BCS CITP Equivalent

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Hi everyone,
i am new to this forum so forgive me if i posted this question in the wrong section.
About MBCS equivalent in the industry and about CITP relevance and equivalents.

I have just been granted an MBCS award, but i would like to know its equivalents in terms of all other professional membership (or is it equals to masters degree).

I am also under going the process of CITP at the moment. I would like to know if it is in the same level with Cphys, Csci, CEng, Chattered accountant etc (or is it equals to masters degree). If so where on BCS can i get this information from. thanks

Thanks.

 

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I'm sure Ken will have a succinct answer for this

By the way you might like to introduce yourself a bit more in this section

 

Thanks, i will introduce myself properly now. cheers

 

CITP Is good, it not equivalent to CEng though. It's equivalent to IEng (Technologist level).

As stated above Ken is the expert but it is not equivalent to a Msc either. You normally need either 10 years experience though or a degree and 5 years I believe.

I haven't gone for it at the moment as I am pretty busy with other stuff but I will definitely apply for it at the same time that apply for IEng.

Dom

 

Err not quite.

"Typically, you will have 8 -10 years of IT work experience, although this may be reduced depending on your academic qualifications or if you are part of a BCS Accredited Professional Development Scheme.

You will also be required to meet the criteria for the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) Level 5 - this describes the degree of responsibility you will be expected to exercise in your role to meet our requirements"

Source

If you search you'll find that in another thread I posted what the SFIAplus requriements were with a copy of the document I was sent by the BCS.

However, there are changes afoot which will be announced later in the year.

We could probably debate what we *think* it's equivalent to all day but I expect Ken will have details relating to NVQ levels etc (seem to remember he posted something some months back)

 

ok thanks for that.

The comparison to IEng is from a post within the BCS Engineering and Technology forum. At the time of the post (feb 200 Ken had rang the BCS and they replied that it stood at IEng level.

Dom

 

from what i have been seeing so far from google search results is that CITP is at par level with CEng (in the area of IT).

 

Hi, I am new to this forum, just joined today - its the only place I have found for discussing the BCS CITP application process (I am in the process of applying at the moment). I was wandering of those that have got CITP from BCS, what was their experience (if any )in terms of interviews (face to face and phone), has anyone from here had an interview with them for Chartered before ? What sort of questions did they ask ?

Thanks in advance for any responses

 

Thanks Ken. I submitted a 4 page CV (inc SFIA skills) and have now been sent an additional SFIA form to fill in, this duplicates a lot of the CV and I have filled another three pages. Planning to re-submit that this week then should hear about next steps (interview, straight pass, straight fail etc) in August. Keen to get it done before the revamp in September if its going to get harder to apply, I am wandering if I am pushing it applying with only 5 years IT experience (and no IT degree) but I have done a fair few IT exams and have a non IT degree so am hoping it should be ok

 

I have been awarded the CITP status today. I submitted relevant documentations and my supporter did submit the SFIA Level prove as well. Now i am very happy to get the status. Thanks to everyone here.

About the September revamping, what exactly is the change coming in September?

 

Big congrats on getting your Chartered status m8 !

Welcome to the club !