APE Professional Membership Coaching

Completing your Course

Firstly you need to register on the APE website here as an Associate Member: https://www.apeng.org/associate-membership-aape/ 

Then you need to join one of our APE Professional Review (PR) Coaching sessions. You can follow the session either by watching the lecture live, or viewing the recorded lecture - the way you join is up to you.

The coaching session will instruct you on how to complete your assessment of competence which is your application to become a Chartered Member of the Association of Planning Engineers (APE). You will need to read the Guidance notes, available below, which gives you full instructions on the process.

Guidance Notes

You can download your Guidance Notes and via the links below:

APE PR Guidance Notes

APE Upload Portal - Screenshots

Writing & Submitting your Report

Once you have completed your written competence report, you will need to submit your completed report via the Exam Portal, this should include the following documents:

• General Competence Report
• Specialist Competence Report
• An up to date CV
• Your plans for upcoming Continuing Professional Development (CPD) within the next 12 months
• A signed verification form by someone who is a Chartered Member of another recognised institution

You can download templates for these documents via the Exam Portal. 

Our Assessor will review your report and provide you feedback where necessary of any amendments you need to make. We will return your feedback, and once all your feedback has been incorporated, our assessor will sign off your submission.

Once your submission has been signed off, you will need to go to the APE Portal on their website and upload each section of your application, as well as pay a fee for your Chartered Membership..