Affiliate membership

Affiliates can access the CQI's member benefits including our content, networking and development platforms. These benefits will encourage and assist you to enhance your career and regrade to Practitioner and Chartered Quality Professional when you are ready to take the next step.

• Networking: We have thousands of members across our memberships and becoming an Affiliate will allow you to interact with our network through our 29 branches, 11 Special Interest Groups and our exclusive LinkedIn group.

• Resources: Our content materials including our quarterly Quality World magazine,  Quality World articles and webinars, in-depth ISO reports, and access to our E-library.

• Development tools: Our development tools including our CPD tool, mentoring platform, Profession map, Quality Careers hub, and Quality Learning hub.

For a more in-depth view of our benefits, please see our benefits pages here.

Anyone can apply for membership at Affiliate grade. There are no assessment requirements and you don’t need any previous experience in quality. The application process takes around 5 minutes to complete and is ideal for those who are eager to start their membership as soon as possible. Create an account online, pay the fees and start enjoying your Affiliate membership.

Regrading

You may regrade at anytime during your membership to an alternative CQI grade whether that be Practitioner or Chartered Member. You will not need to pay an additional membership fee to regrade however a small regrade fee is due to process your application.

Fees

For all new membership applications, there are two fees to pay; a one-off application fee to process your application and an annual membership fee. The annual membership fee for CQI is pro-rated. The CQI membership cycle starts in January each year. New members can join at any point in the year and fees will be adjusted accordingly. For a link to the fees, please click here.