Member (MCIfA) grade accreditation is open to those who:
- have authoritative knowledge within an area of historic environment practice or specialism
- have substantial responsibility for own work in a variety of situations
- have significant accountability for others and/or allocate resources, where applicable
- have dealt with and/or carried out complex work and decision-making in a broad range of complex, technical or professional activities or in highly skilled, specialist work
- perceive the importance of their role and the work they undertake within the team and within the historic environment sector as a whole
- agree to be bound by CIfA's ethical Code of conduct
Associate (ACIfA) grade professional accreditation is open to those who:
- have a high level of working knowledge within an area of historic environment practice
- have considerable responsibility for undertaking work in a variety of situations using own judgement
- have carried out complex work within an established framework
- perceive the importance of their role within the team and the work they undertake
- agree to be bound by CIfA's ethical Code of conduct
Practitioner (PCIfA) grade professional accreditation is open to those who:
- have a good working knowledge within an area of historic environment practice
- have some responsibility for undertaking work using own judgement
- have carried out some complex work under general supervision
- perceive the importance of each role within a team
- agree to be bound by CIfA's ethical Code of conduct
