The Environmental Consultants’ Association (ECA) is the professional body representing commercial environmental consultants throughout Western Australia. Full, Corporate & Associate membership of the Association is available to commercial environmental consultants who possess the appropriate qualifications and experience. The ECA represents the interests of its members and promotes development of the environmental consulting industry. All members shall accept and uphold the ECA’s Code of Conduct.
Membership Criteria
Application Requirements
Full Membership
Individuals with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in provision of professional environmental consulting services;
Substantially engaged in a professional environmental consulting role;
To unlock membership benefits, provide your basic personal and professional information, qualifications, employment history, referees and CV;
Membership application may be submitted prior to Nomination of Services.
Step 2: Nomination of Services
Select up to 4 core services;
Provide 2 different project examples to substantiate each service;
Project examples must be recent (<3 years) and describe your personal role in the project (not services provided by your organisation or disciplines that you have limited knowledge of);
You can complete this step at a later stage as time permits;
Do you have advanced skills and experience in a particular service provision? Consider applying for a Specialist Service.
Corporate and Sustaining Corporate Membership
Non-government, non-academic corporate bodies engaging in commercial environmental consulting;
Must employ at least one Full Member of the Association.
To unlock membership benefits, provide your basic company details, details of employees with full ECA membership, corporate profile and company logo;
Membership application may be submitted prior to Nomination of Services.
Step 2: Nomination of Services
Select up to 4 core services;
Provide 2 different project examples to substantiate each service;
Project examples must be recent (<3 years) and describe the organisations role in delivering the project;
You can complete this step at a later stage as time permits;
Do you have advanced skills and experience in a particular service provision? Consider applying for a Specialist Service.
Associate Membership
Individuals currently engaging in professional environmental consulting services who do not meet the criteria of Full Membership, but wish to remain connected with the Association;
Includes those that have retired from environmental consulting.
Provide your basic personal and professional information, qualifications, professional affiliations, employment history, referees and CV.
Correspondent Membership
Individuals or organisations wishing to remain informed about the activities of the ECA;
Includes those that engage with the environmental consulting industry and other organisations such as government agencies, other professional organisations, universities, not-for-profit groups etc
Membership Application
Provide your basic contact information.
Student Correspondent Membership
Students wishing to be informed about the activities of the ECA and access member discounts for events.
Membership Application
Provide your basic contact information.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Please select the appropriate membership category below and a list of relevant fields will be displayed.
The application can be saved and completed in stages. In the green banner at the bottom input your email address and click ‘save draft’.
If applying for service categories, review the Membership Assessment Rules [PDF]. Please carefully consider which categories to apply for by reviewing our definitions. For some categories there may be some elements that are common to most roles such as data management and project management. Applications for such categories will only be successful where it can be proven that this is the primary service of the applicant.
All service category nominations will be considered by the Membership Sub-committee with regard to internally established standards. If those standards are not demonstrated in the application then further information may be requested, or the application may be rejected.