIANZ Annual Conference Gala Dinner in Wellington, New Zealand on 27 October 2010.

Click here for the Press Release.

EIANZ Annual Conference

The EIANZ Annual Conference and Gala Dinner was an enormous success in Wellington. A very well organised event opened by the Hon Nick Smith, Minister for the Environment in the New Zealand Parliament.

Other CEnvPs given awards included:

Prof Ian Spellerberg, NZ
EIANZ Honorary Fellowship

Dr Judith Roper-Lindsay, NZ
Simon Molesworth Award for Outstanding Service to the Institute at Institute Level

Ms Anita Mitchell, NSW
Mary Lou Morris Award for Outstanding Service to the Institute at Division/Chapter Level

Ms Amy Clore, NZ
Tor Hundloe Award for the Outstanding Young
(Under 30) Environmental Practitioner of the Year

The dinner was a huge success, and a great night of celebration of the environmental profession. The awards were presented by New Zealand's Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Ms Jan Wright, Institute Life Member Simon Molesworth AM QC and Institute President Bill Haylock.

Next Application Intake Announcement - Jan 2011

The next CEnvP application deadline has been extended for all applications to Friday 14 January 2011 due to demand by candidates. Please pass on this information to anyone considering applying for certification or whom you think would be a well-matched addition to the growing CEnvP network.

New Guidance Notes and a New Application form has been released. Please visit www.cenvp.org/apply for the latest documents. If you have already started completing your application form, please note we will still accept the previous forms for the Dec/Jan intake.

New Specialist Certification Categories Launched!

For ECOLOGY and IMPACT ASSESSMENT
New Specialist Certification programs for Ecology Practitioners and Impact Assessment Practitioners have been launched. We are ready for applications for specialisation with the next CEnvP intake which closes on 14 January. Application information and documents can be found at www.cenvp.org/apply.

Congratulations to the newest CEnvPs!

There are now over 320 CEnvPs, and with 45 applications in the June 2010 intake we expect the number to keep growing at a steady pace. We'd like to congratulate the following environmental professionals on their recent certification!

CEnvP Profile

Colin Tickell is an environmental engineer with significant experience in environmental management in Australia, the United Kingdom and India. His experience and skills are in areas of the environmental approvals process and documentation for major resource and industrial projects, including EIS preparation and training others in these areas. This includes provision of strategies for environmental aspects of resource development projects at the feasibility and design stage. Environmental due diligence studies are also a part of this work. He currently works for Hatch Associates, based in Chatswood, NSW.

He has specialist skills in acoustics and represents industry on Standards Australia technical committees for environmental and occupational noise. He is currently Chair of the Environmental Noise Standards Committee.

Colin originally trained in Applied Physics at RMIT and has qualifications in environmental management and environmental law from Macquarie University and the University of Sydney. Following graduation, he spent a couple of years with British Aerospace in the UK working in high intensity noise testing. In 1981 he returned to Australia with BHP Engineering and was involved in many mining and resource development projects undertaken by BHP.

He is currently responsible for management of the environmental noise monitoring and assessment service Hatch provides to BlueScope Steel (Port Kembla), a 5 million tonne per annum integrated steel plant. Other major areas of work include heavy haul freight rail noise and vibration in Australia and South Africa, wind farm noise assessment and mine ventilation fan noise.

Colin sought to become a CEnvP because he considers it helps indicate a higher level of expertise, objectivity and integrity that both industry and the public can rely on for advice. It also provides an expectation that practitioners will remain up-to-date in their field.

CEnvP Directory has been Upgraded

We are now able to add your email address to your online profile upon request. Please confirm by email to info@cenvp.org if you would like yours included.

New Contact Details for CEnvP

A reminder that CEnvP moved offices earlier this year. We are no longer in the EIANZ national office. Please take note of our new postal address as follows:

Certified Environmental Practitioner Scheme
Suite 16, 79 High Street
Kew VIC 3101
AUSTRALIA

We have still been receiving some panel reports and application forms at the previous address, which can cause delays in processing.