Chartered surveyor
?Surveyor? is an extremely broad term that covers a variety of disciplines and activities such as; land surveys, property surveys, construction/engineering surveys, quantity surveying and so forth.
?Chartered surveyor? is the legally protected title that's given to surveyors who've passed an assessment of professional competence. The representative body may be the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), and only fully-qualified members are allowed to utilize the designated title of ?chartered Chartered Surveyor Godstone ?. That is denoted by ?MRICS? following their name.
Members of the RICS must keep up-to-date with current practice, and adhere to a code of professional and ethical standards which requires them to:
Act with integrity.
Always provide a high standard of service.
Act in a manner that promotes rely upon the profession.
Treat others with respect.
Take responsibility.
Chartered surveyors are also subject to an RICS Complaints Handling Procedure that is available on request to any client. In addition, services provided by chartered surveyors ought to be backed by professional indemnity insurance (PII) lasting around six years from the date of any professional work being undertaken.
Chartered surveyors may work in a variety of different property and building fields, often providing clients with specialist advice on property-related issues. These services commonly include; providing property valuations, assessing buildings for defects, assessing damage or dilapidations for insurers, mortgage valuations, quantity surveying, land surveying, estate management, environmental advice, and so on. However, individual chartered surveyors rarely have expertise in all of the different areas, which is why partnerships or other organisations are formed to provide a wider selection of services.