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Professional Practice: Guideline for Quantity Surveyor Chapter 1

The Two – Tier Registration System
Under the latest Act, the entrance gateway remains the same which is Provisional QS

(previously known as Graduate QS). “Provisional QS” is used in lieu of “Graduate QS” due to
the fact that some of them might have many years of experience and therefore might not
seem proper to still be called a Graduate QS.

To become fully registered with the Board, the Provisional QS will be subjected to the
2-tier registration. The Provisional QS will be required to fulfil certain requirement under the

Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) to become the 1st tier registered QS known
as Professional QS (PQS); and shall be subjected to further test to be eligible for 2nd tier
registered QS known as Consultant QS (CQS).

A PQS is allowed to practice as a QS including signing off documents, payments and
any other QS work. However, to start a firm, the PQS must upgrade to CQS by passing the

Tier 2 tests on Professional Practice Part I (comprising papers in business laws and
accounts) and Professional Practice Part II (comprising papers in international contracts,
procurement strategy, health & safety and business ethics). This procedure is almost similar

to an Architect who has to sit Part II or Professional Engineer with the Practicing Certificate.

The Requirements of APC The Board currently has allowed 3 main routes for a

Provisional Quantity Surveyor to be registered as a Professional Quantity Surveyor and
subsequently Consultant Quantity Surveyor, and they are:-

A. GRADUATE ROUTE
No Category Qualification
1. Provisional Quantity Surveyor 1. QS accredited degree
2. Master degree accredited with related QS
degree
2. 1st Tier : Professional 1. 2 years local experience under PQS/CQS
Quantity Surveyor supervision (External : 3 years)
(< 5 years experience) 2. Pass:
i. Part I (Work Diary & Log Book)
ii. Part II (Critical Analysis & Interview)
3. 2nd Tier : Consultant Quantity 1. 1 year local experience recognized by
Surveyor BQSM
2. Pass:
i. Professional Practice 1
ii. Professional Practice 2
iii. Interview

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