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Take 10 … tips to nail your APC assessment
3 May 2013
As APC (Assessment of Professional Competence) final assessment season approaches, here are 10 top tips for passing with flying colours.
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I am currently running my APC presentation at 11 to 12 minutes... Will I fail?
14 January 2013
Question: “I am currently running my presentation at 11 to 12 minutes. Will I fail if it goes over the 10 mins. Should I cut my presentation down as I am covering the two key issues?”
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Does the RICS expect the candidate to be perfect in the final APC exam?
8 January 2013
Question: “Does the RICS expect the candidate to be perfect in the final APC exam? In other words, why would a candidate fail at the final APC?”
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Take five ... tips to get the best from your kit
7 October 2011
1. Choose technology that lets you look at your business strategically
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APC Advice 2011/12 - Week 5: Professional Development Explained
12 August 2011
In this article I have focused specifically on the information surrounding professional development and detailed in the RICS APC Candidate’s Guide.
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APC Advice 2011/12 - Competency: Sustainability
12 August 2011
RICS was one of the first Professional bodies to recognize the importance of Sustainability and introduce it as a Mandatory competence in the APC – although sustainability has been a key element of a Chartered Surveyors work for many years.
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APC Advice 2011/12 - Competency: Ethics
12 August 2011
Ethics is a key issue at the moment. The financial turmoil over recent years has brought ethical behaviour to centre stage once again.
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APC Advice 2011/12 - Week 4: Understanding the Competencies
21 July 2011
In this article I have focused on the specifics relating to the all important APC competencies that each and every APC candidate must follow.
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APC Advice 2011/12 - Competency: Communication and negotiation
21 July 2011
This should be easy to demonstrate, its what we do all the time, not only as Chartered Surveyors but in our daily lives. However, do we do it well?
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APC Advice 2011/12 - Week 3: Selecting a supervisor and counsellor (or sponsor)
14 July 2011
From my many years of assessing, I am a firm believer that a candidates chance of success at the APC final assessment is directly proportional to the quality of their delegated supervisor and counsellor.
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APC Advice 2011/12 - Competency: Health & Safety
14 July 2011
When you consider the extremely wide range of work covered in all the RICS APC Pathways that you can select from, it is quite daunting to try and guide APC candidates in a meaningful way of demonstrating competence in the area of health and safety.
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APC Advice 2011/12 - Week 2: APC Routes Explained
8 July 2011
There are a number of regularly assessed APC routes that you should be aware of, namely ‘Graduate Route 1, 2, 3, Adaptation 1 and Senior Professional’. There is also Academic, but we will not cover that in this article.
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APC Advice 2011/12 - Competency: Sustainability
8 July 2011
The RICS was one of the first professional bodies to recognize the importance of sustainability and introduce it as a mandatory competence in the APC – although sustainability has been a key element of a chartered surveyors work for many years.
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APC Advice - Week 6: Professional development
15 April 2011
Jon Lever tackles the topic of professional development, while Ben Elder looks at the client care competency
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APC advice - Graduate 3 and senior professional making your experience count
25 April 2008
The subject of this article echoes one of the recent awareness-raising exercises by the RICS to communicate to experienced non-chartered surveyors the opportunity to use their experience to their benefit and speed up the process of becoming chartered.
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APC advice - Week 50: month 24 - Final assessment
04 April 2008
As I draw to the end of this cycle of APC advice, we can be confident we have looked at all aspects of the APC, from the initial application through to the concluding process of the final assessment.
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APC advice Week 49: month 23 and 24
28 March 2008
Counsellor and supervisor review, part 4 – conclusion
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APC advice: How to ensure you are following the 2006 RICS competencies guide
20 June 2008
Since the release of the RICS APC 2006 competencies many candidates are now using the new guides.
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Learn to pass your APC for free
22 January 2010
Get your APC Final Assessment submission document issues and queries resolved by talking with APC process expert Jon lever FRICS managing director of DeLever Limited and commercial property competency expert Ben Elder FRICS Director at the College of Estate Management.
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RICS launches new qualification
10 November 2009
RICS has launched a new intermediate surveying qualification called AssocRICS. The new qualification is designed to introduce non-graduates to the RICS programme.
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Careers in Property guide launched
6 November 2009
A Careers in Property guide has been produced for students interested in working in property.
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Competency: inspection
26 September 2008
Inspection is a core competency for many of the APC pathways. I must admit that I am always surprised to note how many pathways do not have inspection as a core competence – after all it is difficult to advise clients without an inspection at some point in time.
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APC advice 23 May 2008: Update: the RICS’s new rules of conduct explained
23 May 2008
Do you know about the RICS’s New Rules of conduct?
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APC advice - Week 48: month 23 and 24
20 March 2008
Counsellor and supervisor review, part 3 – preparation
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APC advice - Week 47: month 23 and 24: Supervisor and counsellor review, part 2 – explanation
14 March 2008
This article describes the final phases of the candidate’s role and preparation leading up to the pre-submission of all final assessment documentation. There are clearly defined steps and a variety of other key items that candidates should consider.
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APC advice - Counsellor and supervisor review, part 1
07 March 2008
Week 46: month 23 and 24
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APC advice - Final assessment presentation preparation
29 February 2008
Week 45: month 23/24
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APC advice Pre-submission – final checklist of required documents
22 February 2008
Week 44
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APC advice: Pre-submission – final assessment record and summary of experience
15 February 2008
Week 43
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APC advice - Final assessment presentation preparation
08 February 2008
Week 42: month 21
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APC advice - Week 41: month 21
01 February 2008
Counsellor and supervisor review, part 4
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APC advice - Supervisor review, part 3, counsellor and supervisor preparation
25 January 2008
Week 40: month 21
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APC advice - Supervisor review, part 2, candidate preparation
18 January 2008
Week 39: month 21
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APC advice : The 21-month meeting
11 January 2008
Week 38
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APC advice - Counsellor and supervisor review, part 4
04 January 2008
Week 37: month 18
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APC advice - Supervisor and counsellor preparation
21 December 2007
Week 36: Month 18
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APC advice - Counsellor and supervisor review
14 December 2007
Week 35
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APC advice - Supervisor and Counsellor Review
07 December 2007
Week 34: Month 18
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APC advice: What is the Critical Analysis Report?
30 November 2007
Week 33: the critical analysis, part two – writing the report
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APC advice: critical analysis, part one – choosing the right subject
23 November 2007
We have briefly reviewed the critical analysis requirements (APC advice, 02.11.07) and they are referred to on page 17 of the APC candidate’s guide. But what else do you need to know?
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APC advice: concluding the 15-month review
16 November 2007
It is important for supervisors to ensure the 15-month meeting is concluded properly. Please refer back to previous issues covering the last six months. This covers the general conclusion of the three-monthly meetings.
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APC advice: supervisor preparation for the 15-month review
09 November 2007
Week 30:
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APC advice: candidate preparation for the 15-month review
02 November 2007
Week 29
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APC Advice:the 15-month supervisor review, part 1
26 October 2007
Week 28
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APC advice: the 12-month interim assessment, part 2
19 October 2007
Week 27.
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APC advice: the 12-month interim assessment
12 October 2007
Week 26.
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APC advice: concluding the 12-month review
5 October 2007
Week 25
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APC advice: The 24th in our series on APC success. This week: preparation for the 12-month meeting
28 September 2007
As with all of the previous three monthly meeting articles (go to www.propertyweek.com and search ‘APC’), the supervisor and counsellor role is paramount in getting the best out of the APC process.
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APC advice: The 23rd in our series on APC success.
21 September 2007
This week: candidate preparation for the 12-month meeting.
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APC advice: The 22nd in our series on APC success. This week: the 12-month review
14 September 2007
What is the 12-month meeting?
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APC advice: The 21st in our series on APC success. This week: the interim assessment explained
07 September 2007
As we near the APC halfway mark, you should start to think about the interim assessment (graduate route 1 only). Make sure you read the RICS APC candidate’s guide 2006.
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APC advice: The 20th in our series on APC success. This week: the nine-month supervisor review, part four
31 August 2007
It is important to ensure that the nine-month meeting is concluded properly. You should refer back to the conclusion of the three-month supervisor review, part four (APC advice, 22.06.07).
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APC advice - The 19th in our series on APC success. This week: the nine-month supervisor review, part 3
24 August 2007
Supervisor Preparation
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APC advice: The 18th in our series on APC success. This week: the nine-month supervisor review, part two
10 August 2007
This article describes your role and preparation leading up to the nine-month meeting. There are clearly defined steps and a few other key items to consider.
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APC advice - The 17th in our series on APC success. This week: the nine-month supervisor review, part 1
03 August 2007
The nine-month meeting
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APC advice: The 16th in our series on APC success. This week: critical analysis requirements
27 July 2007
There is a serious misconception that the critical analysis is ‘a day in the life of’ a project, written like an essay or thesis.
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APC advice: The 15th in our series on APC success. This week: six-month counsellor and supervisor review, part 4
20 July 2007
It is vital to ensure that the six-month meeting is concluded properly.
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APC advice
13 July 2007
The 14th in our series on APC success. This week: six-month counsellor and supervisor review, part 3
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APC advice
6 July 2007
The 13th in our series on APC success. This week: six-month counsellor and supervisor review, part two
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APC advice
29 June 2007
The 12th in our series on APC success. This week: six-month counsellor and supervisor review
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APC advice
22 June 2007
The 11th in our series on APC success. This week: concluding the first three-month review
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APC advice
15 June 2007
The 10th in our series on APC success. This week: supervisor preparation for the first formal review
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APC advice
8 June 2007
The ninth in our series on APC success. This week: candidate preparation for the first formal review
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APC advice
01June 2007
The eighth in our series on APC success. This week: the first formal review
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APC advice
25 May 2007
The seventh in our series on APC success. This week: progressing your APC
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APC advice
18 May 2007
The sixth in our series on APC success. This week: professional development
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APC advice
11 May 2007
The fifth in our series on APC success. This week: recording your experience
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APC advice
4 May 2007
The fourth in our series on how to pass your APC. This week: understanding your competencies
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APC advice
27 April 2007
The third in our new series on APC success. This week: selecting a supervisor and a counsellor
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APC advice
20 April 2007
The second in our new series on APC success. This week: APC routes
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APC advice
13 April 2007
Our 50-part series on how to pass your APC starts today. This week: getting off on the right foot
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APC advice
16 September 2005
Sir, Your leading article on the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence system (analysis + opinion, 09.09.05, p35) was both fair and enlightening, given that you have put post-academic qualification into its proper context within the business and professional environment.
