BVCA / Membership
Proposed membership grades
Four grades, each tied to published criteria. These are proposals: admissions are not open, and no one can join or pay yet.
A credential should have a standard behind it.
Each grade comes with its own criteria, a yearly renewal and ongoing obligations. Post-nominals can only be used after admission, and only while membership is current.
Students, analysts and people new to valuation.
- An interest in business valuation
- Agree to the code of conduct (not yet written)
- No post-nominal
Building valuation experience.
- Relevant study or experience
- Ethics declaration
- Yearly professional development
Practising business valuers.
- Experience preparing and signing business valuations
- Sample reports, with client details removed
- Review by the admissions panel
- Yearly professional development
Senior practitioners.
- Substantial experience leading valuation work
- Sample reports and contribution to the profession
- Review by the admissions panel
- Approval by the independent council
Proposed fees. Whether GST applies, and the final criteria, will be confirmed before admissions open. A corporate option for valuation practices may follow later.
How admission will work.
This is the planned process. It starts once the independent admissions panel is appointed.
Apply
Send your professional history, experience and supporting material, such as sample reports with client details removed.
Assessment
The independent admissions panel tests your application against the published criteria for the grade.
Admission
Successful applicants are admitted at the grade the panel approves and listed on the public register.
Keep it current
Members renew each year, complete professional development and stay subject to the code of conduct and complaints process, once those are written and adopted.
Founders are not entitled to any grade. Anyone connected with Valuation Group Pty Ltd applies through the same process and is assessed by panel members who have no business ties to them.
Joining, in plain terms.
Can I join now?
No. Admissions open once the independent council and admissions panel are in place. Register interest and we'll contact you when they open.
Can I use BVCA post-nominals now?
No. Post-nominals can only be used after admission through the independent process, and only while membership is current.
Will I need to pay anything to register interest?
No. Registering interest is free and doesn't commit you to anything.
Does BVCA membership replace other qualifications?
No. BVCA is a private membership body. It is not a government, regulatory or accounting body, and membership doesn't replace any qualification, licence or accreditation a valuer needs for their work.