Published: 19 Nov 2025
Members of The Survey Association (TSA) have just enjoyed attending our Conference and Awards 2025 event and the feedback has been tremendous. It’s a great way for members to come together, network and celebrate what TSA is, and share knowledge and experiences of working as surveyors in this rewarding profession.
It is essential to be able to pause, celebrate and broaden horizons to understand the bigger picture.
Our Conference and Awards was also a great example of some of the benefits that can be enjoyed by TSA members and the sort of events we have to offer. Other highlights of membership include industry-wide recognition for companies, technical and business seminars, marketing and promotion of your business, offers and discounts, and access to our jobs board too.
Becoming a member of TSA is a rigorous but straightforward process, that ensures the association’s high standards and professionalism are maintained. Companies that apply need to meet stringent criteria to be considered.
The five category options of TSA membership and their criteria:
Full Membership is for businesses that have been trading for more than three years and the majority of their turnover is from surveying work carried out in the UK.
Associate Memberships are for companies trading for fewer than three years, but that meet all other requirements of a Full Membership. Associate members can also apply for full status after three years of membership.
Affiliate Memberships are designed for multi-disciplinary consultancies in the UK that have survey departments within them, but surveying is not their core activity.
Academic Membership is for any educational institution that offers a surveying qualification. This category is free to join.
Supplier Membership is for companies that provide services or products to the surveying profession, such as equipment, software, IT or insurance.
The road to TSA membership
The application can be carried out digitally and typically takes four to five months to process. The initial enquiry can be made through the JOIN US link on our website to receive the appropriate application form.
The next step is the submission of evidence, where for Full, Associate and Affiliate Membership applicants will provide work samples that reflect the type of survey work undertaken by the company as DWG files and final PDF, along with the client specification, demonstrating surveying methodology with survey control points and method, and health and safety policies, such as Risk Assessment Method Statements (RAMS).
References will also need to be provided for TSA to scrutinise and an assessment call between the applicant and TSA will provide more in-depth background on the applicant. Once all this information has been studied and approved, a report is sent to the Membership and Internal Affairs (MIA) Committee and then to TSA’s Council for final approval.
Our membership is growing every year, so why not get in touch and find out how you can become part this exciting professional community? To start the process, visit the ‘Join Us’ section of The Survey Association website today.
