Achieving an environmental registration at any level highlights your dedication to maintaining high professional standards and driving positive change toward a more sustainable future. It also reflects your commitment to continuous development and your role in addressing the critical challenges facing our planet.
Environment Registrants maintain the knowledge and high competence needed to thrive in the sector, while also demonstrating a commitment to good environmental practice.
If you’re a skilled, practicing environmentalist looking to enhance your career and improve your job prospects, consider becoming a registered environmentalist with the Institute of Water.
Start your application today and become part of a professional network of registered environmentalists!
The Institute of Water is licensed to award professional registrations on behalf of the Society for the Environment. The registration has three sections:
All candidates for registration as Environmental Technicians, Environmental Practitioners, and Chartered Environmentalists must satisfy the competence standards set by the Society for the Environment and be full members of a professional body such as the Institute of Water.
Professional registration sets a global benchmark, giving the public, employers, and clients confidence that registered environmentalists meet internationally recognized professional standards.
Watch this video from the Society for The Environment where Catherine Wright, Director for Digital and Skills, Flood & Coastal Risk Management at the Environment Agency shares her journey to Professional Registration and explains why she chose to get an environmental registration.
If you’re interested in discovering how environmental registration can benefit your career, begin by selecting the level that best matches your current experience:
We’re also here to support your application, so please call us at 0191 422 0088 or email registration@instituteofwater.org.uk if you have any questions about getting started and our dedicated Professional Standards Manager will be happy to help you.
The environment deserves the very best people working to restore it protect it and advocate for it. I know we have those people in the water industry, and professional registration is the best way to recognise and validate the skills and experience of those people. As Vice President, I want to help everyone in our industry see the part they’re already playing in looking after our environment, and support them to get the professional recognition they have earned.
We’re here to support your application, so please call us at 0191 422 0088 or email registration@instituteofwater.org.uk if you have any questions about your application and our dedicated Professional Standards Manager will be happy to help you.
All applicants for Professional Registration must be members of a professional body such as IWater. To find out more about IWater membership, click here
Before applying, you should consider the standards required for registration, and discuss these with your employer or you can contact us. Please refer to the latest edition of standards listed on the dedicated Engineering, Environment, and Science pages.
You will also need:
All applicants for professional registration must be members of a professional body such as the Institute of Water. Click here to find out more about IWater membership.
Before applying, you should consider the standards required for registration, and discuss these with your employer or you can contact us. Please refer to the latest edition of standards listed on the dedicated Professional Registration pages.
Once you are ready to apply, please download our application guides and our application forms on the dedicated pages.
As part of your application you will be asked to produce a copy of your CPD record. Through IWater, members have access to a user-friendly CPD platform, click here to find out more.
Professional registration wasn’t built overnight (unfortunately!) and there will be a period of time where you are waiting to hear back after submitting your application.
Please be aware that the process can take up to three months. We are fully committed to keeping you informed with any updates or communication from assessors regarding your application.
You may not know which professional registration award fits your current work and experience, which is why we are here to advise you.
Each professional registration award requires you to demonstrate that you have met a variety of competencies and have a certain level of responsibility through your workplace experience. You can find videos, testimonials and further information on the different professional registration awards here on our website.
To be advised personally on which professional registration award is right for you, please contact us.
You can find videos, testimonials and further information on IWater professional registration right here on our website.
You will also be supported in applying for your professional registration, and we can advise you as to which professional registration award is right for you.
There are three separate fees involved in obtaining and retaining professional registration. Which are:
More information can be found on each dedicated registration level webpage or by contacting us. Please note that failure to pay fees can result in the removal of your rofessional registration.