Professional Registration for Apprentices

Many practicing scientists and science technicians work across different areas of science; therefore, the Science Council’s registers are for all science professionals, independent of discipline.

Registration is a means of demonstrating professionalism, providing independent recognition of your achievements and maintaining the standards required to join the global community of professional scientists.

We recognise that apprenticeships deliver experience and learning that link well to the registers’ requirements. We have been reviewing and assessing apprenticeships to identify those that align extensively to the registers, so to be able to offer to apprentices an eligibility to apply using a shortened route, with the apprenticeship certificate acting as the base of the application.

By becoming professionally registered, you also become a member of a professional body licensed to award Registered Scientist (RSci) or Registered Science Technician (RSciTech), accessing all the membership benefits that this brings, details of which are listed below.