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APM ChPP Courses – Chartered Project Professional Training

Our APM Chartered Project Professional programme will prepare you to submit a written portfolio, provide excellent guidance & insight to the APM ChPP interview. ChPP support is delivered virtually and in-house across the UK, led by a mentor who has been through the process themselves.

APM ChPP Courses

How the ChPP route works

Chartered status is assessed, not taught. Three things decide whether you get there: whether you qualify to apply, how well your written submission evidences your practice, and how you handle the interview. Here’s what each one involves.

1. Check you qualify

You must be professionally active and able to show proven experience delivering projects, programmes, portfolios or key control and enabling functions, up-to-date knowledge of current practices, and active involvement in the profession.

On experience, there are two ways in:

  • A degree plus 36 months delivering projects, or
  • 60 months delivering projects within the past 8 years — no degree required

You’ll also need a recognised assessment for professional practice (APM PMQ, PMP or equivalent — see client note below), and your experience validated for Pathway 3.

Your most recent delivery work can be more than five years old and you can still apply — you’ll need additional evidence of how you’ve kept current, which is one of the things your mentor helps you build.

Not sure you qualify? We’ll check before you book.

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What you’ll cover on the APM ChPP programme

ChPP is not a taught syllabus with an exam at the end. It is an assessment of what you have already done, drawn from the APM Competence Framework, and the programme exists to turn your delivery experience into evidence APM will accept. Across the workshop, the competency review and the interview preparation call, you build a submission that stands up to a rigorous professional review.

The programme covers:

  • Eligibility and Pathway 3: confirming which route you qualify under and validating your experience before you commit time to writing.
  • Project, programme and portfolio overviews: choosing between one and four pieces of work that give assessors the right context for your evidence.
  • Written competence statements: evidencing professional practice against the required competences in APM’s language, not your organisation’s.
  • Layout, structure and timing: how to present everything to APM so the submission reads clearly and lands within the word counts.
  • CPD and proposers: confirming the twelve months of CPD APM’s scheme requires and getting your two proposers in place.
  • The professional review interview: technical knowledge across the competences, plus ethics, compliance and professionalism.

The written submission and the interview are managed by APM. Our role is preparation – a one-day workshop, an expert review of your competences, online coaching on presentation, and a dedicated interview preparation call before you sit down with the assessors. For full detail, see the APM ChPP course page.

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APM ChPP Courses

Why become a Chartered Project Professional?

ChPP is the benchmark for project delivery professionalism. It puts project professionals on the same footing as Chartered Accountants, Chartered Engineers, Chartered Surveyors and Chartered Financial Advisors, and it recognises project delivery as a formal profession rather than a job title.

  • A chartered designation: use the post-nominals ChPP after your name and receive the highly coveted APM ChPP badge of honour.
  • Proof, not claims: chartered status is awarded only to professionals who demonstrate significant experience in a complex delivery environment alongside broad knowledge of project techniques.
  • Valued by employers: organisations building a team of chartered project professionals recognise the rigour of the assessment behind the award.
  • A competitive edge: in a crowded market, chartered status is a recognisable mark of quality and professionalism.
  • Recognition that lasts: chartered status is maintained through ongoing CPD, so it stays current across your career.

Meet the criteria and ready to submit? Book onto the next programme. Not sure whether your experience qualifies? Use the eligibility selector above or speak to an APM advisor.

Why TBS

Why choose Training ByteSize for your APM ChPP?

Training ByteSize is an APM training provider. Our ChPP programme is built for experienced practitioners who have the delivery record and need it turned into a submission that passes.

  • A mentor who has done it: your ChPP mentor has been through the process successfully and has mentored many individuals and organisations through it since.
  • Structured preparation: a one-day workshop, a competency review by email and an interview preparation call – not a set of templates and good luck.
  • Honest eligibility advice: we will tell you if you are not ready to submit yet, and what to do about it.
  • Flexible delivery: virtual programme as standard, with face-to-face support available at additional cost and in-house options for teams.
  • Small numbers: we specialise in small class sizes so you get proper attention on your own submission.

Not sure whether you meet the criteria? Use the eligibility selector above, or contact us for a quick recommendation.

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