PM Career Path

Experience Level	Membership	Appropriate Qualification	Examples of CPD activities
University	Student	Introductory Certificate in Project Management	Structured reading from APM Publishing, or Project magazine, attending conferences and exhibitions, branch meetings, joining student societies related to project management.
No practical experience	Associate	Introductory Certificate in Project Management	Skills audit, identify strengths and weaknesses, structured reading from APM Publishing or Project magazine, voluntary work, presentations, conferences, exhibitions, secondment, branch meetings.
2+ years	Associate	APMP	Skills audit, identify strengths and weaknesses, being coached/mentored by a more experienced project manager, on-the-job learning, committee work, structured visits to projects, supervised research, structured reading, seminars, conferences, exhibitions, branch meetings, preparation of materials for meetings or courses, secondment.
5+ years	Full member	Practitioner Qualification	Skills audit, identify strengths and weaknesses, being coached/mentored by a more experienced project manager, coaching mentoring an inexperienced project manager, committee work, voluntary work, conferences, seminars, exhibitions, distance learning, work based development/research, branch or SIG meetings/involvement, private study, training, delivering training, writing articles.
10+ years	Fellow	Certificated Project Manager	Skills audit, identify strengths and weaknesses, coach/mentor a less experienced project manager, acting as an APM assessor, examiner or marker, committee work, branch and SIG meetings/involvement, writing papers/articles, on the job experience, conferences, seminars, exhibitions.

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