@RheaMARN1171933 said:
AIQS can be quite difficult to deal with due to their criteria. Applicant must have a degree in QS which non existent in the Philippines. I only deal with this assessing authority for my British clients as they meet their criteria but despite that, it’s still difficult with their requirements ie boss must be a qualified QS as well, must present qualifications etc.
I’ve had a case or two where we applied for EA using civil engineer as the nominated occupation and EA recognised the QS work experience. Worth a try, perhaps? All the best.
Not necessarily difficult. It is just that the requirements are uncommon and are only applicable to a few.
It is true that there is no institution at the moment that offers a degree in QS. However, there is one institution (PIBE) that offers a higher national certificate and is currently working with CHED to be accredited to offer BSc in QS.
Aside from having a QS degree the AIQS migration policy notes "or a post-graduate qualification in Quantity Surveying/Construction Management and Economics, regardless of the undergraduate qualification held."
Not quite sure about the post graduate qualification. However, based on my personal experience and colleagues', all of us who were members of AIQS got positive outcomes on our academic qualification. It might be possible that being a member of an accredited QS organisation is also considered a "post-grad qualification".
For supervisors qualification, majority of the issues encountered were requesting qualifications from supervisors at previous workplace and more difficult if it is overseas. However, if previous supervisor is not comfortable to provide those qualifications directly to applicant, AIQS can assist and contact them directly if applicant can provided contact details of the supervisor.
