Directory and Register for members by The Association for Project Safety

The Directory of Practices and Register of Fellows allow the Association's membership database to be searched primarily by name and location although further refinement is under development.

The Directory is intended as a means of assisting clients to select and appoint a competent planning supervisor.

The Directory carries a description of the corporate member, its services, locations of all offices with in many cases a link to the selected member's own website. All corporate members are required to have professional indemnity insurance.

The Register of Members allows anyone to confirm that an individual is an APS member by providing as a minimum, the name, membership number & region in which each member is registered.

Register of Fellows

Fellows of APS have earned this title on quality, experience and merit, recognised and tested by their peers. Access to Fellowship commands meeting a threshold for candidates to demonstrate sufficient experience and qualifications in planning supervision practice. Thereafter, each must undergo a rigorous assessment process, making written submissions and undergoing both an exam and interview by a panel to prove their knowledge, skills and experience which make them worthy of carrying the title FaPS. APS applauds these Fellows commitment to raise the standards of the PS and encourage professional delivery of services

1. Finding a competent Planning Supervisor

It is a client's duty to make sure that the planning supervisor appointed is competent. HSE advises that reasonable guides to competence could include:

membership of an appropriate professional body
knowledge of the type of construction work
knowledge of Health & Safety guidance and the preparation of Health & Safety Plans
ability to co-ordinate design
staffing, experience, management organisation and technical resources of the planning supervisor company
time available for carrying out Planning Supervisor duties.

2. Why use a Member of APS

The Association has been established:

to develop best practice information and guidance for its members to enable them to provide a high quality services to their clients
to formulate requirements for training, experience and Continuing Professional Development to keep members up to date in matters relating to Planning Supervision and the CDM Regulations.
to provide advice on fees and contract issues to members
to contribute to improving Health & Safety record of the construction industry
to act as a primary UK representative body for all who work as Planning Supervisors through membership of the Construction Industry Council and in discussions with the Health & Safety Executive Construction National Interest Group.

Individual and Corporate Membership is only available to those who can demonstrate training and experience which is necessary for the practice of Planning Supervision. All members must pass the Association's Entrance Exam and accept an obligation to Continuing Professional Development.

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