Why become a member?

Membership of the Institute of IT Training demonstrates your commitment to both your own and the training community's professional development. Institute membership sets you apart from other training professionals giving you industry recognition of your skills, experience, professionalism and quality.

By joining the Institute of IT Training you will become part of the UK's industry body for training professionals, as well as belonging to the Institute's rapidly expanding community of workplace learning and performance professionals.

We are committed to provide services for members that are directly relevant to your priorities, your needs and your aspirations at every stage in your career as a learning and development professional. The Institute continues to invest in developing and delivering services to members that are valuable and effective in their role.

The Institute's philosophy on membership entry requirements is that the qualifications for admission to individual membership grades should realistically reflect job roles in the workplace. Therefore, qualification for membership is achieved by proving competence in clearly defined learning and development skills areas, along with subject matter expertise in the candidate's area of activity.

What are the benefits of being a member?

Belonging to the Institute's member community provides you with a comprehensive range of exclusive benefits and support services which are developed and added to on a continual basis. You can find a full list of the benefits of membership here.

Routes to membership

There are several tracks to full membership. The following will give you information on which membership track you should follow.

• First, classroom trainers may progress through Associate level, to Senior Associate and then to full Member by demonstrating the requisite competencies and experience.


• Similar paths are defined for designers and developers of learning materials, both paper-based for classroom delivery or self-study use, and electronic, for delivery via an e-Learning medium.


• The growing number of trainers becoming online tutors may also join at Associate level and progress to full membership once they can show clearly that they have demonstrated these competencies in practice in the workplace, to the benefit of their employer.