To meet the standards and requirements of accreditation as a member of the American Society of Appraisers, a professional must meet the following criteria:
Completion of a discipline-specific education, meeting your discipline’s education requirements by completing required fundamental and/or advanced coursework.
Ensure that USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice) is up-to-date: All ASA Members must ensure their USPAP continuing education requirements are up-to-date.
Those applying for the Accredited Member (AM) designation require two (2) years of full-time appraisal experience and those applying for the Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) designation require five (5) years of full-time appraisal experience.
Specialty designations and ASA Certification programs may require additional experience.
All designated members of ASA are required to submit evidence of professional growth through continuing education and participation in professional activities every five (5) years in order to maintain their Accredited Member (AM) and Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) designations.