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Membership Categories

COMENSA confers membership in the following categories:

  • Practitioner Member (individual coach and/or mentor).
  • Student Member (registered student of coaching and/or mentoring).
  • Training Institution (providing training to coaches and/or mentors).
  • Coaching/Mentoring Company (1-5 coaches/mentors).
  • Coaching/Mentoring Company (6 or more coaches/mentors).
  • Corporate Member (user/buyer of coaching/mentoring).
  • Affiliate Member or Interested Party (not earning income from coaching or mentoring).

Criteria for Membership

  1. Practitioner Member: Any individual who is practising as a coach and/or mentor may join as a Practitioner Member of COMENSA, at an annual membership fee of R500.
  2. Student Member: Any individual who at the time of their application is registered on a coach and/or mentor training programme may join as a Student Member, at an annual membership fee of R200, providing they submit proof of their course registration with their application.
  3. Training Institution Member: Any organisation which is providing training of coaches and/or mentors may join as a Training Institution Member, at an annual membership fee of R1 500.
  4. Coach/Mentoring Company Member: Any organisation which is providing coaching and/or mentoring services may join as a Coaching/Mentoring Company Member, in either Category I (the company employs 1 to 5 coaches/mentors) at an annual membership fee of R1 550, or Category II (the company employs 6 or more coaches/mentors) at an annual membership fee of R2 500.
  5. Corporate Member: Any organisation which is buying coaching and/or mentoring services from individual or corporate providers of coaching and/or mentoring may join as a Corporate Member, at an annual membership fee of R1 500.
  6. Affiliate Member: Any individual or organisation which has in interest (academic or otherwise) in the coaching and/or mentoring fields, but is not providing or buying coaching and/or mentoring services, nor providing training of coaches and/or mentors, nor studying coaching and/or mentoring, and is therefore not earning income from the coaching and mentoring fields, may join as an Affiliate Member, at an annual membership fee of R500.

What is the best fit for you?

 

In terms of the above membership categories and eligibility criteria, the key question for a prospective applicant for COMENSA membership is: What is your main interest in the coaching and/or mentoring fields? -

  • Are you practising as an individual coach and/or mentor? If so, join as a Practitioner Member.
  • Are you currently registered on a coaching and/or mentoring training programme? If so, you may join as a Student Member, if you can provide proof of formal registration as a student of coaching and/or mentoring.
  • Are you running a company which employs coaches and/or mentors to deliver coaching and/or mentoring services? If so, join as a Coaching/Mentoring Company Member, in each Category I (1-5 coaches/mentors), or Category II (6 or more coaches/mentors).
  • Are you providing training of coaches and/or mentors? If so, join as a Training Institution Member.
  • Are you running a company which buys coaching and/or mentoring services? If so, join as a Corporate Member.
  • Are you interested in coaching and/or mentoring, but not providing coaching and/or mentoring services, nor providing training of coaches and/or mentors, nor studying coaching and/or mentoring, and not earning income from coaching and/or mentoring? If so, join as an Affiliate Member.

Membership Terms

COMENSA has adopted anniversary membership terms whereby membership will run for 12 months from the 1st of the month following the date on which a membership application is approved.

All members who were issued with membership certificates later than 30 June 2006 will, in due course, have their membership certificates re-issued, to reflect a full 12-month membership term running from the 1st of the month following the date of issue of their original membership certificates.     

The definition of membership eligibility criteria

The training, qualifications, background, etc. of a practising coach and/or mentor are not yet eligibility criteria for COMENSA membership. This has been the explicit policy of COMENSA ever since it was launched in April 2006, in keeping with COMENSA's commitment to inclusivity, in order to make it possible for all providers and users of coaching and/or mentoring to become members.

This will change over time, as COMENSA defines and phases in eligibility criteria for membership based on specified standards of competence and required qualifications, as is provided for in Clause 7.2 of the COMENSA national constitution. The work of defining membership eligibility criteria is being carried out by the Membership Criteria and Standards of Competence Committee under the supervision of COMENSA's Executive Committee.

The phasing-in of membership eligibility criteria over time will provide for professional development paths for all practitioners who do not yet have the types of qualification and/or experience envisaged as the eventual requirement for members as practitioners.

Click on one of the links below to download the Membership Application form:
COMENSA Membership form  for MS Word 2007
COMENSA Membership form  for MS Word 2000-2003

Fees and how to pay by credit card

To be advised - in the mean time please contact the offices.

Summary of membership application procedures

To join COMENSA, please do the following: 

  1. Download the Membership Application Form by clicking on either of the links below:
     COMENSA Membership form  for MS Word 2007
    COMENSA Membership form  for MS Word 2000-2003
  2. Complete the Membership Application Form in full.
  3. Pay the required membership fee into COMENSA’s bank account as per the details on the Membership Application Form.
  4. E-mail the completed application form and proof of payment of the membership fee to the Administrator by , or fax them to086-669-0131.
  5. As soon as your membership application has been approved and your membership fee payment has been received, you will be issued a certificate of membership reflecting your name (or the name of your organisation, as applicable), your membership number, your membership category, and the start and end dates of your membership term.
  6. You will also be given access to be able to log into the Members Only section of this website and gain access to valuable resources and have the latest information about meetings and research.
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