Registration Categories

Qualification for Registration

A Professional Quantity Surveyor is a qualified registered Quantity Surveyor who has relevant experience and, in the opinion of the Council, can be fit to do quantity surveying work independently and practise quantity surveying.

The following shall be submitted for Registration
1. A fully completed Application form
2. Proof of payment of the non-refundable application fee payable directly to the Quantity Surveyors' Registration Council bank account
3. Certified copies of educational certificates
4. Certified Copy of Botswana identity document / residence permit
5. Summary of post graduate professional experience
6. Report on post-graduate quantity surveying experience detailing the different competencies
7. Certified Copy of professional registration certificate with other regulatory body(ies) – where applicable
8. Certified Copy of membership certificate(s) of professional institution(s) / bodies - where applicable
9. Two personal references confirming good conduct and character
10. Security clearance

A person shall be eligible for registration under this category if s/he is assessed in the QSRC's evaluation as a professionally fit and proper person by general conduct as required by the Act to be registered and s/he satisfies the following requirements:

⦁ is ordinarily resident in Botswana. Resident here means being a citizen resident in Botswana or a non-citizen having a valid residence permit and;

⦁ Has obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying from a recognised University or academic institution, and has performed Quantity Surveying work for a minimum period of 5 years relevant experience post-graduation which in the opinion of the Council, is of sufficient variety and of a satisfactory nature and standard for the purposes of registration as a Professional Quantity Surveyor; or

⦁ Has obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying from a recognised University or academic institution, and has performed the work of a Quantity Surveyor under the direction and control of, and in the same office as a Professional Quantity Surveyor for a minimum period of: 4 years for those with a 4-year sandwich degree qualification; and 5 years for those with a 3-year degree qualification; and subject to completion of the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC); or

⦁ has for a period of not less than 10 years performed Quantity Surveying work, which in the opinion of the Council, is of sufficient variety and of a satisfactory nature and standard for the purposes of registration as a Quantity Surveyor and subject to completion of the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC); and

⦁ Has passed an examination as prescribed by the Council where the Council requires to ascertain competence in certain aspects of the applicant’s application, and;

⦁ Has professional membership of various approved quantity surveying bodies in the world as determined by the Council;
An applicant relying on his/her membership of Quantity Surveying institutions/ professional bodies/ professional registration with other Quantity Surveying Councils shall submit, with the application, a “letter of good standing” issued by that institution confirming his/ her membership; or

⦁ Is a Full Member of the Institute of Botswana Quantity Surveyors (MIBQS) in good standing; and if not the Council reserves the right to call the applicant for an oral interview.