Examination details to become a Registered Estate Agent in Malaysia

Q.
List down the examination requirements to qualify as Registered Estate Agent.

A. (Repost from my-realproperty2.blogspot.com)

Examination

Rule 29 Conduct of examination

(1) The Board shall conduct examinations for candidates desiring to be registered as Valuers, Estate Agents, Probationary Valuers or Probationary Estate Agents as such times as the Board deems fit.

Rule 32 Eligibility

(1) Candidates for these examinations shall not be less than seventeen years of age on the 1st January of the year of the examination.

(2) (b) Candidates for the estate agent's examinations must show proof to satisfaction of the Board that they possess not less than a Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia or its equivalent with not less than five subject passes of which at least three shall be credit level passes and at least one of the credit passes shall be in Mathematics or Science or Accounts or Commerce;

(4) Candidates for the Estate Agent's Examination must satisfy the Board that-

[Despite the below requirement, you are strongly encouraged to put in your application for examination. Although you might not have satisfied the below requirements, the Board has in the past given rooms for flexibility to adult who are working in various industries.]

(a) they have been working full-time in an office a registered estate agent assisting in estate agency work for at least six months before the date of the application to sit for the examination; or

(b) they are engaged in full-time study in a technical college, an institution or an university approved by the Board.

Rule 33A Estate Agent's Examinations.

(1) The estate agent's examinations set by the Board shall consist of-

(a) a Part I Examination;
(b) a Part II Examination;
(c) a Test of Professional Competence.

(2) The Part I Examination and Part II Examination shall be written examinations.

(3) The Test of Professional Competence shall consist of a practical examination and an oral examination.

(4) A candidate shall pass all of the subjects in each of the Examinations specified in paragraph (1) to be eligible to proceed to the next level of the Examination prescribed.

(5) A candidate shall pass all of the subjects in each of the Examinations specified in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (1) in the following manner:

• (a) in relation to the Part I Examination, in not more than three attempts and within a period of three years; and
• (b) in relation to the Part II Examination, in not more than three attempts and within a period of four years.

(6) A candidate for the Test of Professional Competence shall satisfy the following conditions:

• (a) has been registered as a probationary estate agent under the Act; and
• (b) has either-

• (i) passed the Part II Examination specified in paragraph (1) and completed two years of post-qualifying practical experience in an estate agency firm

• (ii) passed the examination of an institution of higher learning or a professional institution specified in the Sixth Schedule and completed one year of post-qualifying practical experience in an estate agency firm; or

• (iii) passed any other examinations approved by the Board and completed two years of post-qualifying practical experience in an estate agency firm.

(7) The Board may issue guidelines to facilitate the conducting of the Test of Professional Competence.

(8) A candidate who has passed the Test of Professional Competence shall be considered to have passed the estate agent's examinations.

Rule 41 Diploma.

The Board shall confer a diploma on every candidate who has passed the Part II Examination of the estate agent's examinations under Rule 33A.

Ref:
[X] own account based on 2014-2017 registration of examination.
Valuers, Appraisers and Estate Agent Rules 1986.