{"id":51514,"date":"2026-11-13T12:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T12:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=51514"},"modified":"2026-11-13T11:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T11:20:21","slug":"independent-member-vacancy-on-the-rsgb-examinations-standards-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2026\/11\/13\/independent-member-vacancy-on-the-rsgb-examinations-standards-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent Member vacancy on the RSGB Examinations Standards Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/committees\/examination-standards-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> RSGB Examinations Standards Committee<\/strong><\/a>, or ESC as it is often known, has a vacancy for one Independent Member.<\/p>\n<p>The role of the ESC is to ensure the examination system is fit for purpose so that licensed radio amateurs can enjoy their hobby legally and safely, not cause interference to other spectrum users and the public, and generally be good citizens on the air. The ESC also ensures that the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/clubs-training\/for-students\/full\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Full licence<\/strong> <\/a>level is broadly aligned with the HAREC international exam standard.<\/p>\n<p>Independent Members are full voting members of the ESC and should not currently have any direct involvement in the provision or administration of the RSGB amateur radio exams. To be suitable for this vacancy you must be an RSGB member and you would normally have held a professional role in technology, management, or education.<\/p>\n<p>Your role would be to provide input to the Committee regarding the level and standard of the examinations and to monitor the performance of the exam processes.<\/p>\n<p>You can go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/rsgb.org\/esc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RSGB website<\/strong><\/a> to find the ESC\u2019s terms of reference and the role of its Independent Members in the Schedule of Terms between the RSGB and Ofcom.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to find out more about this important volunteer role, please contact the RSGB ESC Chair, Tony Kent, G8PBH by emailing <strong>esc.chair@rsgb.org.uk<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RSGB Examinations Standards Committee, or ESC as it is often known, has a vacancy for one Independent Member. The role of the ESC is to ensure the examination system is fit for purpose so that licensed radio amateurs can enjoy their hobby legally and safely, not cause interference to other spectrum users and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,47,55,306],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-headlines","category-rsgb-notices","category-volunteer-vacancies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51517,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51514\/revisions\/51517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}