Member Benefits
Key benefits of being a Member of the Australian Council of Professions include:
– Participation in the national Alliance of Professional Associations
– Early and easy access and input to government policy-making
– Joint ‘profession-neutral’ representation of interests to governments
– Joint promotion of the professions and professionalism to the community
– Joint support of Australia’s economic, social and environmental well‐being
– Networking and sharing of information, knowledge and experience
One of our strengths is our ability to bring together our member organisations to exchange ideas, share experiences and work collaboratively to progress shared interests and objectives. Recent examples are:
- Chief Professionalist Round Table
- Micro-Credential Round Table
- Sydney Uni Researches Professional Ethics
- Emerging Professions Round-Table
- Future Pathways to Professional Standing Round-Table
- ACoP implements Office of the CEO
- ACoP joins Asia-Pacific Federation of Associations
These joint activities and projects make ACoP membership influential in informing and shaping the national discourse and policy development on matters affecting the Professions, in particular Education, Accreditation and Employability, Professionalism and Ethics as well as Diversity, Culture and Inclusion.
The activities and projects of the Australian Council of Professions (ACoP) are independently funded and supported by its Member Organisations.
Becoming a Member
To participate in and benefit from our activities and projects, you can become a member of the Australian Council of Professions (ACoP) if you are either a Professional Association established in Australia to represent a profession and/or ensure its quality or if you are a Supporting Organisation that supports professionalism and our vision, mission and constitutional objects.
The annual membership fees have regard to the circumstances of each member organisation: fees for Professional Associations are mainly based on the number of professionals they represent; Supporting Organisation fees are mainly based on the number of staff and/or revenue.
The following organisations have recently joined us:
- Financial Planning Professionals join ACoP
- Public Works Engineering Professionals join ACoP
- Institute of Internal Auditors joins ACoP
- Global Leader in English Language Teaching QA joins ACoP
- Chartered Accountants ANZ join Council of Professions
- Geoscience Professionals join Council of Professions
To further explore options of ACoP Membership, please contact us on 1300 664 587 or CEO@Professions.org.au.
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Member Organisations

Australasian Veterinary Boards Council (AVBC)
Veterinary Health Professionals
AVBC.asn.au

Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA)
Community and Human Services Professionals
ACWA.org.au

Australian Computer Society (ACS)
Engineering Professionals
ACS.org.au

Australian Dental Council (ADC)
Health Professionals
ADC.org.au

Australian Institute of Architects (AIA)
Built Environment Professionals
Architecture.com.au

Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG)
Geoscience Professionals
AIG.org.au

Australian Institute of Health and Safety (AIHS)
Health and Safety Professionals
AIHS.org.au

Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
Information Professionals
ALIA.org.au

Australian Medical Council (AMC)
Health Professionals
AMC.org.au

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC)
Health Professionals
ANMAC.org.au

Australian Pharmacy Council (APC)
Health Professionals
PharmacyCouncil.org.au

Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC)
Health Professionals
PsychologyCouncil.org.au

Association of Consulting Architects (ACA)
Built Environment Professionals *
ACA.org.au

Chartered Accountants ANZ
Financial Services Professionals
CharteredAccountantsANZ.com

CPA Australia
Financial Services Professionals
CPAaustralia.com.au

DeakinCo
Education Provider *
DeakinCo.com

Engineers Australia (EA)
Engineering Professionals
EngineersAustralia.org.au

Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA)
Financial Services Professionals
FPA.com.au

Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA)
Health/Information Professionals
HIMAA.org.au

Institute of Management Consultants (IMC)
Management Professionals
IMC.org.au

Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA)
Engineering Professionals
IPWEA.org

Navitas
Education Provider *
Navitas.com

NEAS
English Education QA *
NEAS.org.au

Records and Information Management Professionals Australasia (RIMPA)
Information Professionals
RIMPA.com.au

Speech Pathology Australia (SPA)
Health Professionals
SpeechPathologyAustralia.org.au
* Supporting organisation without voting rights.