Professionally Qualified Person card

The Professionally Qualified Person card is for members of CSCS-approved professional bodies and is valid for five years.

All applicants must pass the CITB Managers and Professionals Health, Safety and Environment Test or the alternative CIC Health and Safety Test.

Applicants must supply proof that they hold current membership of the professional body at a level accepted by CSCS, by providing one of the following:

A membership certificate, showing membership for the current calendar year.
A membership card – both sides, confirming membership for the current calendar year.
An up-to-date letter or email from the professional body confirming membership for the current calendar year.
A receipt of payment for membership for the current calendar year.
A clearly dated screenshot showing your current membership from your professional body’s website.

Membership is required to be renewed annually and the above evidence must confirm membership for the current calendar year and the level of membership held. Failure to renew, or revocation of, a Professional Membership may result in a card being cancelled without notice.

This card cannot be renewed. On expiry, please apply for a new Professionally Qualified Person card. Applications to renew existing cards will be rejected.

How to apply

Once approved, cards should arrive within five working days. Those belonging to the following professional bodies, within the appropriate membership types listed, may apply for CSCS cards.

Professional bodies

Any professional body wanting PQP card recognition should contact communications@cscs.co.uk.

Members of the following professional bodies can apply for CSCS PQP cards

Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)

Technician, Fellow, Chartered Member (CENG) and Incorporated Member (IENG)

Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)

Technical Member, Member and Fellow

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

Chartered Member, Associate and Fellow

Architects Registration Board (ARB)

Registered Member

Association for Project Management (APM)

Fellow and Member

Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT)

Member and Fellow

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)

RIBA Chartered

Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

Technical Member, Member and Fellow

The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)

Chartered Member, Chartered Fellow, Chartered Associate, Associate Member and Technician Member

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)

Chartered Engineer, Incorporated Engineer, Fellow

Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT)

Full Member (MCIAT)

The Geological Society

Chartered, European and Scientist

Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)

Chartered Member

Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES)

Technical, Member and Fellow

Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)

Practitioner, Full Member and Fellow

Landscape Institute (LI)

Fellow, Technician and Chartered Member

British Institute of Interior Design (BIID)

Registered Interior Designer

International Institute of Risk Management and Safety (IIRSM)

Member and Fellow

Institute of Asphalt Technology (IAT)

Technician, Member and Fellow

Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE)

Chartered Member, Chartered Building Engineer and Fellow

Institute of Acoustics (IOA)

Technician, Associate, Member, Fellow

Association for Project Safety (APS)

Incorporated, Certified and Fellow

Institute of Clerk of Works and Construction Inspectorate (ICWCI)

Licentiate, Member, Fellow, Life Member, Jubilee Member

Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE)

Associate, Member and Fellow

British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT)

Associate, Member and Fellow

Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH)

Certified Practitioner Member, Chartered Member and Fellowship Member

Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM)

Member, Certified, Fellow and Honorary Fellow

British Computer Society (BCS)

Professional and Fellowship

Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE)

Technician, Graduate, Member and Fellow

Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)

Chartered Member and Chartered Fellow

Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE)

Member and Fellow

Engineers Ireland

Engineer Technician, Associate Engineer, Chartered Member Engineer and Chartered Fellow Engineer

Energy Institute (EI)

Technician, Member, Fellow, Chartered Engineer, Incorporated Engineer, Engineering Technician, Chartered Energy Manager, Chartered Environmentalist, Chartered Petroleum Engineer

Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)

Associate, Chartered Member and Fellow

Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)

Technician, Member and Fellow

Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES)

Full Member and Fellow

Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE)

Associate Member, Member and Fellow

Institution of Engineering Designers (IED)

Member and Fellow

Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM)

Incorporated Member, Chartered Member, Fellow, Engineering Technician and Member Manager

Institution of Lighting Professionals (ILP)

Member and Fellow

Institute of Concrete Technology (ICT)

Affiliate, Associate, Corporate, Fellow and Technician

Institute of Roofing (IoR)

Associate, Member and Fellow

Institute of Carpenters (IoC)

Member and Fellow

Institute of Conservation (Icon)

Accredited Member

The Welding Institute (TWI)

Member, Fellow and Technician

The Institute of Physics (IOP)

Member (before 2018 only), Fellow, Registered Scientist, Registered Science Technician, Incorporated Engineer, Engineering Technician, Chartered Physicist, Chartered Engineer and Chartered Scientist

The Institute of Fire Safety Management (IFSM)

IFSM Tier 3 Register, Member, Fellow, Life Member

Society of Operations Engineers (SOE)

Member, Fellow

Nuclear Institute (NI)

Member, Fellow

Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST)

Member and Fellow

Institute of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE)

Full Member and Fellow

Institution of Royal Engineers (instRE)

Engineering Technician, Member and Fellow

Institution of Measurement and Control (instMC)

Member and Fellow

The Institute of Specialist Surveyors and Engineers (ISSE)

Associate, Member and Fellow

Chartered Institute of logistics and Transport (CILT)

Member, Chartered Member, Chartered Fellow

Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS)

Chartered Member, Fellow

British Society of Soil Science (BSSS)

Full member, Fellow

Chartered Society of Designers (CSD)

Member, Chartered Designer, Fellow

Chartered Quality Institute

Chartered Member, Chartered Fellow

Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC)

Associate, Member

Institute of Theatre Consultants (IOTC)

Associate Member, Member