Membership Categories

ASBC members are classified by category.

The five Membership Categories within the ASBC are:

Associate Member:

A minimum of 5 years experience in the building construction industry.
A minimum of 1 year of experience in a consulting capacity within the building & construction industry.
Have tertiary qualifications deemed to be suitable by the Executive Committee.

Member:

Hold the membership category of ‘Associate’ for one year.
Have a minimum of 10 years of experience in the building and construction industry or other allied industry, approved by the Executive Committee.
Alternatively, to the above, the applicant is to have held a responsible and/or professional position within the building industry for at least 5 years, approved by the Executive Committee.
In addition to one of the above, the applicant must have been practising as a Consultant in the building industry or other allied approved industry deemed suitable by the Executive Committee, for a minimum of 5 years.
Where an applicant satisfies the above criteria but in a specialist area other than building consulting, the applicant may be granted membership status in the specialist category of their particular area of expertise.

Fellow:

The following in addition to the Member criteria
Have a minimum 15 years of post-trade, licence or degree experience in the building and construction industry or other allied field of expertise.
Have a minimum of 10 years verifiable experience in a consulting capacity within the Building Consultant Profession.
Be able to demonstrate to the ASBC NSW Committee that the Consultant’s experience covers a wide range of expertise in a defined specialist technical area deemed to be suitable by the Executive Committee.
Hold financial membership of the ASBC NSW for 10 consecutive years or 5 years of service on the Executive Committee, where the Consultant has attended 60% of the Society’s general meetings.

Provisional Member:

A person who is currently working under the direction/supervision of a current financial ASBC member, providing assistance in report writing, site inspection etc to that member.
Is not eligible to vote or obtain an accreditation certificate.
Is not entitled to use the Society’s post nominals during the term of the provisional membership.
Is not required to have personal professional indemnity insurance unless they produce written Building Reports.
Maximum period allowed in this membership category is four years.

LifeTime Member

Retired member who no longer carries out consulting work.
Retired member who has contributed their time and service to the Society for a period of at least ten years.
Will be exempt from annual fees, however will pay the required costs for any Society function attended.
Has no voting rights and is exempt from the insurance requirements of the Society
Will receive all information normally sent to members.

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