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A Chartered Land Surveyor is a surveyor who specialises in some aspect of land surveying that is chartered with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). In order to become a Chartered Land Surveyor, a candidate must pass an Assessment of Professional Competence (APC). The APC consists of the candidate completing a period of structured work experience with an established land surveying practice, presentation of written documentation and successful passing of a final exam in the form of an oral interview.
The length of the structured work experience will vary from candidate to candidate depending on their level of academic qualification and their amount of work experience already acquired prior to begging the move towards chartered status.
The Land Surveyor Professional group within RICS is made up of five separate practice areas:
Geomatics
Rural Surveying
Minerals and Waste Surveying
Planning and Development Surveying
Environmental Surveying
Each area has its own specific competencies that must be addressed in the APC. The specific competencies are divided into two categories: Firstly, core competencies and secondly, optional competencies. Core competencies are specific to every environmental surveyor, whereas optional competencies will be tailored to the individual’s particular practice work. Some examples of core competencies are:
• For Environmental Surveyors- Measurement of Land and Property, Inspection and Sustainability
•For Geomatic Surveyors- GIS, Engineering and surveying and, Remote sensing and photogrammetry
•For Planning and Development Surveyors- Development appraisals, Mapping and legal, and Regulatory compliance
•For Mineral and Waste Management Surveyors- Minerals management, Environmental audit and, Valuation
•For Rural Surveyors- Agriculture, Management of the natural environment and landscape and, Valuation
Some examples of optional competencies are:
•For Environmental Surveyors- Environmental assessment, Sustainability and, Laboratory services
•For Geomatics- Development and project briefs, Consultancy services and, Analysis of client requirements
•For Planning and Development- Leasing/letting, Compulsory purchase and compensation and, Access and rights over land
•For Mineral and Waste Management Surveyors- Consultancy services and, Contaminated land
•For Rural Surveyors- Auctioneering and, Capital Taxation
In addition to the area specific competencies, each candidate must demonstrate mastery of mandatory competencies, common to all of those seeking chartership as a surveyor of any sort. Some examples of mandatory competencies are:
•Team-working
•Business Planning
•Sustainability
•Ethics, conduct and professional practice
When sufficient grasp of the various types of competencies is shown, the APC is passed and the surveyor will be chartered as a surveyor of their particular area or they may be known as a Chartered Land Surveyor. When a surveyor has the title of Chartered Surveyor, this recognition of professional achievement carries benefits for both the surveyor and the client of the surveyor.
For the surveyor this means that they have access to RICS’ professional resources which includes a large amount specialist research and access to networking opportunities and presentations. It also usually means a higher salary, with some reports suggesting that chartered surveyors earn around 8% more than their colleagues. This gap is widened at the bottom of the profession where junior entrants that are chartered earn 21% more than their unchartered colleagues.
For the client of the surveyor, this means that the surveyor is guaranteed to be at a certain professional standard and that that standard is set by the surveyors top peers in the field. If any Disputes do arise, then the client will have recourse to RICS’ dispute resolution service.
