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A recent article in a UK design journal reports that some UK designers – and the Chartered Society of Designers in particular – have plans to bring in a professional accreditation scheme – along much the same lines as the DIA has had for several years.
The CSD’s proposed ‘Chartered Designer’ professional certification scheme has been lodged with the British Government for approval, and a decision is expected within around three months.
If approved, the CSD says the scheme will allow designers to join the ranks of other chartered professionals including accountants, surveyors, statisticians, linguists, engineers and marketers.
According to the CSD, designers will be assessed on their ‘professionalism, skills, knowledge and creativity’ and if accepted, would be obliged to undertake mandatory annual continuing professional development.
‘This is not aimed at stopping anyone practising design, and there will be lots of designers who wouldn’t want to commit to continuing to train and develop, but it will help to raise the status of design as a profession,’ says CSD CEO Frank Peters.
British Institute of Interior Design president, Iris Dunbar, is giving her ‘full backing’ to the proposal, and has agreed for the BIID to be a conferring body if the charter is approved.
The DIA’s Accredited Designer scheme has been operating now for several years, and allows DIA designers to elevate their professional status even further in the eyes of their clients and colleagues.
In a world where self-proclaimed, unqualified ‘designers’ are a dime a dozen, DIA membership and DIA Accredited Designer status are highly significant ways of differentiating a designer’s abilities, professionalism and qualifications within the profession.
For more information on the DIA Accredited Designer programme, visit http://www.design.org.au/content.cfm?id=148 or contact the DIA National Office on 1300 888 056.
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The CSD’s proposed ‘Chartered Designer’ professional certification scheme has been lodged with the British Government for approval, and a decision is expected within around three months.
If approved, the CSD says the scheme will allow designers to join the ranks of other chartered professionals including accountants, surveyors, statisticians, linguists, engineers and marketers.
According to the CSD, designers will be assessed on their ‘professionalism, skills, knowledge and creativity’ and if accepted, would be obliged to undertake mandatory annual continuing professional development.
‘This is not aimed at stopping anyone practising design, and there will be lots of designers who wouldn’t want to commit to continuing to train and develop, but it will help to raise the status of design as a profession,’ says CSD CEO Frank Peters.
British Institute of Interior Design president, Iris Dunbar, is giving her ‘full backing’ to the proposal, and has agreed for the BIID to be a conferring body if the charter is approved.
The DIA’s Accredited Designer scheme has been operating now for several years, and allows DIA designers to elevate their professional status even further in the eyes of their clients and colleagues.
In a world where self-proclaimed, unqualified ‘designers’ are a dime a dozen, DIA membership and DIA Accredited Designer status are highly significant ways of differentiating a designer’s abilities, professionalism and qualifications within the profession.
For more information on the DIA Accredited Designer programme, visit http://www.design.org.au/content.cfm?id=148 or contact the DIA National Office on 1300 888 056.
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