Dual membership: clear boundaries, protected credentials

Yes. AIQV membership is voluntary and additional. Many of our members also belong to the Australian Property Institute, the Australian Valuers Institute or another professional body. AIQV does not ask you to give up, or change, any existing membership.

No. Your registration with the Valuers Registration Board of Queensland is the legal basis on which you practise, and it is a condition of AIQV certification. AIQV certification is a private, narrowly scoped credential for desktop taxation assessments. It is not a licence and does not replace statutory registration or any other professional credential.

Three ways. First, scope: AIQV work is limited to restricted-scope desktop assessments for taxation purposes. Second, contracting: you accept AIQV assignments through your own contracting entity, never through your employer. Third, cover: AIQV work is supported by a segregated professional indemnity facility that applies only to AIQV assessments prepared through the approved platform.

To keep the schemes cleanly separate. AIQV reports show only “Registered Valuer (QLD) – VRBQ Registration No. [XXXX]” and “Certified Quantitative Valuer (AIQV)”. This avoids any suggestion that another body has reviewed, endorsed or is responsible for AIQV work, and keeps that body’s scheme and insurance arrangements unaffected.

The AIQV facility is designed to respond only to Desktop Valuation Assessments for taxation purposes prepared through the approved AIQV platform, with a limit of indemnity of not less than $1 million and seven years’ run-off cover, so it sits apart from any cover you hold through your employer or another body. This is general information only: the actual terms, limits, conditions and exclusions are set out in the Product Disclosure Statement and policy wording issued by the insurer, which you should read before deciding.

AIQV work is not performed for your employer and should not be notified as employer work. Whether your employer’s policy or another policy is affected is a matter for that policy’s terms. We recommend you confirm with your employer and, if relevant, your existing insurer or broker before you start.

Check your employment contract and any outside-work or conflict-of-interest policy. Where consent is required, obtain it in writing before accepting AIQV assignments. AIQV asks every applicant to acknowledge this separation when applying.

Yes. Every AIQV assessment you sign remains subject to the Valuers Registration Act 1992 (Qld), the Valuers Registration Regulation 2024, the rules of professional conduct adopted by the Board and the International Valuation Standards. The AIQV Code of Ethics is additional and never displaces those obligations.

No. AIQV templates, the workspace and the professional indemnity facility are for AIQV taxation desktop assessments only. They must not be used for mortgage lending, banking panels, litigation or any other purpose, or for work performed through your employer.

AIQV CPD is designed to be recognisable professional development, but whether it counts towards the CPD requirements of the VRBQ or another body is for that body to decide. We provide certificates of completion to support any claim you make.

Respect. AIQV complements, and does not compete with, statutory registration or traditional valuation practice. Our Non-Disparagement Policy requires the Institute and its members to speak respectfully about the VRBQ, the API, the AVI and all other professional bodies.

Every report is titled “Desktop Valuation Assessment (Restricted Scope – No Physical Inspection)”, states that it is prepared solely for taxation purposes, sets out the desktop assumptions and limitations, and includes a time-stamped Evidence Appendix. You can review the template under Governance & Standards.