IOM3 Membership (Member of Institute of the Materials, Minerals, and Mining) MIMMM

 

 

The professional member grade (MIMMM) or IOM3 membership is the recognition of a professional’s knowledge, experience, and understanding in an IOM3-related technical discipline. 

 

The professional member is supposed to use independent technical judgment in both practical experience and the use of engineering or scientific or environmental principles. The member must be creative in technical matters that are relevant to materials and natural resources in one or more than one in the following: 

1.    extraction

2.    exploration

3.    forming 

4.    processing 

5.    application 

6.    selection

7.    research 

8.    development 

9.    reuse 

10. manufacturing 

11. recycling 

12. repurposing 

 

IOM3 membership requirements: 

To fulfill the requirements of MIMMM membership, a candidate has to: 

1.    have the minimum of a graduation degree, whether it is a BEng, BSc, BSc (Eng), BTech and the like or equivalent RFQ level 6/SCQF Level 9/10 qualification in a related engineering, environmental, science or technology subject. 

2.    Possess a minimum of 4 years of relevant work experience. It can also include the time you spent in the completion of your Ph.D. 

 

If you don’t have sufficient experience or the minimum qualification to apply for the membership, you will be able to apply for the membership grade of Associate Member (AIMMM). 

 

The candidates applying for professional membership or IOM3 membership can also apply for the registration as Chartered Engineer (CEng), Chartered Scientist (CSci) and Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) simultaneously. The requirements IOM3 Chartership of the applicant is dependent on their educational background and work experience. 

MIMMM applicants can be used by physicists, engineers, scientists, chemists, geologists and technologists covering those from packaging the wood, academic, industrial and similar sectors. 

 

The candidate must in possession of the required skills and potential to fulfill the underlying technical principles. They must have the capability of portraying supreme management skills, discernment and decision making. 

 

An applicant desiring for CEng has to show their management and leadership skills for professional engineering and experience. They must have a deep understanding of engineering that can promote their IOM3 discipline.

Furthermore, it’s a must for them to show the knowledge in practical situations like design, manufacture, testing, safety and maintenance of components, devices and structure or the process plant control. 

 

A candidate dreaming of CSci MIMMM has to show their skills and specialty in the aspect of professional engineering. They must have scientific knowledge and a deep understanding that allow them to start and handle scientific projects and procedures, relevant to one or more facets of materials of natural resources. They also need to show commendable knowledge to use their expertise in the administrative structure. 

 

A candidate with a keen desire for CEnv MIMMM needs to demonstrate the eligibility to showcase the application of environmental and imperishable development principles, which would fulfill the requirements of IOM3. They also need to show the way the leadership role is done in imperishable management through strategic environmental planning for the development process, project and the lifecycle of the project. They are also required to play a lead role in propagating the idea of the environment and put those ideas transparently before their colleagues and some other more audience. 

 

To attain IOM3 membership, there are 4 stages with or without registration:  

The base of education: A recognized and authorized qualification of level 7 like a degree in Masters or any alternate qualification like Bachelor’s degree topped with MSc or Ph.D. or any training scheme of a company with authority, which requires assessment. The candidate not meeting the criteria can also apply via the Technical Report Route (TRR) and take consultation from the TRR guide. 

 

Early-stage Professional Development: At the beginning and developmental year of the job structured development is shown, also including earning experience in responsibilities. It can be using an IPD plan or via general work experience. 

 

Professional review: submitting evidence and evaluation of the same via associate review process to find whether the contender has achieved both professional competency and a commitment to professional codes. 

Sustainable professional development: An obligation for the maintenance of competency to practice.