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Professional Quantity Surveyor

The candidate quantity surveyor to professional quantity surveyor route, with mentored experience and preparation for competence assessment.

What we can and cannot say about this category

  • Exact current eligibility, experience periods and assessment requirements must be validated against the council's current published documents before this pathway is used for candidate guidance.

Stages we support

  • Candidate

    Building a record as you work, with a mentor.

  • Experienced applicant

    Turning years of existing work into a structured account.

  • Registered, doing CPD

    Keeping continuing development organised after registration.

Evidence template

What a candidate on this pathway typically needs to gather. This is Pr-ed's working template, not a council checklist.

  • Mentored experience record
  • Measurement and cost documents you produced
  • Commercial correspondence showing your recommendations
  • Referee details

Preparation themes

The themes your spoken accounts should eventually cover between them.

  • Measurement and documentation standards
  • Cost planning and control decisions
  • Contractual and commercial judgement
  • Reporting to clients honestly and clearly
  • Professional conduct and confidentiality

Extra questions we ask on this pathway

Added after the nine core questions, tailored to this kind of work.

  • How did you measure, price or control cost on this, and against what standard?
  • What commercial recommendation did you make, and what did you base it on?

Mentor requirements

  • Mentor registered as a professional quantity surveyor

Mentor coverage for this pathway is proposed and needs Pr-ed confirmation.