Future Recruitment to Panels
When we identify shortages on a panel, applications are invited from those who meet the appropriate criteria and are able to fulfil the current recruitment need. The criteria are available to download on this page. Potential candidates will be required to forward a ‘Summary of relevant experience’, complete a skills form detailing their expertise and giving details of referees who support their application. Candidates whose expertise and skills match the areas of shortages identified for panel recruitment may be invited to attend an RICS training/assessment course. Priority will be given to those candidates who most closely match the recruitment need, and so not everyone who wishes to join a panel will be invited to attend a training course.
Future recruitment to the Adjudicator Panel will be drawn from those who have successfully completed the RICS/RSPH Diploma in Construction Adjudication. This is a qualification which can be obtained after completion of an externally accredited training course. However, completion of the Diploma will not lead to automatic inclusion on the Panel. As with all RICS Panels, recruitment is undertaken only when shortages are identified.
RICS would expect surveyors wishing to join our panels to have at least 10 years post-qualification experience, as well as experience in dispute resolution (usually acting as an Expert Witness or advocate in arbitrations or expert determinations). Prospective candidates should be recognised by their peers as having extensive current experience in their area of expertise, whether this relates to a skill area or specific geographic location. For Independent Experts, the surveyor should be actively involved in market transactions.
Candidates who successfully complete all elements of the training/assessment requirements will then be required to pass an interview conducted by a board, before being invited to join the panel. Membership of the panel does not guarantee a quota, or any, appointments.
Once on the panel, members are required to carry out CPD specifically related to dispute resolution and will be subject to regular assessment. The regular reassessment of Panel Members ensures that those on the Panel continue to meet the high standards expected of an RICS Panel Member.
