A Practising Member must be conducting the majority of current work as a consultant ecologist within Australia.

Early Career Ecological Consultant is a category for those who conduct the majority of current work as a consultant ecologist within Australia, but are new to ecological consulting (less than two years experience) and/or are unable to provide signatures from two current practising members as referees or provide examples of work.

A non-practising member must not be working as a consultant ecologist within Australia

This category is suitable for service providers to the ecological / environmental industry. Must not be working as an ecologist.

This category is suitable for students enrolled in relevant disciplines in tertiary institutions. Must not be earning an income as an ecological consultant during terms or semesters of full or part-time study.

Please provide sufficient details to illustrate that you satisfy the student category (i.e. course name, institution, current employment)

Please provide an email address even if it does not require updating as confirmation of your renewal will be automatically emailed to this address.

If you select to pay by direct deposit or cheque, select cancel when you get to the Paypal section. Your on-line renewal will still go through, you are only cancelling on-line payment.

The updated Rules of the Association and Code of Conduct are available on the ECA Website.