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SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCY – LEVEL 1
Often when I see APC Candidate final assessment submission documentation the summary of experience is clearly not thought through properly and lacks the key information that the candidate should be submitting. In this brief article I will explain what is required for each competency level…
Remember the APC Assessors are looking at your documentation as a critique of what you have learnt, done and advised upon. The Assessors are ONLY interested in the candidate demonstrating the minimum levels of competence in line with the Requirements stated in the Requirements and Competencies Guide and Pathway Guides
So, when writing up the Summary of Experience, please consider the following…
LEVEL1
This is all about LEARNING. Do not try and define the competency or regurgitate the pathway guide text! Moreover remember you are trying to demonstrate you have reviewed the requirements in the pathway guide and have gone and done the required learning. Do not talk about project examples in this level description.
I would suggest starting with “I have developed my knowledge of this competency by….” then list a range of articles you have studied, learning from your education as appropriate, courses you have attended, in-house training you have done etc which will demonstrate what you have learn’t. It is good to demonstrate a range of learning methods and also include a reference to something you have done recently as this shows willing on your part and demonstrates your keenness to continually develop which is something you will have to do with your CPD once chartered.
If you follow these simple steps you cannot go far wrong!
1. Caution: REMEMBER what you write is ‘fair game’ for the Assessors to question. So make sure you can back it ALL up in the interview!
2. Tip: Use your word count to best effect. Often candidates only write a small amount when they could have developed the detail in their descriptions to a much more conclusive response.
3. Intelligence: Did you know the RICS recently updated the Requirements and Competencies and Pathway guides between January 2014 and April 2014.
Next week we look at Level 2 and the week after Level 3.
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Kind regards
Jon Lever FRICS
jon@delever.com
