Individual Membership
The Society maintains six classes of individual membership. Corporate classes of membership are FELLOW and MEMBER. The remaining classes are non-corporate.
STUDENTS
are those over the age of 17, who are undergoing an approved course of full time further education and who intend to fulfil the requirements for admission to the class of Associate Member.
ASSOCIATE
At least 21 years of age, of good education and interested in the general advancement of Safety and Reliability technology.
ASSOCIATE MEMBER
Associate members need to satisfy the educational requirements for MEMBER and intend to fulfil the experience requirements for admission to the class of member
MEMBER
Attained the age of 25, hold an appropriate honours first degree (details available via the office) or be registered as a Chartered Engineer or equivalent and have 3 years relevant experience – or – fulfil the requirements of the Society's mature candidate route (details from the office).
FELLOW
At least 35 years of age with a level of qualification and experience required for the class of Member and to demonstrate at least 5 years in a senior or eminent position in the field of safety or reliability IN ADDITION to the experience necessary for MEMBER. This can be demonstrated both by management responsibility and by eminence demonstrated by technical innovation, writing or significant contributions to relevant committees.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Degree subjects normally considered acceptable are those pertinent to the principal engineering disciplines such as Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Structural Engineering and Control Engineering. In addition, there are generic subjects which have a relevance to Safety and Reliability technology such as Mathematics, Software and Physics.
The Society requires applicants to have a thorough grounding in practice, as well as theory, since the application of the discipline is essentially practical. Such relevant practical experience may be obtained through involvement in design, production, operation or maintenance provided that it has included the application of Safety and/or Reliability technology.