STEP membership levels

STEP membership helps elevate your career, raise your profile and enables you to stay on top of industry changes and develop your skills.

Your journey with STEP often starts with a qualification and continues to support your learning throughout your career, with technical updates, knowledge resources and a range of tailored course to suit all aspects of wealth management.

Membership benefits

Connect

Join over 22,000 lawyers, accountants, trustees and other practitioners to share knowledge, grow your client base and raise your profile – locally and globally.  

Benefit from:

  • Both a personal and firm listing on the STEP directory, enabling you to develop your business with new clients and other industry experts.
  • Access to STEP’s exclusive LinkedIn Group,
  • Discount on prestigious STEP conferences*,

*Dependent on membership level 

Learn

Stay on top of industry changes and develop your skills. As a member, you will be the first to get the latest trust an estate planning insights and developments.  

Benefit from: 

  • Discounts on courses and qualifications*,
  • Free access to the STEP Journal and Trust Quarterly Review (TQR), STEP's digital membership magazines. 
  • Free access to thought-provoking, engaging webinars
  • Significant discount on a range of relevant industry literature

*Dependent on membership level

Achieve

STEP membership is an international passport to new business opportunities, demonstrating specialist knowledge and a dedication to the highest professional standards.

Benefit from: 

  • Listing for you and your firm in STEP Membership directory.
  • Use of TEP designation for full members
  • Use of STEP logo for full members
  • Eligibility to become a STEP committee member
  • Tax relief of membership (UK) 

 

Student

Credits required: 

  • None - but you must be enrolled on an entry level certificate course to get Student membership.

Actions needed to obtain credits/membership:

Students receive a variety of STEP benefits and services but students are not recognised as Members of STEP.

How to join as a student

Affiliate Member

Credits required: 

60 entry-level credits through a combination of APEL and APCL

Actions needed to obtain credits/ membership:

Enrol on an Advanced Certificate. 

or

Join as an Affiliate based on Approved Prior Learning (APL). You will remain at this level unless you complete additional qualifications.

You can use the term 'STEP Affiliate' on your CV, business cards, stationery and email signature.

 

How to join as an Affiliate member

Associate Member

Credits required:

  • 120 Credits

Actions needed to obtain credits/membership: 

It is not possible to join STEP as an Associate Member. Only Affiliate Members can upgrade to Associate membership 

 

 

Find out more about Associate membership

Full STEP Member

Credits required:

  • 240 Credits 

Actions needed to obtain credits /membership: 

  • Complete STEP entry level stage (60 entry level credits)  
  • Complete four Advanced Certificates, (120 diploma credits) 
  • Achieve minimum of 2 years experience at a specialist level (60 Practice level credits) 
Find more about Full STEP Membership