PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION TO QUANTITY SURVEYORS

Why professional membership is required for Quantity Surveyors

Degree is an educational qualification, which is confirmed the theoretical knowledge in the field. Professional membership only confirms the practical knowledge in the field. This shows your professional qualifications. The following bodies are provided the professional qualifications in Quantity Surveying field;

·        Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) – United Kingdom

·        Institute of Quantity Surveyors Sri Lanka (IQSSL) – Sri Lanka

·        Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS) – Australia

·        Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) – United Kingdom

·        New Zealand Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NZIQS) – New Zealand

·        Canadian Institution of Quantity Surveyors (CIQS) – Canada

& etc

 

ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS (RICS)
 
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is the internationally recognized royal chartered body for Quantity Surveying profession. This will be led you to you get the international recognition to your qualification.

 

Way to get the professional membership
You can get the following membership in RICS. Those memberships categorization depend on the experience and qualifications. And also benefits also limited to every category.

RICS has following membership categorizations,

·        Student

·        Associate

·        Member

·        Fellow

 
The following picture shows you to the route to get the memberships [Resource (RICS)].
 

 

  

Final Assessment includes 60 minute interview, which include as 10 minutes presentation on critical analysis and testing on professional practice / ethics

Furthermore you can get the details from “ http://www.rics.org/ “

 
 

INSTITUTE OF QUANTITY SURVEYORS SRI LANKA (IQSSL)

Institute of Quantity Surveyors Sri Lank (IQSSL) is the Sri lankan recognized chartered body for Quantity Surveying profession. And also it has recognition of RICS.

 

Way to get the professional membership
You can get the following membership in IQSSL. Those memberships categorization depend on the experience and qualifications. And also benefits also limited to every category.

IQSSL has following membership categorizations,

·        Student

·        Probationary

·        Technical

·        Registered

·        Associate

·        Fellow

 The following picture shows you to the route to get the memberships [Resource (IQSSL)].

 

Furthermore you can get the details from “http://www.iqssl.lk/”

 
 
 

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF QUANTITY SURVEYORS (AIQS)

Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS) is the Australian recognized chartered body for Quantity Surveying profession. And also it has recognition of RICS.

 

Way to get the professional membership

You can get the following membership in AIQS. Those memberships categorization depend on the experience and qualifications. And also benefits also limited to every category.

IQSSL has following membership categorizations,

·        Student

·        Affiliate

·        Member

·        Fellow

·        Special Honorary

o   Life Fellow

o   Honorary Fellow

o   Retired Status

 The following picture shows you to the route to get the memberships [Resource (AIQS)].

Furthermore you can get the details from “http://www.aiqs.com.au/”

 
 
 

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF BUILDING (CIOB)

Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) is the internationally recognized royal chartered body for Management profession in built environment. And also it has recognition of RICS.

 

Way to get the professional membership

You can get the following membership in CIOB. Those memberships categorization depend on the experience and qualifications. And also benefits also limited to every category.

CIOB has following membership categorizations,

·        Student

·        Incorporate / Associate

·        Member

·        Fellow

 

The following picture shows you to the route to get the memberships [Resource (CIOB)].

PDP – Professional Development Programme

EPA – Experienced Practitioner Assessed

Furthermore you can get the details from “http://www.ciob.org.uk/”

 
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