What are the routes to obtaining the ACS Certificate of Attainment?
The two training routes for applicants for the ACS Certificate of Attainment and subsequently for State Registration purposes are detailed in Section 3 of the Guidelines for Application. Route ONE is a 4-year route which applies to the majority of conventional trainees who go through the approved 2- or 3-year Grade A training courses followed by a year or two experience in the laboratory whilst still under supervision. Route TWO is a 6-year route which applies to ALL those not meeting Route ONE criteria. For this you do exactly the same thing as for Route ONE but you obviously have to gather more paperwork since the training and experience cannot be summed up in completing the Training Course. This is the only route available for the Clinical Physiology and Developing Sciences modalities and the Paediatric Metabolic Biochemistry sub-modality that do not have accredited training schemes to allow entry by Route ONE.
