{"id":8831,"date":"2014-10-29T15:27:02","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T15:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=8831"},"modified":"2014-10-30T17:34:25","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T17:34:25","slug":"take-control-of-your-career-as-an-ihbc-associate-accreditation-under-90-pa-after-tax-max","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=8831","title":{"rendered":"Take control of your career as an IHBC Associate: accreditation @ under \u00a390 pa (after tax, max!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">For under \u00a390 a year after tax, and potentially for much less, you can secure the IHBC\u2019s conservation benefits, support and accreditation; while there is also a lot of other support for any IHBC members on low income (50% reduction for those under \u00a317,500 pa) or facing hardship (up to 75% support for those under \u00a312,500, and up to 100% under special circumstances)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>IHBC Vice-Chair Emilia McDonald\u00a0said: \u2018Conservation practitioners can no longer presume that their employers will take care of their professional development \u2013 there\u2019s just not enough money or capacity out there.\u00a0 So it is all the more important for practitioners with recognisable conservation roles or duties to make sure that their skills are verifiable, both by the existing employer as well as any prospective new employer or client.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The IHBC\u2019s new category of conservation accreditation, as an IHBC Associate, is the ideal way to have your skills tested and quality-assured while also looking towards full IHBC membership.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>IHBC Director Se\u00e1n O\u2019Reilly said: \u2018IHBC accreditation through membership is extremely cost-effective, at about \u00a32 a week after tax, while for those under \u00a317,500 income, at less than \u00a31 a week it is little more than the cost of some specialist associations, and yet with all the added benefits of a professional body.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018And it gets better: anyone with an annual income under \u00a312,500, such as students in particular, can apply for 75% fee reductions, while even 100% subsidies are on offer if you are developing your skills by volunteering in the sector or facing particular professional or personal challenges.\u00a0 And for that you get some of the most substantial benefits available to built and historic environment conservation practitioners.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Clearly the IHBC continues to do all it can to support access to credible conservation!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>To review conservation accreditation and related schemes available to practitioners see the IHBC\u2019s listing of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/resources_head\/specialist_registers\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">specialist registers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To see the IHBC\u2019s list of accredited practitioners, which includes Full Members electing to use the service as well as all Associates, see our <a href=\"http:\/\/ihbc.org.uk\/memb_cont\/members.html\" target=\"_blank\">Database of Accredited Practitioners<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/join\/memb_fees\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">IHBC\u00a0fees<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/join\/Hardship\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">IHBC\u00a0hardship support and other support\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To find our more about Associate membership and the application process, see our introduction to membership categories at http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/1new\/join\/Catagories\/index.html<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To join follow have your CV or similar resource to and follow the llnk from http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/join\/page29\/index.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For under \u00a390 a year after tax, and potentially for much less, you can secure the IHBC\u2019s conservation benefits, support and accreditation; 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