Marine Surveyor

Marine Surveying Experience Requirement

For Certified Marine Surveyor (CMS) status, the applicant must have at least five years of experience as a marine surveyor, with no less than fifty per cent of his or her business time devoted to the professional practice of hull, machinery, marine facility, cargo or yacht surveying. OR Applicants shall have no less than two years of activity as a marine surveyor, plus additional experience attained in the marine industry that is closely related to marine surveying.

Applicants who have not fulfilled the requirements for CMS status, but who have attained experience as a hull, machinery, marine facility, cargo or yacht and small craft inspector in government or private industry may apply as an associate NAMSGlobal member. The time completed for such service will be credited on a 1 for 2 ratio with a maximum of three years of credit allowed against the five-year requirement for CMS. Should the associate member have the required five years in this class necessary to qualify for CMS status, he or she will be eligible to apply for CMS status.

Apprentice applicants, once screened and accepted as apprentice members may, after a one-year tenure as an apprentice member and after completing at least fifty marine survey engagements, apply for associate member status. If this member is not elevated to associate status, he or she must, at the end of three years, apply for full membership within six months of the three-year term. Therefore, a NAMSGlobal apprentice in good standing who has been active in marine surveying for three years may apply for CMS status without becoming an associate member.