Selecting a competent surveyor

Accreditation or certification provides clients with an assurance of a surveyor's competence.

Competent surveyors:

1. Have survey knowledge, and know the risks in surveying
2. Have training and experience, and recognise their limitations
3. Use a quality management system
4. Show independence, impartiality and integrity
5. Do their work in accordance with good practice guidance, eg as in MDHS100

The United Kingdom Accreditation Service, UKAS accredits organisations. The UKAS website helps you to find a surveyor.

The Asbestos Builders Inspection Certification Scheme, ABICS accredits individuals.

An old scheme, National Individual Asbestos Certification Scheme, NIACS also accredited individuals.

Accreditation and good performance in a quality assurance scheme provides an assurance of a laboratory's competence in asbestos analysis.

The United Kingdom Accreditation Service, UKAS accredits laboratories. The UKAS website helps you to find a laboratory that participates in the 'Asbestos in Materials Scheme', AIMS.