Record your practical experience

You record your experience in a career profile, which includes:

  1. an assessment of practical experience/membership application form (PDF 754KB) signed by a proposer and seconder
  2. an employment summary (Word DOC 55KB)
  3. a detailed record of your experience
  4. a record of skills development (Word DOC 61KB)

Read the practical experience requirements brochure (PDF 41KB).

When writing up your detailed record of experience, think about the following when describing relevant tasks:

  • who did you report to?
  • how did you actually approach the task?
  • how often did you do it?
  • why did it need to be done?
  • who was the end user/customer?
  • what software/IT did you use?
  • how many people helped you or were you part of a team?
  • what was the outcome?

NB: The write up of your experience should be of your own design, as it is a test of your report writing skills. Applications found to be using a predefined template may be returned, unassessed, until such time as they are written in an original format.

Teaching videos
In the video below, CIMA's membership registry manager Patrick Finn summarises how to write up your practical experience.

 


You can also watch more videos covering how to complete the personal details and sign off and employment summary and detailed record of experience sections of the application, as well as explaining the process and outcome of the CIMA membership application.

Applying for membership
See this presentation on completing your career profile and applying for membership (PDF 90KB).

Not found the answer you were looking for? Why not take a look at our frequently asked questions (PDF 63KB).

You can apply for CIMA membership online in your MY CIMA account. Our user guide (PDF 51KB) will help you through the application process.

You can also apply by post. Applications should be sent to:  
Membership admissions
CIMA
26 Chapter St
London
SW1P 4NP

The 2012 fee is £133.

We offer face-to-face assessment sessions for membership application.

Decisions process and advice
See our help section for more.

Academic and audit experience
Our academic (PDF 48KB), internal audit (PDF 33KB) and external audit (PDF 33KB) guidelines explain whether your experience in these areas can be used as part of your application.