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APC Advice 2011/12 – Competency: Communication and negotiation
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 – Competency: Health & Safety
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.
APC Advice 2011/12 – Competency: Sustainability
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.
APC Advice 2011/12 – Competency: Ethics
Ethics is a key issue at the moment, and the financial turmoil over recent years has brought ethical behaviour to centre stage.
APC Advice – Week 4: Understanding your competencies
Jon Lever gives you advice on choosing your competencies, and Ben Elder explains more about the competency in communication.
APC Advice – Week 5: Recording your experience
Understanding the competencies is a good start, but you need to record your experience effectively says Jon Lever. Meanwhile, Ben Elder covers the negotiation competency.
APC Advice – Week 6: Professional development
Jon Lever tackles the topic of professional development, while Ben Elder looks at the client care competency
APC Advice – Week 7: How to progress your APC
Jon Lever explains how you can take control of your APC and progress it, and Ben Elder writes about the teamworking competency
APC Advice – Week 8: The supervisor review
Jon Lever explains how you should approach your three-month meeting, and Ben Elder writes about the competency on business planning
APC Advice – Week 9: Preparing for your first formal review
Jon Lever how candidates can prepare for their first formal review, while Ben Elder tackles one of the most-hated competencies: accounting principles and procedures