FORTY-SEVEN surveyors in Yorkshire have achieved the highly-valued “chartered” status with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

All have successfully completed the RICS’ Assessment of Professional Competence, which is a tough two-to-three year period of structured training that includes practical training, experience and exams leading to full membership

David Varley, RICS regional training adviser for Yorkshire, said: “These new professionals have passed the most challenging of assessments to become chartered surveyors, many of them having already completed a property-related degree.”