Chartered Institute of Environmental Health

Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
AbbreviationCIEH
Formation1883
Legal statusNot-for-profit Royal Chartered professional body
PurposeEnhancing and promoting environmental health
HeadquartersChadwick Court
Location
  • 15 Hatfields, Southwark, London, SE1 8DJ
Region served
UK
Membership
7,000[1]
  • President
  • Chair
  • Deputy-chair
  • Chief Executive
  • Julie Barratt
  • Terenja Humphries
  • Daniel Oerther
  • Dr Phil James
Main organ
Board of Trustees
AffiliationsInternational Federation of Environmental Health, Environmental Health Registration Board
Websitecieh.org

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) is a professional membership body concerned with environmental health and promoting standards in the training and education of environmental health professionals.

History

The history of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health can be traced back to 1883 when the original organisation was founded and called the Association of Public Sanitary Inspectors.[2][3]

In 1984, the then Institute of Environmental Health Officers was granted a Royal Charter, a deed giving it special powers, rights and privileges.[4] It became subject to scrutiny by the Privy Council and spent the next ten years taking additional steps to ensure the professional standards of its membership. This resulted in permission being given in 1994 for the organisation to reflect its chartered status through a change in its name to Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.

The Royal Charter states that the objects of CIEH are: "to promote for the public benefit the theory and science of environmental health in all its aspects and to disseminate knowledge about environmental health."[5]

Activities

CIEH is based in the UK with approximately 7,000[6] members worldwide; the majority being based in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

CIEH’s head office is Chadwick Court (named after Edwin Chadwick), in Southwark, London, with additional offices in Wales and Northern Ireland.[7]

It also provides a range of professional qualifications and work-based learning[8] including e-learning[9] and corporate training.[10] CIEH’s qualification portfolio includes food safety, health and safety, first aid, fire safety and environmental protection.

CIEH also works with organisations in the private, public and charity sectors, helping them comply with legal requirements and best practice, as well as offering training for their employees.

Membership

CIEH offers four grades of membership: Affiliate; Associate; Member and Fellow.[11]

Members get access to news, regional networks, special interest groups and a range of other benefits.

Professional Registration

Since 2003 CIEH has awarded the status of Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner.[12] Chartered status can be obtained only by Members with a CIEH accredited degree who have demonstrated their competence through practice.[13]

Chartered Environmental Health Practitioners may use the post-nominal letters CEnvH and can gain entry to the Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register (OSHCR).[14]

In 2021 CIEH began to directly award the status of Registered Environmental Health Practitioner[15] and launched online registers[16] for this title and Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner.

See also

  • Environmental Health Registration Board
  • International Federation of Environmental Health
  • National Registry of Food Safety Professionals

References

  1. ↑ CIEH 2018 renewal brochure
  2. ↑ "CIEH: History of CIEH". Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  3. ↑ Laverack, Glenn (2014). A-Z of Public Health. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 50. ISBN 978-1137426178.
  4. ↑ Privy Council: Record of Royal Charters awarded
  5. ↑ "CIEH: Governance Documents". Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  6. ↑ CIEH 2018 renewal brochure
  7. ↑ CIEH: Contact us
  8. ↑ "CIEH Training courses".
  9. ↑ "Welcome to The Enterprise Knowledge Platform". Archived from the original on 2009-08-08.
  10. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2017-11-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ↑ Membership grades web page by CIEH
  12. ↑ "Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner web page by CIEH". Archived from the original on 2013-06-03. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  13. ↑ CIEH: Chartered Status
  14. ↑ OSHCR: Professional Bodies
  15. ↑ "Qualifying as an Environmental Health Practitioner".
  16. ↑ "Professional Registration - CIEH".
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