Objectives of CSV

The objectives of the Association are:

• to promote the science and practice of surveying or its associated disciplines and competencies;
   
• to conserve and promote the interests and status of the profession of surveying and generally to represent the profession and, in particular, the Members of the Association;
   
• to provide business operation guidance to Member Firms;
   
• to represent the interests of Member Firms;
    
• to foster, maintain and preserve the integrity and status of Members of the Association, to promote good practice and to repress malpractice;
   
• to conduct, research, promote, develop and advance the scientific and technical aspects of any matters relating to surveying or its associated disciplines and competencies;
   
• to provide and arrange programmes for the continuing education of the principals and staff of Member Firms.

Promotion of Profession of Surveying and the Association:

• To foster, maintain and preserve the integrity and status of members of the Association, to promote practice, to repress malpractice, and to encourage actively observance of the association’s Codes of Ethics and Practice.
   
• To initiate, participate or assist in activities and schemes for enhancing the status of the profession of consulting surveyors and the general advancement of its members and to cooperate with other associations and organisations having similar objectives.
   
• To maintain and make available to the public details of the member firms of the Association.
   
• To advance and protect the interest of its members as employers and in relation to any industrial matter.
   
• To promote and foster projects and activities which are in the interest of the surveying profession generally or in the interests of the members in particular.

Relationship with kindred bodies:

• To conserve, foster and maintain a close liaison with Surveyors Australia and The Institution of Surveyors, Victoria and similar Kindred bodies.
   
• To cooperate with the Association of Consulting Surveyors and similar bodies of each of the States and Territories of Australia having objects similar to the Association.