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Occupational PsychologyWhat is Occupational Psychology?Occupational Psychology is concerned with the performance of people at work and in training, how organisations function and how individuals and small groups behave at work. What qualifications in Occupational Psychology do the Society offer?The Society offers two qualifications in Occupational Psychology.
All candidates for either Qualification must be Graduate Members of the Society and must hold the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership. All candidates for the Qualification in Occupational Psychology (Stage 2) must hold either the Society’s own Stage 1 Qualification or an accredited MSc in Occupational Psychology. The Qualification in Occupational Psychology (Stage 1) provides the necessary underpinning knowledge (equivalent to an MSc, and the alternative route to gaining Stage 1 for those who are unable to undertake a Society-accredited MSc in Occupational psychology). Further information on the Society’s Stage 1 Qualification can be found on the downloads page. All candidates for the Qualification in Occupational Psychology (Stage 2) must hold either the Society’s own Stage 1 Qualification or an accredited MSc in Occupational Psychology. The Qualification in Occupational Psychology (Stage 2) consists of supervised practice and the demonstration of competence in Occupational Psychology through a portfolio of competence. Further information on the Society’s Stage 2 Qualification can be found on the downloads page. All supervisors for the Society’s Stage 2 Qualification must be Chartered Psychologists and Full Member of the Division of Occupational Psychology and registered with the Health Professions Council (HPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist. Further details of supervisors and supervision can be found on the Supervisors download page.
All supervisors for the Society's Qualification in Occupational Psychology (Stage 2) must be Chartered Psychologists with Full Membership of the DOP and registered with the Health Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist. They also must have at least two years of experience as a Chartered Psychologist and Full Member of the DOP before they can supervise. Further details on supervisors, including the approved supervisor training and supervision can be found on the web page for supervisors.
Please note final submissions for this route to gaining Chartered Membership of the Society is 1st February 2011 (no extensions will be granted) For those candidates who have been advised by the Society that they are on the 'old' log book assessment route to gaining Chartered Membership and Full Membership of the Division of Occupational Psychology (i.e. prior to December 2007), should go to the downloads page for further information.
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