Chartered Surveyor

Chartered Surveyor (CS) is the description (protected by law in many countries) of Professional Members and Fellows of the RICS entitled to use the designation (and a number of variations such as "Chartered Building Surveyor" or "Chartered Quantity Surveyor" or "Chartered Civil Engineering Surveyor" depending on their field of expertise) in Commonwealth countries and Ireland. Chartered originates from the Royal Charter granted to the world's first professional body of surveyors. Chartered Surveyors are entitled to use "MRICS" after their names.

CS's are highly trained and experienced property professionals. Surveyors offer impartial, specialist advice on a variety of property related issues and the services which they provide are diverse.

CS's work in all fields of property and building consultancy. At the most basic level, their duties include valuing property and looking for structural defects in buildings. They also provide expert consultancy advice in property, construction and related environmental issues.

The representative professional body is the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Employers

The largest employer of Chartered Surveyors is EC Harris.

Becoming a Chartered Surveyor

In order to become a Chartered Surveyor, trainees must undertake a degree accredited by the RICS and pass the Assessment of Professional Competence. Occasionally RICS withdraws accreditation of degree courses.

Notable Chartered Surveyors

• Andy Irvine - retired rugby union footballer who played for Scotland is a Chartered Valuation Surveyor.
• Gavin Kerr - retired rugby union footballer who played prop for Scotland is a Chartered Building Surveyor.
• Paul Morrell - a Chartered Quantity Surveyor.
• Tim Wonnacott is a Chartered Valuation Surveyor and television presenter.
• Marianne Suhr - writer, expert on historic buildings and co-presenter of the television series Restoration is a Chartered Building Surveyor.
• Ewen Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington - a landowner and life peer who sits as a crossbench member of the House of Lords.
• Philip Serrell - Television presenter, chartered valuation surveyor and racing driver.

See also

• Australian Property Institute, a similar professional body which has a reciprocity agreement with RICS
• Construction Industry Council
• RICS
• Chartered surveyors in the United Kingdom