# Supervisory Appraiser and Trainee Checklist

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CertLaunch is not a government agency, state appraiser board, regulator, school, supervisor-matching service, law firm, or legal adviser. Use this page as a preparation checklist, then confirm your current state-specific requirements with your state appraiser regulator before you buy education, apply, begin supervision, log hours, or rely on credential status.

## Quick answer

Before relying on a supervisory appraiser relationship, verify your state trainee status, supervisor eligibility, experience-log rules, assignment workflow, and when experience can start counting with the state regulator and supervisor.

## Pre-experience checklist

Verify these items before supervised experience starts:

- Your exact state trainee status. States can use different labels and application sequences for trainee or appraiser-assistant status.
- Whether experience can start counting yet. Your state may require registration, approval, a supervisor declaration, a course, a background check, a fee, or another step first.
- The supervisor's eligibility. Representative state examples include checks such as certified credential status, good standing, experience history, course completion, and discipline history.
- The scope of work you may do. A trainee may work only within the supervisory appraiser's permitted and competent scope, subject to state rules and assignment requirements.
- Experience-log requirements. Missing log details can create problems later when you try to document experience.
- Who reviews, signs, inspects, and keeps records. Supervisor accountability and trainee duties can be state-specific and assignment-specific.

## Supervisor eligibility checks

Check your state regulator's current supervisory-appraiser requirements. Representative state examples show the type of checks a state may require, but they should not be converted into universal national rules.

Verify whether the supervisor:

- holds a current Certified Residential or Certified General credential, if your state requires that credential level for supervisors;
- has held a qualifying certified credential for any state-required period;
- is in good standing under current state rules;
- has avoided disqualifying recent discipline or unresolved issues identified by the state;
- completed any required Supervisory Appraiser/Trainee Appraiser Course before supervision begins;
- is supervising no more than the state's allowed number of trainees;
- reviews, verifies, signs, co-signs, or maintains records as required by current state instructions.

## Experience-log fields to capture

Use your state regulator's current log form when one is available. A generic planning list may include:

- property address or assignment identifier;
- property type;
- report or assignment date;
- hours or experience claimed;
- what the trainee actually did;
- how the work was supervised;
- who inspected, reviewed, signed, or co-signed;
- supervisor credential information;
- required supervisor signature or certification number;
- any state-specific form, upload, or retention requirement.

## Questions to ask before you ask someone to supervise you

These are discussion prompts, not legal, employment, compensation, contract, non-compete, or client-ownership advice.

- Do I need a trainee registration, state application, or supervisor approval before experience can count?
- Are you eligible under current state supervisory-appraiser rules for my intended path?
- What property types and assignment types can I work on under your supervision?
- What will you teach, review, inspect, sign, or document?
- Who maintains the log, how often is it reviewed, and what supporting records are kept?
- Do your clients, lenders, AMCs, or assignment sources allow trainee participation for this work?
- What happens to files, data, clients, unfinished assignments, and experience records if the relationship ends?

## What not to assume

- Do not assume an ASC registry result means the appraiser is accepting trainees.
- Do not assume a registry result proves state supervisory eligibility for your relationship.
- Do not assume a public forum answer applies to your state, credential level, supervisor, assignment, or timing.
- Do not assume national AQB framing answers every state form, fee, education, supervisor, or log question.
- Do not assume a course provider's marketing page is the official source for whether experience can count.
- Do not assume PAREA replaces a supervisor for your state and credential unless your state regulator's current instructions say so.

## Next steps

- Appraisal hub: https://www.certlaunch.com/careers/appraisal
- Appraiser license levels: https://www.certlaunch.com/careers/appraisal/appraiser-license-levels
- State appraiser board lookup: https://www.certlaunch.com/careers/appraisal/state-appraiser-board-lookup
- ASC Appraiser Registry: https://www.asc.gov/appraiser
- ASC State Compliance: https://www.asc.gov/state-compliance

## Claims intentionally not made

This page does not publish a 50-state supervisor eligibility, trainee-registration, log-form, fee, course-approval, or PAREA table. It does not make universal claims that every state uses the same trainee label, trainee cap, supervisor course rule, approval process, timing rule, or log field. It does not publish provider rankings, best or cheapest labels, package prices, sale prices, discount codes, pass rates, guarantees, affiliate CTAs, salary, earnings, demand, shortage, market-opportunity, job-placement, analytics, affiliate-performance claims, legal advice, contract templates, non-compete advice, compensation advice, or client-ownership conclusions.

## Official sources

- The Appraisal Foundation AQB criteria overview — https://appraisalfoundation.org/pages/criteria
- The Appraisal Foundation real-property appraisal overview — https://appraisalfoundation.org/pages/real-property-appraisal
- ASC State Compliance — https://www.asc.gov/state-compliance
- ASC Appraiser Registry — https://www.asc.gov/appraiser