As foreshadowed in both the 2016/17 Federal Budget, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is implementing a fee-for-service (FFS) arrangement to recover the costs associated with delivery of marine surveyor accreditation. The costs will apply to

•  receipt of initial/new applications for accreditation
•  assessing initial/new applications, usually involving an interview  process, and
• receipt and processing an application for renewal of accreditation every 5 years

 

The fees will apply to applications received from 1 September 2016.

 

To become an accredited marine surveyor, there will be a one-off fixed fee of $1390 payable upfront on lodgement of an application where the applicant is applying for 1 -5 categories of survey. The fee payable is a combination of the application fee ($650) plus a set ‘assessing/interview’ fee.

Applicants who are applying for 6-10 categories will pay $2130 and those wishing to have 11 -16 categories will pay $2870.

There will also be a surveyor accreditation renewal fee of $254. Accreditation is for a period of 5 years.

The fees (GST exclusive) will apply from 1 September 2016 with an annual indexation factor linked to the consumer price index (CPI)

More information can be found at http://www.amsa.gov.au/domestic/fee-for-service/