Professional qualifications and organisations

AA Advertising Association
AAT Association of Accounting Technicians
ABIPP Associate British Institute of Professional Photographers
ABE Association of Building Engineers
ACE Association of Consulting Engineers
ACIOB Associate Chartered Institute of Builders
AIHort Associate of the Institute of Horticulture
AMIAS Associate Member of Incorporation of Architects & Surveyors
AOI Association of Illustrators
APM Association of Project Management
APS Association of Planning Supervisors
ARB Architects Registration Board
ARIBA Associate Royal Institute of Architects
ARICS Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
ARCUK Architects Registration Council UK (now ARB)
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers
ASGD Affiliate Society of Garden Designers
ASHRAE American Society of HTG Refrigeration & Air-conditioning Engineers
ASTD Associate Society of Typographic Designers
BALI British Association of Landscape Industries
BAOL British Association of Open Learning
BAPC British Association for Print & Communication
BAPCC British Association of Print & Copy Centres
BCA British Cartoonists Association
BCS British Computer Society
BECTU Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph Theatre Union
BIID British Institute of Interior Design
BIPP British Institute of Professional Photographers
BPIF British Printing Industry Federation
BRE Building Research Establishment
BSRIA Building Research & Information Association
CEng Chartered Engineer
CIAT Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists
CIBSE Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers
CIM Chartered Institute of Marketing
CIOB Chartered Institute of Builders
CLA Chartered Landscape Architect
CSD Chartered Society of Designers
D&AD Design & Art Directors Association
DBA Design Business Association
EGT Essex Gardeners Trust
ECS Essex Craft Society
ERTT Eastern Region Telematics Trust
EWI Expert Witnesses Institute
FBIID Fellow British Institute of Interior Design
FCSD Fellow of Chartered Institute of Designers
FIOS Fellow of Institute of Shopfitting
FRSA Fellow of Royal Society of Arts
FRSH Fellow of Royal Society of Health
FRICS Fellow of Institution of Chartered Surveyors
FSB Federation of Small Businesses
FSGD Fellow of Society of Garden Designers
GMC Guild of Master Craftsmen
GTMA Gauge & Toolmakers Association
HIBC Institute of Historic Building Conservation
HTA Horticultural Trade Association
IBCO Institute of Building Control Officers
ICE Institution of Civil Engineers
IDDA Interior Decorators & Designers Association
IDPM Institute of Data Processing Management
IE Institute of Export
IEA Institute of Environmental Assessment
IED Institute of Engineering Designers
IEE Institute of Electrical Engineers
IEng Incorporated Engineer
IHBC Institute of Historic Building Conservation
IM Institute of Management
IMechE Institute of Mechanical Engineers
IoD Institute of Directors
IOP Institute of Printing
IOS Institute of Shopfitting
IPA Institute of Practitioners in Advertising
IPI Institute of Patentees & Inventors
IS Industrial Society
ISP Institute of Sales Promotions
IStructE Institute of Structural Engineers
LI Landscape Institute
MAPS Member Association of Planning Supervisors
MBCS Member British Computer Society
MBIA T Member British Institute of Architectural Technologists
MCSD Member Chartered Society of Designers
MGMC Member Guild of Master Craftsmen
MIDM Member Institute of Direct Marketing
MIDPM Member Institute of Data Processing Management
MIED Member Institute of Engineering Designers
MIEE Member Institute of Electrical Engineers
MIM Member Institute of Marketing
MIMechE Member Institute of Mechanical Engineers
MLI Member Landscape Institute
MPA Master Photographers Association
MRAeS Member Royal Aeronautical Society
NCS National Cartoonists Society
NCCS Norfolk Contemporary Crafts Society
NPA Newspaper Publishers Association
NUJ National Union of Journalists
PA Publishers Association
PLA Professional Landscape Association
PMA Photo Marketing Association
POPAI Point of Purchase Advertising Institute
RHS Royal Horticultural Society
RIBA Royal Institute of British Architects
RICS Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
RPMA Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing Association
RTPI Royal Town Planning Institute
RSA Royal Society of Arts
SAI Society of Architectural Illustration
SCS Suffolk Craft Society
SDC Society of Designer Craftsmen
SDEA Shop & Display Equipment Association
SDS Sign Design Society
SGD Society of Garden Designers
SID Society for Information Display
ST Suffolk Technopole
STD Society of Typographical Designers
SUT Society for Underwater Technology