Source: CPBS handbook 2nd edition, SJAB Singapore

1. Keep albums, scrap-books, specimen trays, etc. properly captioned and show they have followed the pursuit for at least six months from the date of entering for this Proficiency Subject.
2. Those who have already built up collections must show a current and ongoing interest. Must produce the collection at the examination and give 75% satisfactory answers to the examiner’s questions (verbal) that must include how the interest started and the candidate’s general knowledge of the subject of his/her collection.
3. Be able to name the tools and describe their uses for the collection.
4. Give a brief account on how you started your collection and what really inspired you most.
5. Having achieved your collection, describe how you can reach out to convince others in this collection.

Note: Photograph albums will NOT count unless they relate to one specific subject which cannot be collected, such as cloud formations, protected plants, buildings of architectural interest, railway engines, etc.