Chartered Appraisers
Job description
These individuals formulate opinions on the value of property or real estate rights. They develop analytical methods to identify properties with non-standard values. They may also estimate the value of business assets, businesses, or equipment. They provide the necessary support to the agencies responsible for assessments. They are self-employed or work for:
- Private companies
- The federal and provincial governments
- Institutions
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
Main tasks
- Verify the validity of the information relating to the real estate appraisal.
- Identify and describe the object of the valuation.
- Collect, verify, and analyze relevant data.
- Prepare an appraisal report and present it to the client.
- Apply the cost method to appraise a property for insurance purposes.
- Plan the costs and schedules required to complete mandates.
- Supervise the execution of mandates and review the quality of work.
- Appear, as required, as an expert witness before a court, securities regulator, and other regulatory boards.
- Negotiate the settlement of disputed files on the legal aspect (admissibility, equipment, occupants, etc.) and on values deemed excessive.
- Elaborate, as required, ministerial or governmental positions about the Quebec property assessment system.
Advancement and mobility
- These individuals may specialize in areas such as agriculture, industry, institutional networks, transportation, etc.
- These individuals may become specialists in municipal property assessment.
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
DCS in architectural Technology
Placement rate: 59.1%
38.7% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS in technologie de l'estimation et de l'évaluation en bâtiment (Estimation en construction)
Placement rate: 77.8%
22.2% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS in technologie de l'estimation et de l'évaluation en bâtiment (Évaluation immobilière)
Placement rate: 56.5%
34.8% of graduates pursue further studies
University
Business administration
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 84.1%
12.1% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 92%
3.1% of graduates pursue further studies
- HEC Montréal
- Bishop's University
- Concordia University
- Université de Sherbrooke
- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
- Université du Québec en Outaouais
- Université du Québec à Montréal
- Université du Québec à Rimouski
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
- Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Université Laval
- McGill University
- TÉLUQ
Also required
- Membership in the Ordre des évaluateurs agréés du Québec (OEAQ [Quebec Order of Chartered Appraisers]) to use the title of Chartered Appraiser.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Information processing
- Reading comprehension
- Judgment and decision-making
- Active listening
- Critical thought
- Written expression
- Oral expression
- Solving complex problems
- Mathematics
- Negotiation
- Active learning
- Time management
Abilities
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Written expression
- Near vision
- Inductive reasoning
- Verbal skills
- Deductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Speech clarity
- Classification
- Mathematical reasoning
- Selective attention
- Basic numeracy
- Information organization
- Awareness of issues
- Processing flexibility
- Distance vision
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Critical thinking
- Leadership
- Autonomy
- Capacity to adapt
- Honesty
- Rigour
- Sense of initiative
- Capacity for synthesis
- Sense of observation
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Work with numbers
- Work in an office
- Self-employment
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Appellation d’emploi liée (à traduire)
Assessors, business valuators and appraisers (CNP 12203)
Skill type
Business, finance and administration
Last update: January 29, 2026