21st April 2009, 10:36 AM
RICS have a number of defined 'pathways' to chartered status, and something like 40 different specialisms which chartered status can be awarded to, similar to the more diverse roles that oldgirl mentions above. Requiring someone to be MIfA is not really valid, because if that is all you ask, you still don't know if the person has the skills and experience to do the job. You might be specifying building recording or complex excavation and the person got their MIfA for illustration or publication management or something. Perhaps the advert should have been worded somethign like 'the contractor should have a demonstrable record of suitable skills and experience, of which membership of the IfA can form a part', or something a bit better worded than that.