Professional Review

Your final step to achieving Chartered Membership

The final step to gaining Chartered Membership for most candidates is the Professional Review.

What is the Professional Review?

The Professional Review is an assessment process to evaluate candidates' knowledge, experience, and competence in the field of construction management. It is final step for individuals seeking to achieve Chartered Membership (MCIOB), which signifies professional recognition and adherence to high standards in the construction industry.

  • Academic requirements and experience requirements:

    You will need to have met the academic eligibility requirements, along with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience (5 years if your qualification is not in the built environment or is a non-honours degree) before starting your application. You will need to hold a Level 6 (degree) level qualification or higher to be academically eligible. If you have an NVQ  level 7/SCQF level 11 in Construction Senior Management, then you may be eligible to apply for the shortened PR.  The qualification must have been certificated within the last 3 years and your assessor must be MCIOB.

  • Membership: 

    You must already be a non-chartered member (Applicant) of the CIOB. If you aren't an Applicant member yet, you will need to register for an online account and then apply for membership. Start the process here.

How to apply

1. Apply for your pathway

Once membership is confirmed you will have access to the Professional Review Application documents in the members' portal.

2. Read the guidance notes.

This document contains all the information you need to apply.

3. Support

Join a webinar, use the mentoring service, or use the service of one of our PR support providers.

4. Complete and upload your application

This is done via the portal (assessment fees applicable).

5. Assessment and results

Your application will be assessed and verified by our team of MCIOB assessors. It takes a maximum of 12 weeks for the result to be sent to you, although may take longer if any documents or information is missing from your submission.

We may contact you if we need clarification about any aspect of your application. Otherwise, we will contact you to tell you the result of your assessment.

Our fees page details the costs for each route to membership. Once you have submitted the application, the PR team will email instructions about paying on-line and costs involved. You cannot pay until the application has been received. 

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the professional review team here.

Guidance notes

You’ll need to read the guidance notes that you will receive with the application form, which will detail the supporting documents that you will be required to submit along with your application. For example, you may submit an up-to-date copy of your CV and a current record of your CPD.

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CIOB Mentoring Service
We have a Professional Review Mentoring service, supporting Mentees working towards completing their Professional Review.
Professional Review Support
You can use the services of one of the learning providers we work with
Chartership Application Webinars
If you are eligible for the Professional Review, you can take advantage of our Chartership Application Webinars. Log into your portal account to see the upcoming events.

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