Membership grades
Joining the Institute of Roofing will enable you to use the status of your membership with qualification after your name.
Licentiate, Associate, Member, Fellow and Honourary Fellow are the five grades of membership with clear qualification for each.
Affiliate
Affiliation to the Institute is open to those individuals engaged in the Industry who are new to the roofing industry or who do not qualify for direct entry. They must complete an application form and be sponsored by two members of the Institute. They will be affiliated for a maximum 5 years and in this period will be expected to study and take the examinations leading to either Licentiate or Associate grades.
Affiliation is not a grade of membership and affiliates are entitled to attend General meetings of the Institute but not entitled to vote.
Licentiate
Every Licentiate shall:-
(i) have passed the Licentiate examination Or
(ii) have the necessary National Vocational Qualification required by the Institute to give full exemption from the examination.
Associate
Every Associate shall:-
(i) have passed the examination and be sponsored by two Members.
Or
(ii) have the necessary National Vocational Qualification or appropriate level of competency required by the Institute, to give full exemption from the examination evidenced by supporting documentation submitted to the Institute of Roofing
Member
Every Member shall:-
(i) have served for ten years in the roofing industry and have the appropriate level of competency required by the Institute of Roofing evidenced by supporting documentation submitted to the Institute of Roofing
OR
(ii) Submit an application form together with detailed curriculum vitae, showing evidence of suitable competence, training and relevant experience for approval by the Institute of Roofing
and
(iii) be sponsored by two Fellows of the Institute.
Fellow
(Note there is no direct entry as a Fellow into the IoR)
Every Fellow shall:
(i) have served 5 years as a Member of the Institute
(ii) have attended inteviews to agree the applicants
suitability and check the suitability and proposed
thesis content
(iii) have completed the thesis on the agreed roofing
related subject according to the I.o.R requirements to
present the thesis and gain Board approval of their
application for Fellowship by thesis
Or
(i) have served as a Member of the Institute for 5
years and have a minimum of 15 years in industry
of which 5 years are at the level of senior
management.
(ii) submit an upgrade application form, sponsored
by two Fellows together with a detailed curriculum
vitae showing evidence of competence, knowledge
and senior management experience