The following links will take you to the IFE International Homepage where detailed and up to date information is available on all aspects of membership.

Which Grade

  There are 8 grades of IFE membership depending on your experience and qualifications. These links take you to pages providing a summary of the requirements for each grade and links to the relevant fact sheets and application forms. Please note that many of these links lead to the International IFE site.

Technician (TIFireE)
An individual who holds a PSTP Cert IV in Public Safety (Firefighting Supervision) and who wishes to be considered for TIFireE will only need to complete an application form and forward a copy of the PSTP certification.

Graduate (GIFireE)

Associate (AIFireE)

Member (MIFireE)

Fellow (FIFireE)

Student
If you are interested in starting your progression through the IFE you can sign up as a student member and have the benefit of the Fire Australia Journal (4 editions/year) and the Fire Engineers Journal (12 editions/year).

Life Membership
Members of at least 15 years standing may, from the 1st January in the financial year following the attainment of the
age of 60, make a payment of twice the Fellowship annual subscription which shall entitle them to remain members in
the appropriate class during their life-time without the payment of any further annual subscription

Affiliate Individual or Affiliate Organisation

Mature Candidate Route to Membership
  

The mature candidate route (MCR) is designed to provide a route to membership at the IFE Technician, Graduate, Member and Fellow grades, to those who do not have the required academic qualifications but who are able to demonstrate that in later life, they have achieved a standard of professional competence comparable to their contemporaries who have achieved those grades by academic attainment.

Applicants are required to do this by submitting a technical paper, The MCR is only available to applicants over the age of 35 years, with the appropriate period of increasing responsibility. The MCR is not an easy option; the burden of proof is with the applicant and is stringent.

The process comprises three phases:
Phase one

An application form is completed and submitted together with a proposal for their technical paper.
Phase two

The Applications Panel will assess the appropriateness of the proposed technical paper and the applicant's ability to successfully complete the work.
Phase three

The applicant writes their technical paper which is then assessed by two members of an appropriate grade and background. If required the assessment may be followed by a professional review and technical interview.



 

Equivalence for Australian Qualifications