Become a Certified Professional Member
The purpose of the Certified Professional Member category is to recognise those who hold a relevant HFE qualification and have broad experience across the HFE discipline.
You could be eligible to become a Certified Professional Member if you have:
- HFE education to at least Level 7 NZQA (Bachelor’s degree),
- At least 300 days over 3 years of HFE experience, and
- Have had at least 1 year of HFE supervised or mentored practice.
For more information on the specific requirements look at the Professional Membership Categories document.
Download and complete the Professional Member Application Form and provide all relevant evidence as directed if you want to apply to become a Certified Professional Member.
If you are unsure if you meet all the criteria, please contact the PAB Convenor to discuss your individual situation: profmember@hfesnz.org.nz.
The annual membership fees for Certified Members are $350+GST.
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Requirements for Certified Members
As a Certified Professional Member you must be able to demonstrates a level of knowledge equivalent to a minimum of:
- Level 7 NZQA (Bachelor’s degree) (or equivalent), and
- the core subject is related to the HFE discipline, and
- at least one year of which is in HFE e.g. Bachelor, PGDip, Masters, (or equivalent in a series of papers), OR
- you have gained relevant work experience in HFE which is demonstrated across the five competency areas.
As a Certified Professional Member you must:
- have received a minimum of 1 year supervised HFE experience, or have
- HFE mentored professional practice.
Supervision must be provided by a Fellow or Certified HFESNZ Professional or equivalent and may be interweaved with or follow on from the formal HFE component.
For example, this experience or mentored practice may include:
- project work
- a thesis completed under supervision (as part of a HFE educational course)
- working closely with other human factors professionals/ergonomists on a joint project, etc.
As a Certified Professional Member you must be able to:
- Demonstrate a minimum of 300 days of qualifying work experience over a period of at least 3 years in HFE practice, and/or teaching, and/or research, and/or supervision, and/or management.
- Provide evidence of having carried out a minimum of 10 (maximum of 15) significant HFE activities or projects).
As a Certified Professional Member you must be able to:
- demonstrate 100% proficiency across the HFE competencies at level 2 or higher, and
- have at least two of the five major competency areas at level 3 or higher for all competencies within that group.
As part of the application process you will need to complete a self-assessment of your competencies using the Professional-Competencies-Checklist.docx
Certified Professional Application Documents
If you require the application documents in a different format please contact profmember@hfesnz.org.nz
FAQs
There are many benefits if you decide to become a Certified Professional Member:
- You can use the post-nominal CNZHFE
- You will have full voting rights on HFENZ issues
- You can support HFENZ by becoming a mentor as part of the mentorship programme
- You will be able to list yourself on the HASANZ Register
- You will be part of a growing community in New Zealand of like-minded professionals
- You will have access to the HFESNZ special interest groups, webinars, and regular newsletter
- You will get reduced-rate entry to events organised by HFESNZ and to the UKs CIEHF magazine - The Ergonomist
Certified Professional Members can use the post-nominal CNZHFE. They may refer to themselves as either an Ergonomist or Human Factors Professional and can use any of the titles:
- Certified NZ Human Factors and Ergonomics Professional
- Certified NZ Ergonomist
- Certified NZ Human Factors Professional.
Application fee $75 +GST, Annual Membership Fee $350 +GST.
It is a requirement for Certified Professional Members to hold appropriate Professional Indemnity and Public Liability insurances, and Statutory Liability insurance is recommended.
Holding appropriate insurances is also one of the requirements for listing on the HASANZ Register.
Yes. Certified Professional Members are eligible to list on the HASANZ Register.
The benefits of being on the HASANZ Register is that it allows anyone who needs a health and safety professional, across a wide range of disciplines. This will make you more easily accessible by New Zealand businesses.
Yes. As a Professional Member of HFESNZ you will be required to keep and submit suitable annual CPD records.
The CPD period is from the 1 April to 31 March every year and you have until the 30th April each year to submit your CPD records. If you fail to submit your annual CPD you may be at risk of being removed as a Professional Member of HFESNZ.
In your CPD records you will be asked to complete the online form to demonstrate:
- suitable, up-to-date CPD covering at least 5 activities over a 12-month period (totally at least 30 hours, covering the range of competency areas) and
- a plan covering at least 3 activities outlining how they will maintain and develop their competencies in the following year.
See here for more information about CPD.
Certified Professional Members must abide a Code of Conduct, and a Complaints and Disciplinary Process applies to these members.