
The Professional and Chartership Committee reports to Council.
Aims
To promote professional excellence and ethical standards in the Earth sciences for the public good.
These aims are achieved through:
- Defining, maintaining and developing high professional standards for geoscientists
- Promoting career development for geoscientists
Terms of reference (subject to approval by Council)
- The establishment and validation of criteria for election to Fellowship
- The establishment of criteria and validation for election to Chartership
- The establishment and maintenance of procedures to examine and affirm the standing of Fellows in the profession and practice of geology for the purpose of validation as Chartered Geologists and/or Chartered Scientists
- To ensure that the application, validation and election process for Chartered Geologists and Chartered Scientists is carried out in accordance with regulations R/FP/2 Criteria and Procedure for Validation as a Chartered Geologist, and R/FP/11 Criteria and Procedure for Validation as a Chartered Scientist
- To ratify attainment of Chartership and performance of CPD for those seeking election by the European Federation of Geologists to become European Geologists
- To have an overview of the Society’s involvement of Chartered members of the Society in a ground engineering specialism seeking election to the UK Register of Ground Engineering Professionals (RoGEP)
- To have an overview of the Society’s involvement of Chartered members of the Society in a contaminated land specialism seeking election to the Land Condition Register Ltd (SiLC)
- To support and develop programmes of training and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) that are endorsed by the Society
- The establishment, maintenance and adherence to a Code of Conduct
- The investigation of alleged breaches of Code of Conduct and advising Council accordingly
- Maintenance of close links with the Society's Regional Groups with the VP Regional Groups
- Maintenance of close links with the Society's Early Career Network
- Liaison with comparable organisations in the UK and overseas to further the professionalism of geoscientists
- The optimising of services provided to Fellows through periodic review of the adequacy of existing services and the scope for new ones
Structure
The P&CC will be chaired by the Secretary (Professional & Chartership Matters) who should be a Chartered Geologist. At least six other members of Council will serve on the P&CC. Non-Council members will be appointed onto the P&CC as necessary, and will generally serve as members of the P&CC for not more than three years. The majority of the P&CC will be Chartered Geologists.
The Executive Secretary and the Director of Operations will attend meetings of the P&CC. The secretariat will be provided by the Fellowship Services Manager.
Method of working
The PCC will meet at least four times annually.
Committee members
Chair
- Neil Frewin CGeol
Council members
- Ben Lepley CGeol (Chair, Training Comm)
- Gemma Sherwood CGeol (VP Rg Gps)
- John Davis CGeol (RoGEP rep)
- Liz Withington
- Louisa McAra CGeol
- Martin Griffin CGeol (VP EDI)
Other members
- Andy Smith (Accreditation [Academic] Panel Chair)
- Daniel Hope (Early Careers Network rep)
- Jason Canning CGeol (Professional Accreditation Panel)
- Roni Savage CGeol
- Simon Dominy CGeol (PERC rep)
- Vacant (UGUK rep)
Staff
- Simon Thompson (Chief Executive)
- Jenny Boland (Head of Membership & Development)
- Natasha Stephen (EFG rep/Dir. Science and Engagement)
- Mohammed Jahangir (Head of Fellowship Services)
- Eleanor Williams CGeol (Chartership Officer)
- George Jameson (D&I Project Lead)
- Joanne Berry (Training Course Lead)
- Andy Saunders (Academic Accreditation Officer)
Reporting committees
- Accreditation Committee
- Chartership Audit Panel
- Regional Groups Committee
- Training Course Committee