Since the dawn of professional management of the real estate market in Hong Kong in the sixties, professional surveyors have been engaged. We are employed as estate surveyors, estate director/ managers, property managers, maintenance managers, property service managers, facility managers, etc. in the day to day and strategic management of properties, assets, estates in the public and private sectors. We have contributed to the professionalism, quality and excellence of the property management of governmental, corporate and private commercial, industrial and residential buildings. Our responsibilities are wide ranging and have included the following: strategic facility planning, asset management, space planning management, real estate design and management, operation and maintenance, property management, corporate real estate and related services.

Professional Surveyors are employed in over 140 organizations spreading across 10 different sectors including the government, government agencies, public corporations, developers, property and facility management services providers, multi-national companies, international real estate consultants in the provision of in-house or consultancy services in strategic facility planning, asset management, space planning management, real estate design and management, operation and maintenance, property management, corporate real estate and related services.

After obtaining the relevant academic qualification, candidates wanting to become Property and Facility Management Surveyors are required to undergo at least 400 days of recognized professional training to acquire the required level of professional competence in three major areas of competencies.

In the area of Mandatory Competencies, candidates are expected to achieve general knowledge and understanding in all of the following Core Skills: Ethics, knowledge of HKIS structure, rules and regulations; Basic business & communication skills, self management, customer care; Information technology, analysis of information and data; Law, dispute resolution and conflict avoidance; and Health, Safety and Environmental Awareness. They are also required to acquire general knowledge and understanding in two of the following Optional Skills: Business management, Organizational Leadership, Negotiation Skills; Managing People and Resources, Recruitment and Selection; and Accounting Principles and Procedures. 

Candidates may choose two out of the following four Core Competencies and engage themselves in such breadth and depth in knowledge application and analysis with the ability to give advice. These competencies are grouped under Property Asset Management, Corporate Real Estate, Project Management, and Property Management.

Finally candidates are required to achieve general knowledge and understanding in two of the following five Non-Core Competencies: Finance Management, Human Resources and Organization Management, Information Technology and Communication Management, Quality and Performance Management and Benchmarking, and Major Research.