You can see this page if you are either an administrator or a mentor for someone on the CIHT Professional Development Framework, or, if you are a user / CIHT Member and your employer has a confirmed Framework registration. Framework and MyCareerPath guidance along with other supporting documents can be found at the bottom of this page.
The CIHT competencies demonstrate the minimum standard required for successful completion of CIHT's Professional Development Framework for whichever qualification you aspire to. There are some shared competencies which all Highways and Transportation professionals should develop to an appropriate level (awareness, knowledge, experience and proficiency) relevant to the qualification you are aiming for. There are also some qualification specific competencies depending on whether you are aiming for Engineering Council registration or Chartered Transport Planning Professional registration.
The below competencies are also on MyCareerPath ready for you to assign evidence of experience to the qualification you are aiming to achieve.
You have a general understanding of an area and are able to give an overview of a topic or area and/or know where or who to go to for further information.
You have more in depth knowledge and understanding of a topic or area and understand why and how to apply the knowledge in practice.
You can demonstrate you have experience undertaking work that consistently demonstrates a competency. You can demonstrate an ability to consistently carry out work under supervision, with the underpinning knowledge.
You have the experience and knowledge to consistently carry out work without supervision and to train and supervise others, based on both experience and the underpinning knowledge
The below CTPP competencies (shared and specific) demonstrate what Awareness, Knowledge, Experience and / or Proficiency is required for the successful completion of CIHT's Professional Development Framework for the CTPP professional qualification.
CIHT 1a) The structure of your organisation and good team working practices.
CIHT 1b) The importance of objectives and how to manage your workload effectively.
CIHT 1c) Appropriate tools to analyse your performance and identify your professional development needs.
CIHT 1d) Appropriate tools to manage the performance and professional development of others.
CIHT 1e) Leadership and management techniques including equality, diversity and inclusion, and how to select the most appropriate style for a situation and to get the best out of your team.
CIHT 1f) Managing the performance of others and providing meaningful and constructive feedback.
CIHT 1g) Managing and monitoring the performance of teams or the input of others to meet the needs of the organisation and/or project through setting objectives and writing work plans.
CIHT 1h) Managing others to adapt to change in work, projects and/or organisations.
CIHT 1i) Leading and motivating teams to achieve success for your organisation.
CIHT 2a) How to identify problems and make recommendations to improve the quality of tasks and processes.
CIHT 2b) The importance of quality management in highways and transportation and your role in ensuring quality standards are met within your organisation.
CIHT 2c) Relevant quality standards and the quality management systems required to achieve high standards of quality in highways and transportation.
CIHT 2e) Ensuring relevant quality standards are met and quality systems are implemented.
CIHT 2f) Evaluating highways and transportation projects, schemes and designs and making recommendations for improvement.
CIHT 2g) Leading on the implementation of improvements identified through evaluation and quality monitoring.
CIHT 2h) Encouraging and sharing best practice throughout your organisation and supply chain, challenging your approach and that of others.
CIHT 2i) Ensuring that all work is undertaken in line with quality standards
CIHT 3a) Different methods of communication to engage with both technical and non-technical audiences.
CIHT 3b) The principles of equality, equity, diversity and inclusion and your responsibility to consider the needs of all transport users, colleagues and clients.
CIHT 3c) The principles and methods of good stakeholder engagement, when stakeholder engagement should be used, and the potential for bias.
CIHT 3d) The effective use of social media and other digital communications to engage with stakeholders.
CIHT 3e) Demonstrating good listening skills and communicating effectively in English with both technical and non-technical stakeholders (clients, colleagues, other professionals and the public, etc.) using appropriate methods e.g. presentations, reports, drawings, materials for stakeholder engagement.
CIHT 3f) Using the results of consultations and engagement to shape and improve proposals.
CIHT 3g) Working effectively as part of a team, creating and maintaining good working relationships and resolving conflicts where required.
CIHT 3h) Taking an inclusive approach to your work ensuring that you have considered the needs of colleagues, stakeholders and end-users from diverse backgrounds and have taken steps to minimise bias.
CIHT 3i) Leading the presentation of ideas and proposals e.g. through presentations, bids, proposals or technical papers including clear justifications, recommendations and conclusions. You evaluate the impact of your communications
CIHT 3j) Engaging with a wide range of stakeholders selecting and using appropriate techniques for different audiences.
CIHT 3k) Leading and sustaining discussions or negotiations and bringing them to a successful conclusion
CIHT 4a) CIHT’s Code of Professional Conduct and how it applies to your role.
CIHT 4b) CIHT’s CPD requirements and how to write a Development Action Plan for your professional development and maintain a reflective record of CPD
CIHT 4c) Ethical issues which could arise in your role and how to make ethical choices
CIHT 4d) Taking part in professional activities such as involvement in CIHT regions and nations, attending events or webinars, contributing to policy work, volunteering as a STEM ambassador, or speaking about CIHT to students or colleagues in your organisation.
CIHT 4e) Upholding ethical principles in your work.
CIHT 4f) Assisting others with their CPD whether through management, where you support staff in their professional development, or through knowledge sharing with others.
CIHT 4g) Giving a professional view on your specialism within the wider context of highways and transportation including environmental, social and governance (ESG) contexts.
CIHT 4h) Taking a reflective approach to your CPD by maintaining an up-to-date CPD record and planning your CPD using a Development Action Plan (DAP) which is regularly reviewed and updated.
CIHT 5a) relevant health and safety legislation, and your employer's safety policies.
CIHT 5b) Risk identification, analysis and management methods that apply in your work.
CIHT 5c) Taking responsibility for your health and safety and undertaking your work safely. Applying relevant health and safety legislation to your work and managing risks appropriately.
CIHT 5f) Considering and mitigating risk to transport users and the public in your designs and interventions.
CIHT 5i) Ensuring others are aware of their health and safety obligations and taking responsibility to ensure they are working safely and minimising risk to themselves and others.
CIHT 6c) The principles of good project management
CIHT 6e) Managing resources to ensure projects are delivered on time, to quality and within budget.
CIHT 6f) Identifying factors affecting project implementation including safety, sustainability and social value considerations and implementing solutions which ensure safety, maintain and enhance the quality of the environment and community, and meet financial objectives.
CIHT 6g) Carrying out holistic and systematic project risk identification, risk assessment, risk mitigation and communication in relation to time, cost and quality.
CIHT 6i) Securing the necessary resources, allocating tasks and confirming roles in project teams
CIHT 6k) Planning the work and resources to deliver successful projects
CIHT 6l) Preparing and monitoring budgets and progress against agreed timeframes
CIHT 6m) Leading project reviews and managing the interface with customers, contractors and other stakeholders to ensure understanding of the implications of the project delivery and how they inform future projects
CIHT 7a) Why transport decarbonisation is a priority for highways and transportation professionals
CIHT 7b) Transport decarbonisation pathways, and the scale and pace of emission reductions required to meet decarbonisation ambitions relevant to your area of work
CIHT 7c) The concepts associated with carbon generation, emission, reduction and elimination.
CIHT 7d) How decarbonisation relates to the principles of sustainable development and key objectives, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
CIHT 7e) Taking action to identify, minimise and where possible eliminate the whole lifecycle carbon associated with your work .
CIHT 7f) Consistently leading and implementing the consideration of carbon on projects including taking into consideration the avoid-shift-improve carbon reduction hierarchy.
CIHT TPP1a) The transport and wider policy context at different spatial scales and the current statutory and regulatory requirements for the country or region you are operating in.
CIHT TPP1b) How policy is influenced by and can be influenced by key trends and/or emerging concepts, uncertainties, technologies and behaviours.
CIHT TPP1c) The role of government in transport planning and how this affects transport planning decisions.
CIHT TPP1d) How policy is used in developing options and cases for investment.
CIHT TPP1e) Public and private sector funding sources and understand how to work within them and the strengths and weaknesses of each.
CIHT TPP 1f) Planning transport projects and explaining how your work is affected by the policy, legal and regulatory context you are working within.
CIHT TPP 1g) Assessing the impact of policy on plans, schemes and services
CIHT TPP 1h) Using relevant guidance appropriately.
CIHT TPP 1i) Contributing to the development of transport policy.
CIHT TPP 1j) Leading transport planning projects which have been impacted by transport planning policy or have affected transport policy.
CIHT TPP 1k) Identifying the key strengths and weaknesses of relevant guidance and constructively challenging particularly where there are trade-offs and/or conflicts to be considered.
CIHT TPP 2a) How to select and use tools to model, appraise and evaluate different options.
CIHT TPP 2b) The principal sources of transport statistics and data and the strengths, weaknesses and limitations of different sources including data from new and emerging technologies.
CIHT TPP 2c) The main methods of data collection and processing of data for the assessment, monitoring and evaluation of transport solutions. How to evaluate the quality of data.
CIHT TPP 2d) The principles of transport modelling using widely available software.
CIHT TPP 2e) Applying, analysing and evaluating appropriate sources of transport information to make recommendations to achieve your objectives, set benchmarks, measure progress and drive improvement.
CIHT TPP 2f) Specifying modelling and data requirements to support the identification of appropriate transport solutions and evaluating their impact.
CIHT TPP 2g) Specifying techniques to assess factors such as economic, safety, environmental, sustainability, land use and financial impacts.
CIHT TPP 2h) Analysing information to reach appropriate evidence-based decisions including accounting for uncertainty and bias.
CIHT TPP 2i) Taking responsibility for the collection/extraction and analysis of data (both existing and new) for use in the development and assessment of transport policies, plans, schemes and services.
CIHT TPP 2j) Taking responsibility for developing appropriate modelling, appraisal and evaluation of transport policies, plans and schemes.
CIHT TPP3a) How, when and why to consult stakeholders. Identifying relevant stakeholder groups and understanding the influence and sway these may have on projects.
CIHT TPP3b) Engaging with a wide range of relevant stakeholders including but not limited to local and national government representatives, transport operators, special interest groups and the public.
CIHT TPP3c) Engaging with stakeholders using suitable engagement techniques (both face-to-face and digital), explaining why you selected the techniques and how you mitigated any limitations of the techniques. You recognise and understand any bias that may occur and how to deal with this.
CIHT TPP3d) Using feedback from stakeholder engagement to produce improved project outcomes in your work.
CIHT TPP3e) Leading, managing and organising stakeholder events, and influencing stakeholders to have positive outcomes for projects.
CIHT TPP4a) The key components and stages required for the development of strategic and masterplans for transport and the procedures for their formal adoption/approval.
CIHT TPP4b) The principles of influencing travel behaviours and factors that affect the use of different transport modes at the relevant spatial scale.
CIHT TPP4c) The design needs and experience of end users and wider stakeholder groups.
CIHT TPP4d) Developing transport inputs to site or geographic area specific masterplans.
CIHT TPP4e) Determining and applying appropriate methods to design transport schemes which influence how people travel.
CIHT TPP4f) Designing, implementing and evaluating transport interventions to influence travel behaviour change.
CIHT TPP4g) Taking responsibility for the design, promotion, implementation and evaluation of transport schemes that achieve changes in travel behaviour.
CIHT TPP5a) The factors to be taken into consideration when designing transport systems including the requirements of all stakeholders (e.g. end users, operators and transport authorities).
CIHT TPP5b) The factors involved in the commercial and operational management of transport systems.
CIHT TPP5c) The strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to transport system design.
CIHT TPP5d) The requirements for transport service management (statutory and mandatory).
CIHT TPP5e) Potential sources of funding for transport systems.
CIHT TPP5f) Applying the principles of systems design to the development of transport systems.
CIHT TPP5g) Consistently implementing the principles of systems design to the development of transport systems from concept to operation.
CIHT TPP5h) Incorporating integrated transport in your designs, providing ready interchange between modes and making the most of emerging technologies.
CIHT TPP5i) Developing and implementing system or service management schemes for transport.
CIHT TPP5j) Identifying and securing the resources required for transport service delivery.
The below CEng competencies (shared and specific) demonstrate what Awareness, Knowledge, Experience and or Proficiency is required for the successful completion of CIHT's Professional Development Framework for the CEng professional qualification.
CIHT 1a) The structure of your organisation and good team working practices
CIHT 1b) The importance of objectives and how to manage your workload effectively.
CIHT 1c) Appropriate tools to analyse your performance and identify your professional development needs.
CIHT 1d) Appropriate tools to manage the performance and professional development of others.
CIHT 1e) Leadership and management techniques including equality, diversity and inclusion, and how to select the most appropriate style for a situation and to get the best out of your team.
CIHT 1f) Managing the performance of others and providing meaningful and constructive feedback.
CIHT 1g) Managing and monitoring the performance of teams or the input of others to meet the needs of the organisation and/or project through setting objectives and writing work plans.
CIHT 1h) Managing others to adapt to change in work, projects and/or organisations.
CIHT 1i) Leading and motivating teams to achieve success for your organisation.
CIHT 2a) How to identify problems and make recommendations to improve the quality of tasks and processes.
CIHT 2b) The importance of quality management in highways and transportation and your role in ensuring quality standards are met within your organisation.
CIHT 2c) Relevant quality standards and the quality management systems required to achieve high standards of quality in highways and transportation.
CIHT 2d) Methods to monitor and deliver continuous improvement.
CIHT 2e) Ensuring relevant quality standards are met and quality systems are implemented.
CIHT 2f) Evaluating highways and transportation projects, schemes and designs and making recommendations for improvement.
CIHT 2g) Leading on the implementation of improvements identified through evaluation and quality monitoring.
CIHT 2h) Encouraging and sharing best practice throughout your organisation and supply chain, challenging your approach and that of others.
CIHT 2i) Ensuring that all work is undertaken in line with quality standards.
CIHT 3a) Different methods of communication to engage with both technical and non-technical audiences.
CIHT 3b) The principles of equality, equity, diversity and inclusion and your responsibility to consider the needs of all transport users, colleagues and clients.
CIHT 3c) The principles and methods of good stakeholder engagement, when stakeholder engagement should be used, and the potential for bias.
CIHT 3d) The effective use of social media and other digital communications to engage with stakeholders.
CIHT 3e) Demonstrating good listening skills and communicating effectively in English with both technical and non-technical stakeholders (clients, colleagues, other professionals and the public, etc.) using appropriate methods e.g. presentations, reports, drawings, materials for stakeholder engagement.
CIHT 3f) Using the results of consultations and engagement to shape and improve proposals.
CIHT 3g) Working effectively as part of a team, creating and maintaining good working relationships and resolving conflicts where required.
CIHT 3h) Taking an inclusive approach to your work ensuring that you have considered the needs of colleagues, stakeholders and end-users from diverse backgrounds and have taken steps to minimise bias.
CIHT 3i) Leading the presentation of ideas and proposals e.g. through presentations, bids, proposals or technical papers including clear justifications, recommendations and conclusions. You evaluate the impact of your communications.
CIHT 3j) Engaging with a wide range of stakeholders selecting and using appropriate techniques for different audiences.
CIHT 3k) Leading and sustaining discussions or negotiations and bringing them to a successful conclusion.
CIHT 4a) CIHT’s Code of Professional Conduct and how it applies to your role.
CIHT 4b) CIHT’s CPD requirements and how to write a Development Action Plan for your professional development and maintain a reflective record of CPD.
CIHT 4c) Ethical issues which could arise in your role and how to make ethical choices.
CIHT 4d) Taking part in professional activities such as involvement in CIHT regions and nations, attending events or webinars, contributing to policy work, volunteering as a STEM ambassador, or speaking about CIHT to students or colleagues in your organisation.
CIHT 4e) Upholding ethical principles in your work.
CIHT 4f) Assisting others with their CPD whether through management, where you support staff in their professional development, or through knowledge sharing with others.
CIHT 4g) Giving a professional view on your specialism within the wider context of highways and transportation including environmental, social and governance (ESG) contexts.
CIHT 4h) Taking a reflective approach to your CPD by maintaining an up-to-date CPD record and planning your CPD using a Development Action Plan (DAP) which is regularly reviewed and updated.
CIHT 5a) relevant health and safety legislation, and your employer's safety policies.
CIHT 5b) Risk identification, analysis and management methods that apply in your work.
CIHT 5c) Taking responsibility for your health and safety and undertaking your work safely. Applying relevant health and safety legislation to your work and managing risks appropriately.
CIHT 5d) Developing and implementing hazard identification and risk management systems to avoid or mitigate potential risks to yourself and others. Evaluating these systems and making improvements when required.
CIHT 5e) Carrying out risk assessments and identifying measures to eliminate, reduce, isolate and control risks.
CIHT 5f) Considering and mitigating risk to transport users and the public in your designs and interventions.
CIHT 5g) Developing, operating and managing health and safety risk registers and contingency systems.
CIHT 5i) Ensuring others are aware of their health and safety obligations and taking responsibility to ensure they are working safely and minimising risk to themselves and others.
CIHT 6c) The principles of good project management.
CIHT 6e) Managing resources to ensure projects are delivered on time, to quality and within budget.
CIHT 6f) Identifying factors affecting project implementation including safety, sustainability and social value considerations and implementing solutions which ensure safety, maintain and enhance the quality of the environment and community, and meet financial objectives.
CIHT 6g) Carrying out holistic and systematic project risk identification, risk assessment, risk mitigation and communication in relation to time, cost and quality.
CIHT 6h) Preparing and agreeing on implementation plans and method statements.
CIHT 6i) Securing the necessary resources, allocating tasks and confirming roles in project teams
CIHT 6j) Applying the necessary contractual arrangements with other stakeholders (client, subcontractor, suppliers etc).
CIHT 6k) Planning the work and resources to deliver successful projects.
CIHT 6l) Preparing and monitoring budgets and progress against agreed timeframes.
CIHT 6m) Leading project reviews and managing the interface with customers, contractors and other stakeholders to ensure understanding of the implications of the project delivery and how they inform future projects.
CIHT 7a) Why transport decarbonisation is a priority for highways and transportation professionals
CIHT 7b) Transport decarbonisation pathways, and the scale and pace of emission reductions required to meet decarbonisation ambitions relevant to your area of work
CIHT 7c) The concepts associated with carbon generation, emission, reduction and elimination.
CIHT 7d) How decarbonisation relates to the principles of sustainable development and key objectives, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
CIHT 7e) Taking action to identify, minimise and where possible eliminate the whole lifecycle carbon associated with your work.
CIHT 7f) Consistently leading and implementing the consideration of carbon on projects including taking into consideration the avoid-shift-improve carbon reduction hierarchy.
CIHTEng1a) The engineering principles underpinning your work.
CIHTEng1b) Current technological techniques, procedures, processes and methods used in your area of work.
CIHTEng1c) Current technological best practice as it relates to your work.
CIHTEng1d) Emerging technology and how this could impact your work.
CIHTEng1h) Investigating technological issues, identifying potential solutions and determining factors to compare them.
CIHTEng1i) Considering and implementing new and emerging technologies.
CIHTEng1j) Identifying appropriate research methodologies and evaluating the output to agree technical solutions.
CIHTEng1k) Carrying out complex and/or non-standard technical analysis.
CIHTEng2b) Existing data collection, analysis and research techniques, procedures, processes and methods and how to apply them in your area of work.
CIHTEng2c) Emerging data collection, analysis and research techniques, procedures, processes and methods and how they could impact on your work.
CIHTEng2d) The technical solutions that support sustainable development and how to apply them in your work.
Experience of
CIHTEng2h) Carrying out technical research and analysis using current best practice techniques.
CIHTEng2i) Choosing appropriate technological solutions to solve engineering problems.
CIHTEngji) Carrying out complex or non-standard technical analysis.
CIHTEng2k) Developing solutions involving complex or multi-disciplinary technology.
CIHTEng2l) Developing new designs, processes or systems based on new or emerging technology.
CIHTEng3a) Risk legislation and codes as they apply in your area of work.
CIHTEng3c) Complying with risk management legislation and codes.
CIHTEng3e) Assessing, managing and reviewing risks, including environmental, economic and social impacts.
CIHTEng3f) Ensuring risks are communicated and properly understood by colleagues and clients.
CIHTEng3g) Ensuring roles, responsibilities and accountabilities are understood and defined.
CIHTEng3h) Carrying out technical risk analysis and identifying mitigating measures.
CIHTEng3i) Operating or defining risk registers and contingency systems.
CIHTEng3j Developing and implementing appropriate hazard identification and risk management systems and culture.
CIHTEng3k) Contributing to public awareness of risk.
CIHTEng4c) Knowledge of current and emerging investigation and research methods used to undertake project development.
Experience
CIHTEng4f) Establishing user requirements.
CIHTEng4g) Identify the resources required for project implementation.
CIHTEng4h) Identifying and defining project requirements, problems and opportunities.
CIHTEng4i) Conducting appropriate investigations and research to undertake design development.
CIHTEng4j) Preparing specifications taking into account functional and other requirements.
CIHTEng4k) Reviewing specifications and tenders to identify technical issues and potential improvements.
CIHT Eng5 Design, construction, operation and/or maintenance of transport infrastructure and/or systems
CIHTEng5f) Using resources effectively and efficiently and taking action to minimise any adverse environmental impact at the design stage and during project implementation.
CIHTEng5i) Preparing, presenting and agreeing design recommendations taking into account cost, quality, safety, reliability, accessibility, appearance, fitness for purpose, security (including cyber security), intellectual property constraints and opportunities and environmental impact.
CIHTEng5j) Evaluating existing designs or processes, including environmental and societal impact, and identifying faults and potential improvements and building best practice.
The below IEng competencies (shared and specific) demonstrate what Awareness, Knowledge, Experience and or Proficiency is required for the successful completion of CIHT's Professional Development Framework for the IEng professional qualification.
CIHT 1a) The structure of your organisation and good team working practices.
CIHT 1b) The importance of objectives and how to manage your workload effectively.
CIHT 1c) Appropriate tools to analyse your performance and identify your professional development needs.
CIHT 1d) Appropriate tools to manage the performance and professional development of others.
CIHT 1e) Leadership and management techniques including equality, diversity and inclusion, and how to select the most appropriate style for a situation and to get the best out of your team.
CIHT 1f) Managing the performance of others and providing meaningful and constructive feedback.
CIHT 1g) Managing and monitoring the performance of teams or the input of others to meet the needs of the organisation and/or project through setting objectives and writing work plans.
CIHT 1h) Managing others to adapt to change in work, projects and/or organisations.
CIHT 2a) How to identify problems and make recommendations to improve the quality of tasks and processes.
CIHT 2b) The importance of quality management in highways and transportation and your role in ensuring quality standards are met within your organisation.
CIHT 2c) Relevant quality standards and the quality management systems required to achieve high standards of quality in highways and transportation.
CIHT 2d) Methods to monitor and deliver continuous improvement
CIHT 2e) Ensuring relevant quality standards are met and quality systems are implemented.
CIHT 2f) Evaluating highways and transportation projects, schemes and designs and making recommendations for improvement.
CIHT 3a) Different methods of communication to engage with both technical and non-technical audiences.
CIHT 3b) The principles of equality, equity, diversity and inclusion and your responsibility to consider the needs of all transport users, colleagues and clients.
CIHT 3c) The principles and methods of good stakeholder engagement, when stakeholder engagement should be used, and the potential for bias.
CIHT 3d) The effective use of social media and other digital communications to engage with stakeholders.
CIHT 3e) Demonstrating good listening skills and communicating effectively in English with both technical and non-technical stakeholders (clients, colleagues, other professionals and the public, etc.) using appropriate methods e.g. presentations, reports, drawings, materials for stakeholder engagement.
CIHT 3f) Using the results of consultations and engagement to shape and improve proposals.
CIHT 3g) Working effectively as part of a team, creating and maintaining good working relationships and resolving conflicts where required.
CIHT 3h) Taking an inclusive approach to your work ensuring that you have considered the needs of colleagues, stakeholders and end-users from diverse backgrounds and have taken steps to minimise bias.
CIHT 4a) CIHT’s Code of Professional Conduct and how it applies to your role.
CIHT 4b) CIHT’s CPD requirements and how to write a Development Action Plan for your professional development and maintain a reflective record of CPD.
CIHT 4c) Ethical issues which could arise in your role and how to make ethical choices.
CIHT 4d) Taking part in professional activities such as involvement in CIHT regions and nations, attending events or webinars, contributing to policy work, volunteering as a STEM ambassador, or speaking about CIHT to students or colleagues in your organisation.
CIHT 4e) Upholding ethical principles in your work.
CIHT 4f) Assisting others with their CPD whether through management, where you support staff in their professional development, or through knowledge sharing with others.
CIHT 4h) Taking a reflective approach to your CPD by maintaining an up-to-date CPD record and planning your CPD using a Development Action Plan (DAP) which is regularly reviewed and updated.
CIHT 5a) Relevant health and safety legislation, and your employer's safety policies.
CIHT 5b) Risk identification, analysis and management methods that apply in your work.
CIHT 5c) Taking responsibility for your health and safety and undertaking your work safely. Applying relevant health and safety legislation to your work and managing risks appropriately.
CIHT 5d) Developing and implementing hazard identification and risk management systems to avoid or mitigate potential risks to yourself and others. Evaluating these systems and making improvements when required.
CIHT 5e) Carrying out risk assessments and identifying measures to eliminate, reduce, isolate and control risks.
CIHT 5f) Considering and mitigating risk to transport users and the public in your designs and interventions.
CIHT 5i) Ensuring others are aware of their health and safety obligations and taking responsibility to ensure they are working safely and minimising risk to themselves and others.
CIHT 6c) The principles of good project management.
CIHT 6e) Managing resources to ensure projects are delivered on time, to quality and within budget.
CIHT 6f) Identifying factors affecting project implementation including safety, sustainability and social value considerations and implementing solutions which ensure safety, maintain and enhance the quality of the environment and community, and meet financial objectives.
CIHT 6h) Preparing and agreeing on implementation plans and method statements.
CIHT 7a) Why transport decarbonisation is a priority for highways and transportation professionals
CIHT 7b) Transport decarbonisation pathways, and the scale and pace of emission reductions required to meet decarbonisation ambitions relevant to your area of work.
CIHT 7c) The concepts associated with carbon generation, emission, reduction and elimination.
CIHT 7d) How decarbonisation relates to the principles of sustainable development and key objectives, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
CIHT 7e) Taking action to identify, minimise and where possible eliminate the whole lifecycle carbon associated with your work.
CIHTEng1a) The engineering principles underpinning your work.
CIHTEng1b) Current technological techniques, procedures, processes and methods used in your area of work.
CIHTEng1c) Current technological best practice as it relates to your work.
CIHTEng1e) Identifying and carrying out physical tests or trials and analysing and evaluating the results.
CIHTEng1f) Performing calculations using standard formulae.
CIHTEng1g) Reviewing current technological techniques, procedures, processes and methods and recommend improvements or changes to reflect best practice.
CIHTEng1h) Investigating technological issues, identifying potential solutions and determining factors to compare them.
CIHTEng2b) Existing data collection, analysis and research techniques, procedures, processes and methods and how to apply them in your area of work.
CIHTEng2c) Emerging data collection, analysis and research techniques, procedures, processes and methods and how they could impact on your work.
CIHTEng2d) The technical solutions that support sustainable development and how to apply them in your work.
CIHTEng2f) Reviewing current data collection, research and analysis procedures and processes and recommending improvements or changes to reflect best practice.
CIHTEng2g) Evaluating potential methods of carrying out engineering tasks and identifying the most appropriate solution.
CIHTEng3a) Risk legislation and codes as they apply in your area of work.
CIHTEng3c) Complying with risk management legislation and codes.
CIHTEng3d) Identifying operational risks and evaluating possible engineering solutions.
CIHTEng3f) Ensuring risks are communicated and properly understood by colleagues and clients.
CIHTEng3j) Developing and implementing appropriate hazard identification and risk management systems and culture.
CIHTEng4b) Knowledge of the current products and processes used to deliver projects effectively.
CIHTEng4d) Reviewing specifications and tenders to identify technical issues and potential improvements.
CIHTEng4e) Contributing to identifying and specifying design and development requirements.
CIHTEng4f) Establishing user requirements.
CIHTEng4g) Identify the resources required for project implementation.
CIHTEng5b) The factors to be taken into consideration when designing, constructing, and/or maintaining transport infrastructure (including end users, operators and transport authorities).
CIHTEng5e) Identifying resources required for project implementation.
CIHTEng5f) Using resources effectively and efficiently and taking action to minimise any adverse environmental impact at the design stage and during project implementation.
CIHTEng5g) Implementing agreed design solutions taking into account critical constraints.
CIHTEng5h) Identifying problems during project implementation and taking corrective action.
CIHTEng5j) Evaluating existing designs or processes, including environmental and societal impact, and identifying faults and potential improvements and building best practice.
The below EngTech competencies (shared and specific) demonstrate what Awareness, Knowledge, Experience and or Proficiency is required for the successful completion of CIHT's Professional Development Framework for the EngTech professional qualification.
CIHT 1a) The structure of your organisation and good team working practices.
CIHT 1b) The importance of objectives and how to manage your workload effectively.
CIHT 1c) Appropriate tools to analyse your performance and identify your professional development needs.
CIHT 2a) How to identify problems and make recommendations to improve the quality of tasks and processes.
CIHT 2b) The importance of quality management in highways and transportation and your role in ensuring quality standards are met within your organisation.
CIHT 3a) Different methods of communication to engage with both technical and non-technical audiences.
CIHT 3b) The principles of equality, equity, diversity and inclusion and your responsibility to consider the needs of all transport users, colleagues and clients.
CIHT 3e) Demonstrating good listening skills and communicating effectively in English with both technical and non-technical stakeholders (clients, colleagues, other professionals and the public, etc.) using appropriate methods e.g. presentations, reports, drawings, materials for stakeholder engagement.
CIHT 3g) Working effectively as part of a team, creating and maintaining good working relationships and resolving conflicts where required.
CIHT 3h) Taking an inclusive approach to your work ensuring that you have considered the needs of colleagues, stakeholders and end-users from diverse backgrounds and have taken steps to minimise bias.
CIHT 4a) CIHT’s Code of Professional Conduct and how it applies to your role.
CIHT 4b) CIHT’s CPD requirements and how to write a Development Action Plan for your professional development and maintain a reflective record of CPD.
CIHT 4c) Ethical issues which could arise in your role and how to make ethical choices.
CIHT 4d) Taking part in professional activities such as involvement in CIHT regions and nations, attending events or webinars, contributing to policy work, volunteering as a STEM ambassador, or speaking about CIHT to students or colleagues in your organisation.
CIHT 4e) Upholding ethical principles in your work.
CIHT 4h) Taking a reflective approach to your CPD by maintaining an up-to-date CPD record and planning your CPD using a Development Action Plan (DAP) which is regularly reviewed and updated.
CIHT 5a) relevant health and safety legislation, and your employer's safety policies.
CIHT 5b) Risk identification, analysis and management methods that apply in your work.
CIHT 5c) Taking responsibility for your health and safety and undertaking your work safely. Applying relevant health and safety legislation to your work and managing risks appropriately.
CIHT 5e) Carrying out risk assessments and identifying measures to eliminate, reduce, isolate and control risks.
CIHT 6a) The importance of planning and monitoring projects.
CIHT 6b) The roles different team members play in projects.
CIHT 6d) If you supervise the work of others, how to allocate work effectively and safely to others
CIHT 7a) Why transport decarbonisation is a priority for highways and transportation professionals.
CIHT 7b) Transport decarbonisation pathways, and the scale and pace of emission reductions required to meet decarbonisation ambitions relevant to your area of work.
CIHT 7d) How decarbonisation relates to the principles of sustainable development and key objectives, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
CIHT 7e) Taking action to identify, minimise and where possible eliminate the whole lifecycle carbon associated with your work.
CIHTEng1a) The engineering principles underpinning your work.
CIHTEng1b) Current technological techniques, procedures, processes and methods used in your area of work.
CIHTEng1c) Current technological best practice as it relates to your work.
CIHTEng1e) Identifying and carrying out physical tests or trials and analysing and evaluating the results.
CIHTEng1f) Performing calculations using standard formulae.
CIHTEng1g) Reviewing current technological techniques, procedures, processes and methods and recommend improvements or changes to reflect best practice.
CIHTEng2a) You are aware of different data collection, analysis and research techniques, procedures, processes and methods used to identify solutions to engineering problems that occur in your area of work.
CIHTEng2b) Existing data collection, analysis and research techniques, procedures, processes and methods and how to apply them in your area of work.
CIHTEng2e) Analysing performance or test data or comparing performance information with published material to support project delivery
CIHTEng3a) Risk legislation and codes as they apply in your area of work.
CIHTEng3b) Contributing to the identification of risk.
CIHTEng3c) Complying with risk management legislation and codes.
CIHTEng4a) Methods used to identify the cause of an engineering problem and achieve a satisfactory solution
CIHTEng4d) Reviewing specifications and tenders to identify technical issues and potential improvements.
CIHTEng4e) Contributing to identifying and specifying design and development requirements.
CIHTEng5a) The factors to be taken into consideration when designing, constructing, and/or maintaining transport infrastructure including the requirements of all stakeholders (including end users, operators and transport authorities).
CIHTEng5c) Contributing to the design of an item or process.
CIHTEng5d) Contributing to recommendations for improvements to the design of an item or process.
For more information, help or support on anything related to the CIHT Professional Development Framework, please contact CIHT at: professionaldevelopment@ciht.org.uk
