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Assessing for the Equivalent of an AILA Accredited University Qualification
The AILA wishes to recognise the full spectrum of Landscape Architecture, being Landscape Design, Landscape Planning, Landscape Management and Urban Design.
If a professional working full time in landscape architecture (with no AILA accredited degree) considers that they have the competencies and expertise and experience to be assessed as having an suite of equivalent qualification to a landscape architect working in Landscape Design, Landscape Planning, Landscape Management or Urban Design, then the AILA has in place processes to recognise the equivalence in qualifications.
Each is a case by case assessment.
Be aware that the assessment is conducted quite rigorously if the applicant has no equivalent university qualifications to Landscape Architecture.
Applicants without a relevant university qualification need to supply evidence of the equivalence to having gained a landscape architecture/design based university qualification, to have a full body of work that will be recognised by other Registered Landscape Architects as being Landscape Architecture and that has involved a complex range of projects.
If an applicant wishes to have their qualifications and experience assessed, then they will need to provide all the required evidence through whatever documentation it takes for an external assessor to make an assessment of their Landscape Architecture expertise, competencies and experience.
The onus is totally on the applicant to produce the level of documentation that may be required and each application is assessed on a case by case basis.
For example an applicant with a Technical qualification (TAFE) in Landscape Design and with experience in residential garden design only may find it difficult to demonstrate a breadth of practice across Landscape Architecture.
The assessment very heavily relies on other Registered Landscape Architects knowledge of the applicant's project work.
The assessment will most likely extend to seeking comments from more Registered Landscape Architects than just who endorse the application.
It definitely helps if the applicant's work is well known to a range of Registered Landscape Architects. And likewise, if the work is unknown to Registered Landscape Architects, then this make it more difficult.
AILA reserves the right to vary these processes.
AILA reserves the right to make the final decision based on an assessment processes deemed to be relevant to the application.
Applications may be received at any time but the response time may vary depending on the current workload within the National Council and/or the National Office.
Please note: Electronic submissions are encouraged – either in PDF by email (provided not too large) or burnt to CD and mailed.
Do not fax application.
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