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Following the formal approval of the new REnvP professional registration during our EGM on the 8th October 2020, Licensed Members were invited to request a REnvP licence, which will be reviewed alongside other licences, as part of the routine licensing schedule.

You can still request a REnvP licence by completing and submitting the licence request form. The form may also be used to submit a bespoke route request. The REnvP licensing and bespoke route processes are detailed in the process maps. The REnvP Practice Direction includes not only the twelve REnvP competences and eligibility criteria candidates which must be meet, but also details of the assessment process.

Key Documents:

• Licence request form
• Licensing and bespoke route process maps
• REnvP Practice Direction
• REnvP Practice Direction Guidance Note
• Video | Guidance for REnvP Assessors

The REnvP Licensed Member Hub

Firstly, we’re pleased that you have successfully gained an REnvP licence allowing you to offer the registration to your members.

What now? Visit the REnvP LM Hub to find launch details, template promotional copy, informative video clips, endorsement quotes, logos, social media images and more. This is all designed to support you with your efforts to reach your desired REnvP audience, but please do not share the hub itself with your members.

REnvP Guidance Note and Assessor Guidance Video

The REnvP Guidance Note has been produced by the Society’s Registration Authority (RA) to assist Licensed Members with interpreting the REnvP Practice Direction. We would appreciate receiving feedback on how useful you find it and if you would like further guidance added to a future edition, what subject(s) should be covered. Contact Geoff Atkins on [email protected].

The REnvP assessor guidance video is specifically focused on providing tips, advice and background for assessors of REnvP candidates. The video has been produced by members of the Society’s RA who are also experienced CEnv / REnvTech assessors. Note – this video is designed for LM teams and assessors – not for distribution to REnvP candidates or public promotion.

Still deciding? Check out the Hub still!

If you haven’t decided if you’d like a licence to offer REnvP to your members yet, why not check out the Hub still? It’s full of information that could add to your decision making process. Think benefits for employers, details of what is actually is, how it fits with CEnv and REnvTech and who it’s for.

28.04.2021

As you know, Society for the Environment expects all registrants to undertake, record and reflect on CPD, covering a range of activities and subjects. However, given the current situation we want to support registrants by recognising that undertaking CPD during this period may not be that easy. So, we want to encourage you to take a flexible approach when monitoring registrant CPD and deciding what is sufficient CPD to meet the CEnv /REnvTech criteria.

Clearly there are likely to be CPD opportunities available to your members that allow them to comply with social distancing – webinars, online courses, magazines, website content, podcasts, videos and more. We urge you to communicate these options to your members to ensure clarity on what counts towards their CPD record.

We are here to help. If we can support a CPD activity through promotion, hosting, signposting to other Licenced Members or ideas, please do get in touch. At this time, cross-disciplinary learning across our Licensed Members could be more beneficial than ever in order to share resource and increase efficiency – as well as the clear benefits it already has. Please therefore make the most of the Licensed Member community that you are a part of.

If you have any questions, or queries from your members, please do not hesitate to contact me on [email protected].

The CEnv, REnvP and REnvTech Practice Directions (PDs) are subject to regular, periodic review which ensures they are both up to date and fit for purpose.

Members of the Registration Authority are currently undertaking a review of the CEnv and REnvTech standards, not only mapping the practice directions against our Standards, Royal Charter, Regulations and By-laws to see if changes are needed, but also considering suggestions from Licensed Members.

Members of the Registration Authority normally work a s part of a Task & Finish group, and map the practice directions against our Standards, Royal Charter, Regulations and By-laws to see if changes are needed. When completed, new draft PDs are circulated to Licensed Members for comment, before being presented to Board for approval. The latest update, for the Chartered Environmentalist Practice Direction 5.0, was approved June 2019. The first edition of the Registered Environmental Practitioner Practice Direction was finalised in October 2020, and can be found below.

• Chartered Environmentalist Practice Direction
• Registered Environmental Practitioner Practice Direction
• Registered Environmental Technician Practice Direction
• Licensed Members Practice Direction

For any Practice Direction queries, please contact Geoff Atkins on [email protected].

We champion all credible routes into the environmental sector. With this in mind, we dedicate resources to environmental apprenticeships to provide leadership and to support a vital entry route for future environmental leaders. Recent work has included the development and launch of the Environmental Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship (level 6).

Contact Geoff Atkins to find out more.

During 2021 and 2022 the Registration Authority will be carrying out a major review of CEnv and REnvTech standards. They will be looking not only at the competences to ensure they are current and relevant, but the assessment processes and eligibility criteria. Consultation with licensed members is taking place throughout the review, so if there is something you would like to be considered, please email Geoff Atkins.

The SocEnv CPD Policy, which includes the key elements of monitoring and sampling of registrants CPD by all licensed members, was approved and published in early 2018. In 2021 the Registration Authority will be reviewing the policy to ensure it is both current and continues to contribute to the maintenance of standards. The new CPD policy will need to be approved by the Board and licensed members before publishing in 2022.

Contact Geoff Atkins to find out more.

A Bespoke Route is an alternative process used to demonstrate the CEnv or REnvP competency standard. A Licensed Member can apply to the Registration Authority for approval of a Bespoke Route request, using the application form.

The application shall be presented to the Registration Authority, trialled using a small pilot group, and monitored on an on-going basis through licence reviews.

Whilst a Bespoke Route will differ in some way from the Professional Review Route, the Licensed Member must be able to show that applicants following this route will/do satisfy all the eligibility criteria and meet all the CEnv or REnvP competences.

Contact Geoff Atkins to find out more.