Professional Registration enables environmental health professionals to demonstrate their skills and competence to peers and employers.
Professional registration enables practitioners to demonstrate their competence, with successful applicants listed on our Professional Register and subject to our Code of Ethics and fitness to practise rules.
Our Pathways to Registration guidance outlines the different pathways to Registration and the requirements for each.
Explore the links below for information on each registration pathway and related guidance.
Join over 1,500 Chartered Environmental Health Practitioners and gain formal recognition for your experience, competence and ongoing development.
Pathway to Chartered StatusLearn how to qualify as a Registered Environmental Health Practitioner through accredited training and assessed competence.
EHP pathwayGain the qualifications and practical assessments needed to work in food hygiene, fitness and standards.
Food safety pathwayGain the knowledge and skills needed to work in housing standards and the Private Rented Sector.
Housing and health pathwayAccess our Register of Environmental Health Practitioners to find out more about their skills and competencies.
View the registerExplore our pathways to registration FAQs for guidance on routes, requirements and professional standards.
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