TPP Initial Assessment

If you are interested in applying for the Transport Planning Professional (TPP) qualification but unsure of the next step, please complete an initial assessment . CIHT will confirm the options available to you in an initial assessment outcome e-mail.

Once you have successfully completed the Transport Planning Professional (TPP) assessment you can now apply for Chartered status with the CIHT. Find out more here.

Transport Planning Professional Review 

This webinar covers an overview of the requirements and routes to gaining Chartered Transport Planning Professional, the professional benchmark of competence for experienced transport planners.

You hear from Claire Stephens, a TPP reviewer about what a reviewer is looking for and what to expect at your Professional Review interview.

You also hear from Katie Chesworth who has recently become a Chartered Transport Planning Professional and will explain her route to becoming Chartered and share her top tips.

What is the Transport Planning Professional (TPP) qualification?

The Transport Planning Professional (TPP) qualification was developed by the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) and the Transport Planning Society (TPS).

Candidates for the TPP qualification need to demonstrate an appreciation of a broad range of transport planning procedures and techniques, and a competence to work effectively in their chosen areas of the profession. Successfully completing the TPP qualification means you can register as a Chartered Transport Planning Professional (CTPP).

Why you should become TPP qualified

• Provides recognition as a professional
• Assists with career progression
• Provides evidence of knowledge and technical competency
• Demonstrates commitment to professional development

Benefits to employers

• Assists in recruitment and retention of employees
• Demonstrates commitment to staff development
• Increases the number of professionally qualified personnel
• Helps companies when they’re bidding for work and clients when they go out to tender

What you need to become Transport Planning Professional (TPP) qualified

• Be a member of CIHT, TPS or CILT.
• Provide evidence that you have achieved an appropriate level of learning, either through the attainment of formal qualifications and/or structured vocational training or through submission of a report which demonstrates achievement of the learning outcomes to the satisfaction of CIHT and TPS.
• Demonstrate competence across a broad range of transport planning procedures and managerial techniques.
• Have practical experience in transport planning and have been engaged in a variety of transport planning projects to demonstrate the breadth and depth of competence required for the TPP qualification.
• Prepare a portfolio to demonstrate your competence in transport planning. 
• Be able to show that you have undertaken a minimum of 25 hours of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) a year for at least two years prior to making your TPP application.

You are likely to need at least five years’ experience in transport planning and to have been engaged on a variety of transport planning projects to demonstrate the breadth and depth of competence required to gain the qualification.

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How to apply for the Transport Planning Professional (TPP) qualification

There are several routes to gaining the qualification depending on your academic qualifications and level of experience in the profession to-date.

Unsure of your next step?

If you are interested in applying for the Transport Planning Professional (TPP) qualification but unsure of the next step, please complete an initial assessment here. CIHT will confirm the options available to you in an initial assessment outcome e-mail.

Standard

Hold a UK Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Hold an approved UK Transport Master's degree.

If you are eligible for the Standard Route, you will be able to proceed directly to Professional Review which consists of the submission of a Portfolio of Evidence and attendance at a Professional Review interview.

Note: If you have also completed an approved TPS Professional Development Scheme, you will be eligible for the Standard Route.

Guidance Notes including Application Form

Guidance Note 1

Guidance Note 2 (Portfolio of Evidence and Professional Review)

Appendix 1 TPP Competence Requirements

PTK

Hold a UK Bachelor's degree or equivalent but do not hold an approved UK Transport Master's degree.

The purpose of a PTK is to demonstrate that you have the required underpinning knowledge of transport planning processes to proceed to Professional Review.

Guidance Notes including Application Form

Guidance Note 1

Guidance Note 3 (Portfolio of Technical Knowledge)

Appendix 2 TPP Knowledge Requirements

Senior

Have extensive experience as a senior project manager/director across a range of transport planning skills and have made a substantial contribution to the transport planning profession over your career to date.

Please note that from August 2023, submissions must be based against the new guidance (July 2022 version).

A Senior Route webinar hosted by the Transport Planning Society discusses these changes and the arrangements for those currently preparing a submission on the existing format.

Guidance Notes including Application Form

Guidance Note 1

Guidance Note 5 (including Application Form)

Appendix 1 TPP Competence Requirements

Technical

Do not hold a UK Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

The purpose of a Technical Report is to demonstrate that you have the required underpinning knowledge of transport planning processes to proceed to Professional Review.

Guidance Notes including Application Form

Guidance Note 1

Guidance Note 4 (Technical Report)

Appendix 2 TPP Knowledge Requirements

TPP Mentoring 

Mentoring can make a big difference to candidates preparing for Professional Review. If you are looking for a mentor you can request a mentor or if you want to become a mentor for TPP candidates you can register as a mentor.

TPP Mentoring Guide

Key Dates and Fees

Please refer to the Dates & Fees page

Progression

Once you have successfully completed the Transport Planning Professional (TPP) assessment you can apply for Chartered status with the CIHT. Find out more here.

FAQs

Help and Support

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