The Professional Register

What is The Professional Register?

The Professional Register represents people who have proved that they have the right qualifications, knowledge and experience to practice professionally within our industry and who maintain their professional standards by carrying out CPD.  CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development and the IMI define CPD as a range of learning activities through which industry professionals maintain and develop themselves throughout their career.  This is so they keep their skills and knowledge up-to-date enabling them to work effectively and ethically, adhering to the IMI Code of Conduct. CPD can cover the whole spectrum of learning and can include on-the-job development, structured formally assessed training courses and qualifications through to more informal or unstructured opportunities such as reading technical journals and learning through experience.  For more information on CPD please click here. 

The Professional Register will be available to public view in April 2013, being designed to help improve the image of the industry giving individuals and businesses a way to show that they are professional, currently competent and work in an ethical way.

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How will I benefit being on the Professional Register?

• Strongly prove your commitment to the highest standards of professionalism and ethical conduct by putting your details on the public register
• Become more employable by maintaining your current competence and improving your skills and knowledge in your job role 
• Access to a state of the art online CPD management tool where you can create a personal development plan and log all of your professional development including tracking your progress towards the CPD credit requirement
• Access up to 25% off courses and e-learning and the chance to receive further promotions on learning and development opportunities
• The opportunity to personally help improve the image of the sector

Am I eligible for the Professional Register?

There are several requirements to being on the Professional Register as follows:

• IMI membership grade LIMI or above
• Relevant industry qualifications and experience
• Agree to the Professional Register Terms and Conditions (please see below) 
• A commitment to ethical professional conduct
• In industry-related employment

How do I Join the Professional Register?

Set out below is a step-by-step guide to joining the Professional Register. Please note that you will need to be an IMI member so if you are not at the moment you can apply using the membership application form, or call our Professional Development team on 01992 511521 to discuss the wide ranging benefits of membership.  Once your IMI membership has been confirmed the option to join the Professional Register becomes available to you.

Step 1
You will need to create a 'My Profile' account in our sister website, Autocity. Click here to arrive at Autocity. If you already have a 'My Profile' account you can login by clicking here.

Step 2
Once you have created and logged into your 'My Profile' account, you will need to validate your membership. You can do this by clicking on the button that says 'validate IMI membership'.

Step 3
Now your membership is validated you can join the Professional Register! In your 'My Profile' account click on 'My CPD'. Upon first entry here you will be asked to read and agree to the Professional Register Terms and Conditions. Once you agree to the Terms and Conditions you will be automatically added to the Professional Register.  To download a copy of the full Professional Register Terms and Conditions please click here.  To download a copy of the Professional Register Appeals and Complaints process please click here. 

Having completed Step 3 you will now have access to the online CPD management tool where you can log, track and plan all of your professional development.  You will have access to all other Professional Register benefits too.