Upgrade your CQI membership
As your career in quality progresses you will identify the need to demonstrate your achievements have been recognised by your professional body.
Upgrading to Member or Fellow and Chartered Quality Professional provides you with recognition for your quality related skills, experience and achievements, improving your career prospects. Letters after your name, representing your particular grade of membership, show your commitment to quality and demonstrate your achievements.
How to upgrade
Depending on your current grade the main routes to upgrading your membership from Associate to a full Member or Fellow are as follows:
Gain additional experience
- If you meet the current academic requirements of: CQI Diploma; a degree in quality; another degree plus modules D1 and D2 from the current diploma; the CQI Training Certificate in Quality Management Practices or another acceptable qualification, then all you will have to do to meet Member grade is achieve five years' work experience including two years at a supervisory level.
- If you do not have an acceptable qualification, you can demonstrate your skills and experience using the experiential route; keeping track of how you have gained skills and experience mapped against the CQI's Body of Quality Knowledge.
Gain qualifications
If you are an experienced quality person you can demonstrate your understanding of quality theory and practice through:
- studying the CQI Diploma
- taking another recognized quality degree
If you are already a Member, the route to upgrading to Fellow is to complete the Experiential Route Form, identifying how and where you have contributed to the development of the profession through a portfolio of evidence.
Read more about applying to be a Member
Read more about applying to be a Fellow
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