Congratulations to Kathy Morris and Rebecca Emmett at APEM's Dorset Laboratory for passing the Natural History Museum’s prestigious Identification Qualification in Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Species (E062) with over 94%. This achievement is also a credit to Nick Kneebone, who has professionally trained and mentored Kathy and Rebecca over the past two years to reach this high standard. They join Nick along with Dr David Bradley, Susan Watson, Lynne Speight and Richard Bassett who already have this qualification.
In 1993 The Natural History Museum introduced the Identification Qualification (IdQ) scheme to address the shortfall in identification skills. The scheme aims to improve standards in environmental work in the UK by awarding certificates of competence in animal and plant identification to biologists and ecologists. IdQs are not training courses but accreditation of existing identification skills. Qualification is by a challenging practical examination and the Museum is the awarding body.
This qualification confirms all these staff as national experts in the identification of freshwater macroinvertebrate species. Together with APEM’s pioneering UKAS accreditation at the Stockport laboratory for the analysis of freshwater macroinvertebrate species confirms APEM’s position as the UK’s leading freshwater ecology laboratory. This has been recognised recently by the Environment Agency who appointed APEM to the National Freshwater Ecological Services Framework Lot 2 (see previous News Item).
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