Work Experience in Property Management in Hong Kong
One of the criteria for holding a property management practitioner licence is work experience in property management.
To meet the criterion, work experience must:
- be gained through full-time employment;
- involve the provision of at least two of the seven categories of prescribed property management services; and
- be gained from the provision of property management services to properties located in Hong Kong.
In evaluating whether an applicant has met the criterion, the Property Management Services Authority will have regard to the nature of the experience and not the location at which the relevant services are provided. For example, cleaning services provided to a clubhouse in a property are only regarded as property management services under category 2, not category 5. Similarly, maintenance services provided to ancillary facilities are only regarded as property management services under category 3, not category 5.
Where possible, applicants should use the work experience confirmation template suggested by the Property Management Services Authority. If applicants cannot produce a completed template, they should nevertheless produce other documentary evidence as much as possible. Such documentary evidence may include general employment letters, minutes of meetings of owners’ committee or owners’ corporations showing the applicants’ participation and other documentary evidence which contains details of the applicants’ experience. The Property Management Services Authority will consider all available evidence in determining whether an applicant has fulfilled the work experience criterion.
