Ordination, licensing, transfers between member bodies, and the discipline process that stands behind all three.
A credential has to be relied upon by someone who has never met its holder.
That requires a register, a written standard, and the willingness to enforce both. Every application is sponsored by an existing member, assessed against the standard, and recorded.
Credentials are renewable. A lapse in safeguarding certification suspends one automatically, without further process.
Applications are processed in the order received. Timescales are published so applicants can plan.
No application proceeds without an existing member who will answer for it.
Taught modules plus a supervised placement, assessed on both.
Renewed annually. A lapse suspends the credential without further process.
Complaints are heard by the department, never by the person complained about.