Understanding what good practice looks like and how to develop your competence in different areas of ecological survey, management and mitigation is fundamental to professional development and progressing your career.
CIEEM has been working with volunteer members to develop taxa-specific competency standards that tell the practitioner what they need to know and what they should be able to do in order to demonstrate increasing levels of competence. These competency standards are derived from the CIEEM Competency Framework and have also drawn on the Ecological Competences: Skills and Process document published by Atkins in 2019.
By using these competency standards you are able to:
- Identify your current level of competence in the activity described.
- Understand the evidence you would need to demonstrate competence to others.
- Plan how to develop your knowledge and skills to move up to the next competence level.
Published Standards
We are pleased to publish the standards below:
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- Aquatic Macroinvertebrate (Freshwater) Survey, Mitigation and Management
- Badger Survey, Mitigation and Management
- Freshwater and Transitional Fish Survey, Assessment, Mitigation and Management
- Great Crested Newt Survey, Mitigation and Management
- Hazel Dormouse Survey, Mitigation and Management
- Ornithological Survey, Mitigation and Management
- Otter Survey, Mitigation and Management
- Preliminary Habitat Survey, Mitigation and Management
- Reptile Survey, Mitigation and Management
- Water Vole Survey, Mitigation and Management
We are grateful to the following members of the steering group for their support for this project:
