Latest News: Click the title to view the full news article.
Members Login
Please note that for full website access to content including column back issues dating back to the year 2000, mailbox memos and general back care discussion, you must register for online members area access. You can do this by clicking the "Register for Members Area Access" link below the login box. If you have already done this, you can simply use the login box below to login with the details you registered with.
Email
Password

- Register for Members Area Access
- Forgot Password

Site Statistics

We have had 121,450 hits to the site since it launched in September 2006.

Registered Members

National Back Exchange » Registered Members

At an Extraordinary General Meeting of National Back Exchange in April 2005, the motion that the organisation should start developing different membership categories and that the first of these should be registered member was carried without one vote against.

This was the culmination of work started in May 2003, when the idea of recognition of members’ skills, knowledge and experience was first mooted. Registered Membership is already a year old but until now, only direct entry was available. Members without a relevant post-graduate qualification, (or equivalent), could not become Registered Members and the National Executive have worked hard to make this possible.

The structure, protocols and procedures are now in place for all members to apply for Registered Membership and all of the information you may require is available on this site.

National Back Exchange wants its members to have the recognition they deserve for the skills, knowledge and experience they possess which makes us the experts in this field. External bodies are asking for our opinions now as a matter of course-the number of people who are eligible for registered membership will prove to them that we are the right organisation to consult in the area of manual handling.

Benefits of Registered Membership
Members often ask what the benefits of Registered Membership status are. Below are listed some of the present benefits.

Benefits to the Individual are :-
- Confers Professional Status
- Recognises the Member as a Competent Practitioner
- Demonstrates Professional Accountability and Adherence to a Code of Practice
- Establishes a Criterion for Employment and / or Career Development Linked With a Knowledge and Skills Framework
- Reinforces the Role and Status of a Back Care Adviser
- Enables Peer and External Credibility and Status
- Recognises Expertise that has Undergone Peer Review
- Increases Business Potential and may have Insurance Benefits (for Example, the Registered Members only page of the Website Sometimes has Business and Employment Opportunities)

Benefits to the Association are :-
- Increases Professional Standing
- Confers Professional Recognition and Representation at Employer, Advisor and Government Level
- Confirms National Back Exchange as the body for Professional Support
- Influences National Strategies and Standards of Practice
- Sets Measurable Performance Criteria
- Provides a Benchmark for Employers to Demonstrate Compliance with their Duty of Care
- Allows Consideration of Future Development Towards Chartered Status

Benefits to the Public are :-
- Enables Protection of Clients, Ensuring that they can Rely on Advice and Practice that is Up-To-Date

To apply for Registered Member status, simply click here to download an application form.

For a copy of the Registered Members Renewal Form, please click here.

To download a copy of the procedure for becoming a Registered Member through the APLE Route of Entry, click here.

To view Guidance on Mentoring Applicants via the APLE Route of Entry, here.

To view a sample Application Form via the APLE route of entry, click, here.

For a copy of the Evaluation Procedure, simply click here to download.

To view a list of current registered members, click here.