Membership Guidelines
- For Admission to student membership, a candidate must be at least 16 years old and must have been admitted or engaged in an approved course in Building or Building Technology.
- In addition to 1.2.1 above, he/she must be a holder of WAEC/NECO/NABTEB with credits in at least five (5) subjects which must include English Language, Mathematics, Physics and any two from the following: Building Construction, Technical Drawing, Economics Geography, Additional Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Block lying/Concreting and Carpentering/ Joinery.
Qualifications for Admission or Transfer
- For admission or transfer to the Technician Grade, a candidate must fulfill the requirement in Section 1.2.1. and 1.2.2. of this regulations and pass or be exempted from the Technician Examination of the Institute.
Qualifications for Exemption
- National Diploma (ND) IN Building or Building Technology.
- National certificate of education (NCE) IN Building or Building Technology.
A candidate admitted to Technicians Grade will be qualified to take the LICENTIATE EXAMINATION of the Institute.
The Licentiate Grade is provided for Technician members to move up the professional ladder and for Graduates of Vocational studies in Building or Building Technology or Construction to join the Institute.
- For admission or transfer to Licentiate membership, a candidate must:
- Fulfill the requirements of Section 1.2 .2. and
- Pass the Licentiate Examination of the institute.
Be exempted from the Licentiate Examination of the Institute.
- B.Ed in Building Technology or Building Construction.
- A candidate admitted to licentiate Grade will be qualified to take the ASSOCIATE EXAMINATION of the Institute.
The Associate Grade is provided for those who are moving up or coming to Building profession at Technology level. It affords them the opportunity to be on the Institute’s membership register and the attendant benefits.
- For admission or transfer to the Associate Membership, a candidate must:
- Pass the Associate Examination of the Institute.
Be exempted from the Associate Examination of the Institute.
- Higher National Diploma in Building or Building Technology.
- A candidate admitted to Associate Grade will be qualified to take the GRADUATE EXAMINATION of the Institute.
The Graduate Grade is provided for those who have attained first degree or its equivalent qualifications in Building or Building Technology. This grade affords them the opportunity of being on the Institute’s membership register with all the accrued benefits, while they are acquiring the relevant practical experience for admission to the Corporate Examination leading to the Corporate Member Grade. It also enable a person to become eligible to apply to CORBON to become Provisional Registered Builder.
- For admission or transfer to the Graduate Grade, a candidate must:
- Pass the Graduate Examination of the Institute.
Be exempted from the Graduate Examination of the Institute.
- B.SC in Building or Building Technology.
- Higher National Diploma (HND) in Building or Building Technology plus CORBON and NIOB approved Post HND Professional Diploma in Building or Building technology.
- Membership Examination Part II of the Chartered Institute of Building.
- A candidate admitted to Graduate Grade will be qualified to take the CORPORATE EXAMINATION of the Institute
- The Corporate Member Grade is the level at which a person can become a professional and eligible to apply to CORBON to become a Fully Registered Builder.
- It affords a member to become eligible to vote or be voted for to elective Offices of the Institute.
- It enables a member to have the Institute’s Professional Certificate and to use the letter MNIOB after his name
- For admission or transfer to the Corporate Member Grade, a candidate must:
- Be not less than twenty – one (21) years of age.
- Have had practical experience of a satisfactory nature for at least three (3) years.
- Be a Graduate member of the Institute for at least (2) years.
- Pass the Corporate or mature candidate Examination of the Institute.
- Should have acquire a minimum of seventy two (72) MCPDP unit of which 24 units must have been obtained in the last 2 years.
- Be a Corporate Member (MCIOB) of the Chartered Institute of Building or other similar building professional Institutions from Commonwealth countries plus either HND or B.sc in Building with a minimum of two years post Corporate Membership working experience, six months of which must be within Nigeria.