Individual Membership
The Society maintains six classes of individual membership. Please download our Membership Application Guidance From which must be read in conjunction with your application.
ASSOCIATE
If you are interested in the general advancement of Safety and Reliability and related fields, apply for Associate Grade. To apply as an Associate you do not need a proposer and seconder, you can join immediately via our website.
STUDENTS
If you 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, please apply for Student Grade. To apply for this grade you will need the signature of your course leader.
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, or satisfy the experience for MEMBER and intend to either fulfill the educational requirements or take the Experience Route to full membership.
MEMBER
If you hold an appropriate honours first degree or could be registered as a Incorporated Engineer or equivalent and have 2 years relevant experience – or – fulfil the requirements of the Society's Experience Route, please apply for MEMBER grade
EXPERIENCE ROUTE TO MEMBER
The Safety and Reliability Society is an inclusive organisation and we realise that not everyone has taken a qualification orientated route through their career, but nevertheless has a wealth of experience. The minimum qualification for membership via the standard route is to hold an appropriate honours first degree or to be registered as an Incorporated Engineer and have 2 years relevant experience.
The Experience Route to membership is designed to allow these candidates who do not hold this qualification or hold different qualifications such as:
- A Higher National Certificate or a Diploma or a Foundation Degree in engineering or technology, plus appropriate further learning to degree level
- An NVQ4 or SVQ4 which has been approved as appropriate further learning
FELLOW
If you have a level of qualification and experience required for the class of Member and can demonstrate at least 2 years in a senior or eminent position in the field of safety or reliability in additon to the experience necessary for Member, please apply at Fellow grade. 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
The Society requires applicants for corporate membership 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 techniques.