Accreditation

What Accreditation Means

• The new CDM2007 Regulations require all duty holders to be competent to undertake their legal duties
• Through joining into the scheme of CDM2007.org and maintaining continuous membership, each organisation will have the means to gain the necessary level of knowledge and understanding for their teams through an accredited on-line e-learning process and be able to register the training to prove they are competent as the law requires
• Being part of the scheme keeps each organisation in touch with a unified and accredited pool of knowledge and practice accepted by the HSE
• Being accredited under the CDM2007.org scheme and only during their respective period of current valid registration means each organisation so registered may use their inclusion on the appropriate Accreditation Register as proof they are trained and have the knowledge and skills to be considered as competent to meet the requirements of CDM Regulation 47(5) and as defined in the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2007

What the law requires in Year 2 of CDM2007

• The new CDM2007 Regulations require all duty holders to be competent to undertake their legal duties
• No person or organisation who is a duty holder under the new CDM2007 Regulations shall appoint or engage any person or organisation who is not competent
• All duty holders must be able to prove they are competent after 6 April 2008
• Being accredited under the CDM2007.org scheme and having renewed their respective period of current valid registration means each organisation so registered may continue to use their inclusion on the appropriate Accreditation Register and use appropriate Designatory Letters (if applicable) as continuing proof they are trained and have the knowledge and skills inclusive of all CPD that CDM2007.org may from time to time consider is required to continue to meet the requirements of the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2007

Validity of Accreditation

• Accreditation and Registration under CDM2007.org ceases immediately upon any person / organisation failing to maintain their membership of the scheme and/or the failure to pay their fees for membership and registration
• Appropriately qualified individuals who have successfully tested out of the CDM Coordinator level training courses on CDM2007.org will be automatically Registered and will be allowed to display the Designatory Letters "M-CDM-C" after their name 
• The decision of CDM2007.org is final