Membership Application Fee

AACAI charges an administration fee of $50, which goes towards the processing of your application.
First, please fill out the application on this page.
Once you do, you will receive an email with the payment link for the administration fee.
Once you pay the fee, your application will be processed.

Full Membership Overview

Full Members are archaeologists who are competent to work as independent, professional consulting archaeologists. They are entitled to quote membership of AACAI as a professional qualification in the form “MAACAI”. Full Members are included in the Register of Full Members, and their profiles are added to the AACAI website with reference to their current employment, academic qualifications, full time experience and specific fields of arcaheology and special skills as recognised by the Membership Committee.

To qualify for full membership, each applicant shall, in accordance with the AACAI Constitution:

7.1. have an honours degree or postgraduate degree in archaeology or other field of scholarship accepted by the Membership Committee or have such experience in the field of consulting archaeology as is considered sufficient by the Committee for admission as a full member;
7.2. have the equivalent of five years full time experience in the field of consulting archaeology in Australia;
7.3. be supported by references from 2 archaeologists (one of whom must be a Full Member of the Association or in exceptional circumstances another person agreed to by the Membership Committee) each stating that in his or her opinion the applicant is competent in the field of consulting archaeology and setting out the grounds for that belief;
7.4. have demonstrated an ability to conduct archaeological consultancies on his or her own;
7.5. have demonstrated competence in:

7.5.1. survey, identification and recording of sites;
7.5.2. site assessment and evaluation;
7.5.3. recommendations concerning the management of sites;
7.5.4. report preparation and production;
7.5.5. client-consultant relations;
7.5.6. consultant-determining authority relations;
7.5.7. where relevant, relevant community liaison and consultation and documentary and oral research;
7.5.8. any other such criteria as the Membership Committee and National Executive Committee shall determine at their discretion from time to time; and
7.5.9. may be required from time to time assist with any task at the discretion of the NEC

7.6. Eligibility for Full membership in accordance with rule (7.5) of the preceding Rule may be for site survey and recording only. Citation of other skills such as excavation or rock art recording shall require presentation of additional documentation to the Membership Committee for review.

Full Membership Subscription Information

Full Membership Annual Subscription Cost = $200

AACAI runs on the Financial Year (1 July-30 June)

If your application is successful, you will be offered full membership and asked to pay the subscription fee for the current Financial Year.

Note the $50 Application Fee is not included in the Annual Subscription Fee