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Qualifications for Membership

Criteria For MEMBER Grade

You hold an accredited Degree plus at least two years Mapping Sciences experience or Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accreditation deemed satisfactory by Council or You hold an equivalent formal academic qualification approved by Council as satisfying its requirements plus at least two years Mapping Sciences experience or CPD accreditation deemed satisfactory by Council or You have held Associate Membership for five years and have maintained the appropriate number of CPD points approved by Council as satisfying its requirements for that period, and have been engaged in the practice of at least one of the professions of Mapping Sciences, and will have gained thereby, experience deemed satisfactory by Council. (CPD Advice Form located at end of Information Kit)

Criteria for ASSOCIATE MEMBER Grade

You hold an accredited Degree and have less than two years Mapping Sciences experience or CPD accreditation or You hold an accredited Associate Diploma or a formal academic qualification approved by Council as satisfying its requirements and have been engaged in the practice of at least one of the professions of Mapping Sciences for at least two years, and will have gained thereby, experience deemed satisfactory by Council.

Criteria for AFFILIATE MEMBER Grade

You hold an accredited Associate Diploma or equivalent and have less than two years Mapping Sciences experience. Council may elect as an Affiliate to the Institute any person who is not eligible for Corporate or Student Membership, but who is interested in furthering the objects of the Institute and is deemed by Council to be worthy of election.

Criteria for STUDENT MEMBER Grade

You have received or are receiving such academic and practical training as will fit you for admittance as a corporate member of the Institute. The maximum time as a Student Member is ten years. 


Online Membership Application

The Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia has made the application form available so that it may be completed and submitted electonically. If you have Adobe Acrobat, you may complete and save the form using the PDF format. Otherwise, you should download the Microsoft Word document. Note: you can not complete the form in Acrobat Reader, although you may view and print with that software.

The fee information is available from the Membership Information Pack (Page 7)

Steps to submitting your membership application form electronically:

  1. Download the "Membership Nomination Form" below (choose from Acrobat PDF or Word DOC) and save the file to your computer.
  2. Open the form with Acrobat Acrobat 4 or Microsoft Word.
  3. Complete all of the required details on the form.
  4. Save the changes on the form and email the completed form as an attachment to the Membership Program Manager.
If you'd prefer, you can download the application form and send it to our postal address. Our postal address is made available in the application kit.



Details of the 2010 Schedule of fees, can be found here.


Membership Nomination Form
Acrobat PDF | Word DOC

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Membership Information Pack
Acrobat PDF
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For further information please contact Mr Keith Smith, National Secretary
msiau@gil.com.au

 

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