What are the APC competencies?

APC technical competencies

  • Access and rights over land.
  • Agriculture.
  • Asset identification and assessment.
  • Asset management.
  • Auctioneering.
  • Big data.
  • Building control inspections.
  • Building information modelling (BIM) management.

What RICS competencies?

RICS’ pathways and competencies define the knowledge, skills, experience and competence required to become a Chartered Surveyor. Competencies are a mix of technical and professional practice, business, interpersonal, and management skills, which can be applied to different areas of practice and geographical locations.

How hard is the RICS APC?

The RICS’ APC is renowned as one of the toughest chartership programmes you can take. The average pass rate is 70%, but this drops to 59% for the building surveying faculty.

What is meant by a level 3 RICS competency?

Level 3 – reasoned advice, depth and synthesis. of technical knowledge and its implementation. The competencies are in three distinct categories: Mandatory – The personal, interpersonal, professional practice and business skills common to all pathways and mandatory for all candidates.

How do I pass APC RICS?

How to ace your APC

  1. Organise as many mock interviews as possible.
  2. Form or join a study group.
  3. Peer review your case study.
  4. Structure your CPD and summary of experience.
  5. Read lots of industry news and make sure you are up to date with market trends.
  6. You don’t have to answer all the questions.
  7. Practice your presentation.

What is the word count for RICS competencies?

Write one brief example for each to demonstrate you have met the competency. There is a word limit of 1000 words in total – approximately 150 words per mandatory competency.

How many RICS competencies are there?

To become a Chartered Member on the Building Surveying pathway, you will be assessed against seven Core Competencies and three Optional Competencies.

What is the pass rate for the RICS APC?

between 60-70%
The APC pass rate tends to range between 60-70%, so you are most certainly not alone. If you know other RICS APC candidates in your local area, get in touch and speak to them about their experiences – it doesn’t matter whether they passed or were referred.

How many times can you fail APC?

There are two examination opportunities per year for the ITC (January and June of each year). A CTA is valid for three years which means you will have a maximum of six attempts at passing the ITC.

What are the APC pathways?

Below are summarised the various routes available for the APC:

  • APC (what we will call the ‘traditional’ routes) – Structured Training, straight to assessment and preliminary review.
  • Senior Professional Assessment;
  • Specialist Assessment;
  • Academic Assessment;
  • Direct Entry;
  • AssocRICS Progression.