Membership
Eligibility to join
Individuals, sole practitioners, corporations and partnerships with a gross annual fee income of $20 million or less are eligible to join the Engineering, Science and Technology Professional Standards Society (ESTPSS) and be covered by the Scheme.
Classes of membership
Membership of the Scheme is divided into four classes where the common denominator for each class is the size of overall fee income.
The classes of members and their respective liability caps are:
| Class Number | Total annual gross fees income for professional services is... | Liability cap |
| 1 | less than $1 million | $1.5 million |
| 2 | more than $1 million and less than $3 million | $4 million |
| 3 | more than $3 million but less than $10 million | $8 million |
| 4 | more than $10 million but less than $20 million | $20 million |
Engineers Australia also has a discretionary authority to specify, on application, a higher monetary ceiling (maximum amount of liability) not exceeding $20 million, should a member feel it necessary from a commercial perspective.
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Ethics and Discipline
All members of the Scheme are bound by the Code of Ethics of Engineers Australia.
Complaints against members of the Scheme will be handled in accordance with the Disciplinary Regulations of Engineers Australia.
Breaches of the Code of Ethics by members of the Scheme must be notified to the Professional Standards Council and be reported on the website for the Scheme.
