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Application for Chartered Colourist CCol

SDC Professional Coloration Qualifications

Be recognised as a Professional.

Chartered Colourist status is a recognition of professional excellence. This is coloration’s highest grade and recognises outstanding practical experience and expertise. Being a Chartered Colourist is a sign of an up to date, experienced and qualified coloration professional and means you:

• Enhance your professional status and career prospects
• Stand out in an increasingly competitive marketplace
• Demonstrate your qualifications, experience, and current skills

A range of benefits include:
• Your name listed in our Chartered Colourist directory
• Designation after your name (CCol)

A Chartered Colourist must first be either an ASDC or FSDC to apply for CCol.

You are required to maintain your SDC membership and carry out at least 30 hours CPD to retain your qualification.

Please note all applications will be reviewed quarterly with outcomes anticipated to be communicated to applicants at the end of each fiscal quarter.

First Name *

Last Name *

Street Address *

Address Line 2

City *

County/State/Province/Region *

Post or Zip Code *

Phone Number *

Country *

Nationality *

Email Address *

Email address confirmation *

SDC Membership Number # *

1. Are you an Associate of the Society? If so, please give the date of your election. * +

2. Are you a Fellow of the Society? If so, please give the date of your election. +

2. State the academic and other professional qualifications you have obtained, giving details of the level of the award, the awarding body and the date of the award. Copies of relevant certificates must accompany the application
(don't forget to include your SDC qualifications). *

3. State the nature of your present employment and the address of your employer. *

4. Detail in chronological order (with dates) previous appointments you have held. *

5. Provide details, including dates, of any technical committees, within or outside the Society, on which you have served. *

6. Please list the publications (e.g. papers, lectures and patents) with which you have been associated, including the names of co-authors and bibliographical details. *

7. You must provide the names, addresses and email contact details of a minimum of two referees, although it is suggested that you submit three. At least one of your referees must be either and Associate or a Fellow of the SDC. Your referees will be contacted to complete referee's form which must be returned before the application can be considered.

Referee 1 Name *

Email Address 1. *

Email address confirmation *

Referee 2 Name *

Email Address 2. *

Email address confirmation *

Referee 3 Name

Email Address 3.

Email address confirmation

11. Do you have any further information that you feel will be of use to the adjudicating committee in reaching its decision?

Attach relevant certificates (in PDF format)

Rules of the Society of Dyers and Colourists
Chartered Colourist of the SDC

A Chartered Colourist shall:

1. Be a Fellow or Associate of the Society at the time of application
2. Have established themselves in an approved occupation in one or more branches of colour science or technology normally for a minimum period of two years.
3. Have submitted his/her application for CCol on the official form obtainable from the Society and be sponsored by at least two appropriate business related referees, at least one of which should be a member of the Society, who are appropriately qualified and experienced
4. Have satisfied the Trustee Board that he/she has the required status
Members entitled to be designated Chartered Colourist may use the abbreviation CCol. Honorary Fellows may not use the designation CCol unless previously a Fellow at the time of the award.
Professionally active members in possession of Chartered Colourist status shall be required to maintain their status by undertaking a minimum of 30 hours per annum of approved continuing professional development (CPD), a record of which will be retained by the Society and reviewed annually. Members who do not provide this evidence will not be entitled to use the designation CCol.
Retired members who were in possession of CCol status immediately prior to retirement will be entitled to retain their CCol status without the need for further CPD.
The Society will maintain a list of Chartered Colourists, both professionally active and retired, and make the list available on the Society's website and from time to time, in other appropriate publications.