CIH Awarding Body

The Chartered Institute of Housing is a nationally recognised Awarding Body for qualifications in housing. Information and resources for CIH accredited centres can be downloaded from this area of the website.

If you want to talk to a member of staff about the Awarding Body or CIH qualifications, please call 024 76 851 776 or email accreditation@cih.org

Awarding Body Fees from September 2009 (until end Aug 10)

To try to make CIH qualification pricing fairer and more transparent, the charges for CIH qualifications for September 2009 until end Aug 2010 have been calculated using a new formula. There will be an initial fee to cover the registration through certification process and a fee per unit in the qualification. Therefore a larger qualification will cost more than a smaller qualification and a higher level qualification will cost more than a lower level qualification.

CIH Award	Fee
CIH Level 2 Certificate in Housing	£78.50
CIH Level 2 Award in Management of Built Assets	£65.50
CIH Level 2 Award in Community Action in Housing	£72.00
CIH Level 3 Award in Housing	£106.50
CIH Level 3 Certificate in Housing	£160.50
CIH Level 3 Certificate in Tenant Participation and Neighbourhood Renewal	£106.50
CIH Level 3 Award in Management of Built Assets	£70.50
CIH Level 4 Certificate in Housing	£147.00
CIH Level 4 Diploma in Housing *If learners have already completed the certificate the cost is £94.50 ONLY	£241.50*
CIH Level 4 Certificate in Access to Housing	£147.00
CIH Level 4 Award in Governance for Housing	£99.75

Centres who devise a course which contains units which together do not make an approved qualification, will be charged a one off registration/certification fee for each learner plus an individual unit fee, for each unit in the course, for each learner. For example, if a centre delivers a course with 2 units at Level 2 this will cost £65.50 per learner.

CIH Award	Fee
Individual unit fee for Level 2	£6.50
Individual unit fee for Level 3	£9.00
Individual unit fee for Level 4	£15.75
One off registration/certification fee	£52.50
New centre accreditation	£500.00 +VAT

Awarding body fee rules and assumptions:

Centres will register learners on the most appropriate learning aim (qualification or combination of units).
Refunds will not be provided to centres for learners that do not complete their learning aim (qualification or combination of units).
If a learner defers and returns to learning within a year, the centre will not be invoiced again provided the learner is still aiming to complete the original learning aim (qualification or combination of units) that they are registered against.

How the fees have been calculated (PDF: 15 kb)

Accreditation Guidance for Centres

Guidance for prospective CIH Awarding Body approved centres

Our objective is to equip the profession for today and tomorrow by enabling housing and other professionals working in communities to be the best they can. We believe that it is crucial to the sector that individuals and organisations have the skills and knowledge they need to deliver excellence for their customers today and tomorrow.

To contribute to this objective, the CIH Awarding Body offers a suite of nationally accredited qualifications at Level 2, 3 and 4. CIH Awarding Body approved centres are vital in delivering these qualifications.

We set the qualification specification and the learning outcomes of the units and externally moderate all courses. We also set one external assignment for each course which is internally marked.

As an approved centre you will be responsible for developing the supporting teaching materials and the internal assignments, co-ordinating the student studies and teaching the course. You will also market the programme and administer the CIH learner registration fees.

CIH qualifications can be offered on a part-time, full-time, blended learning or block release study basis.

Centre approval will be granted to centres that can evidence that they are capable of delivering the qualifications they wish to offer. They must have the facilities, resources, quality systems and qualified personnel to meet the CIH Awarding Body requirements.

To offer any CIH Awarding Body qualifications an organisation must first become a CIH Awarding Body approved centre.

How to become an approved CIH Awarding Body centre

Approved CIH Awarding Body Centres include colleges, training providers and housing organisations. To apply for approval:-

Download the qualification specification of the qualification you intend to deliver. This will give you the information you need to design the course.
Download and complete parts A and B of the centre accreditation application form. MS Word Document (PDF: 266 kb) | PDF (PDF: 146 kb)
Include information about how you intend to deliver the course including a course outline, sample assignments and CVs of the course team.
Provide supporting policies specified as indicated in the application form. Guidance on what is required for each policy.

The assessment of your application will normally include a visit to your organisation to ensure that you have the systems and procedures in place to meet the CIH Awarding Body centre approval requirements.

Assignments and Learning Resources

Awarding Body Forms

CIH pass list forms:

CIH Certificate Course Pass List 2009 (PDF: 50 kb)
CIH Certificate Course Pass List 2009 (Word: 132 kb)

CIH Certificate registration forms:

CIH L2 Certificate in Housing 2009-10 (PDF: 79 kb)
CIH L3 Award and Certificate in Housing 2009-10 (PDF: 78 kb)
CIH L4 Certificate in Housing 2009-10 (PDF: 78 kb)
CIH L4 Certificate in Access to Housing 2009-10 (PDF: 77 kb)
CIH Centre Registration Form L4 Diploma (Y2) 2009-10 (PDF: 34 kb)

CIH Active Learning for Residents registration forms:

CIH L2 Award in Community Action in Housing 2009-10 (PDF: 77 kb)
CIH L4 Award in Governance for Housing 2009-10 (PDF: 77 kb)

Please note that all forms now have 4 pages to enable CIH to collect and monitor information on all strands of diversity. These registration forms must be used by centres and supersede any previous versions.

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