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RICS HandbookFor candidates on accredited courses

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Your worldRICS the maRk of pRopeRty pRofeSSIonalISm

RICS is the worlds leading qualication when it comes to

professional standards in land, property and construction.

In a world where more and more people, governments, banks

and commercial organisations demand greater certainty about

professional standards and ethics, attaining RICS status is

the recognised mark of property professionalism.

Over 100,000 property professionals working in the major

established and emerging economies of the world have

already recognised the importance of securing RICS status

by becoming members.

RICS is an independent professional body originally establishedin the UK by Royal Charter. Since 1868, RICS has been committed

to setting and upholding the highest standards of excellence and

integrity providing impartial and authoritative advice on key issues

affecting businesses and society. RICS is a regulator of both its

individual members and rms, enabling it to maintain the highest

standards and providing the basis for unparalleled client condence

in the sector.

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RICS HandbookfoR CandIdateS on aCCRedIted CouRSeS

02Your worldRICS - the mark of property professionalism

04Your perspective

RICS - a unique professional qualication

05Your competitive advantage

Why join RICS and become a chartered surveyor?

07Your starting point

RICS accredited courses

08Your way to RICS

RICS routes to membership

10Your trainingAPC pathways

11Your personal space online

My APC

12Your timelineThe APC calendar

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Your Final AssessmentAchieving professional membership

14Your contacts

RICS Europe Education Development Team

15Your glossary

RICS terminology

Where to get ull inormation

Note: all keywords in the brochure marked with* can be ound in the glossary on page 15

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I was still a student when I became aware of RICS importance within the real

estate sector for setting the highest standards of professionalism and integrity.

Becoming part of RICS allowed me to work around the globe in extremely

challenging and diverse environments, reafrming exactly what the organisation

stands for: internationally recognised expertise, ethics and accountability.

RICS membership has also given me countless networking opportunities with property

professionals across Europe and beyond. This has proved to be a key benet to enhance

my professional career.

Matthew McCaul MRICS

Jones Lang LaSalle GmbH

Germany

YourperspectiveRICS - a unIque pRofeSSIonal qualIfICatIon

Our members include constructors, developers, consultants, asset managers, valuers, cost

consultants, acilities managers and many more. They reect all the phases o the property

liecycle within RICS. Your Assessment o Proessional Competence* (APC) oers a choice o

21 specialisms.

Workplaces and markets are becoming increasingly global. Businesses are expanding into other

European countries and increasingly dealing with investors rom abroad. Global clients demand

reliable, high-quality standards. RICS provides this level o proessional qualifcation and will make

you stand out rom the crowd.

Whatever area you specialise in, as a chartered surveyor* you can use the letters MRICS

(indicating you are a proessional member o RICS) ater your name. Fellowship (FRICS) is the next

grade up rom this, which you can apply or i :

- you can demonstrate the highest level o accomplishment during your career, and

- you have made a signifcant contribution to RICS or the proession in general.

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Why joIn RICS and beCome a ChaRteRed SuRveyoR?

What is it that makes RICS so attractive?

Why do clients all over the world consistently ask to deal with chartered surveyors?

Why do employers increasingly recruit members o RICS and what are the fnancial incentives?

Chartered surveyors are reliable professionals

RICS members are ethical, trustworthy and transparent business partners, employees and colleagues.

Members abide by the RICS Rules o Conduct, which ensure they are accountable and responsible.

The required Continuous Proessional Development (also called CPD or lielong learning) allows members

to keep up to date with the latest market developments.

Chartered surveying stands for excellence

As an MRICS, you will become a more valuable asset to your employer, because chartered surveyors are

known to deliver excellent results and to act proessionally. Becoming a member will defnitely enhance

your career opportunities.

Chartered surveyors apply global standardsGlobal market players rely heavily on the global standards set and implemented by RICS worldwide.

The RICS Valuation Standards or Red Book or instance, ensures the quality and consistency o best

practice or RICS members.

An international network

The RICS global headquarters are located at Parliament Square, in the political centre o London. Over the

years RICS has become an international organisation with world regional ofces in Brussels, Dubai, Hong

Kong, New Delhi, New York and Sydney. In Europe alone we have close to 20 National Groups, which means

that we have members and sta rom Lisbon to Moscow. RICS Europe is also developing strongly in Central

and Eastern Europe, Russia and CIS, the Nordic region, the Baltics and Turkey.

Yourcompetitiveadvantage

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RICS inuence

An organisation our size has a considerable impact on decision-makers we raiseawareness o our members concerns at international, EU and national level,

and seek to inuence legislative processes whenever the property proession is

aected.

A subscription to the EU Connect e-newsletter keeps you in touch with the latest

news about the proession and developments at EU level. To subscribe, please

contact RICS EU Public Aairs on publicaairsbrussels@rics.org.

RICS qualication signicantly increases earning potential

RICS members earn on average 60% more than those who are not proessionally

qualifed, according to the ourth RICS and Macdonald & Company European

Property Market Remuneration Survey, published in March 2011. You can fnd the

2010/11 results at www.ricseurope.eu/remunerationsurvey.

I you are on an RICS accredited course, join as an RICS student ree o charge by

signing up on www.ricseurope.eu/student and fnd out what it means to be part o

the worlds largest property organisation.

Member support

As a member you can contact our staff in any of our ofces and log on to the

members-only section at www.rics.org, where you can gain access to in-depth

research and knowledge. It also allows you to connect to other members in

any part o the world. Students and Trainees also have access to the members-

only section.

MemberSearch@RICSEurope is another service you can benet from as

an RICS member. This is a ree online business directory or RICS Europe

qualifed members. Launched in partnership with PropertyEU -the leadingpan-European real estate publication-, this easy-to-access service oers

members ree exposure to the global business community and is available both

at www.ricseurope.eu and www.propertyeu.com. Once you qualiy as an RICS

member, login at www.ricseurope.eu/membersearch to enhance your visibility

as a property proessional.

Access to Knowledge

Knowledge section on ricseurope.eu: this section allows you to stay informed

on the latest and most relevant publications produced by RICS in Europe and

worldwide. According to your needs and thanks to an easy-to-use searching tool,

you are also able to quickly fnd surveys, books, research papers, e-learning,

guidance notes, and more. Visit the Knowledge section at www.ricseurope.eu/knowledge

E-resources: you can access the RICS e-resources at London RICS librarys

website (www.rics.org/library). It oers you a wide range o e-books, articles and

position papers to download.

Online academy : the new RICS Online Academy offers a well mapped-out

combination o courses, which you can now complete at your own convenience.

There are 12 online courses to choose rom, as well as APC resources and

training podcasts. Some courses are or ree, while others are subject to a ee.

Join over 4,500 users who have beneftted rom the courses to sign up to the

Online Academy or or more inormation, please visit www.rics.org/onlineacademy.

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RICS aCCRedIted CouRSeS

RICS oers proessionals who would like to join the organisation a large choice o accredited courses

all over the world. In continental Europe alone there are over 40 higher education providers working together

with RICS, providing graduates with the opportunity to become members ater completing the Assessment

o Proessional Competence* (APC) and passing the Final Assessment*.

RICS accredits courses all over Europe with the aim o preparing proessionals or the Assessment o

Proessional Competence. The accreditation process is managed by the RICS Europe Continental Standards

Board (CESB) and relies on experienced RICS academics and practitioners assessing each property degree

to ensure that there is both an appropriate curriculum and the resources in place to enable its delivery and

to meet the high standards demanded by RICS.

Universities are visited every ew years by members o the CESB. In addition, a strict RICS quality assurance

system is in place. The accreditation process is demanding and highly valued by universities.

RICS aims to ensure that graduates have a stimulating and challenging education to prepare them well or

their proessional career.

Currently RICS has over 45 accredited courses in continental Europe. I you are interested in fnding out the

list o RICS accredited courses, please visit www.ricseurope.eu/courses.

In our profession, I rmly believe it is essential to guarantee our clients excellence

in education, management and ethics. I have gained so much knowledge

in these elds from the RICS accredited course that I can only

recommend it to people around me.

Laure-Sophie Duquenne MRICS

DTZ Eurexi

France

Yourstartingpoint

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RICS RouteS to membeRShIp

Are you a highly motivated student a ew months away rom graduation?

Have you completed your degree and are you working already?

Do you want to climb the career ladder even aster, take on more exciting, international projects and

join the premier international property organisation?

I you are a student on one o the RICS accredited courses, you are eligible to become part o an international

network o members standing or quality, ethical behaviour and proessionalism.

For an overview o all our continental Europe accredited courses, go to www.ricseurope.eu/courses.

For students on RICS accredited courses :

I you have already taken the frst step to study on an RICS accredited course, you will go through one

o the three graduate route-to-membership options.

If you have no professional experience yet :

G 1

What do you need to do?

Register as an RICS trainee Complete the CV template available on www.ricseurope.eu/cv.doc

Gain 24 months of work-related experience to meet the competency* requirements

Provide evidence of 96 hours of Professional Development* over two years

Hand in your Record of Progress* signed off by your Counsellor*

Present your Critical Analysis*

Pass the Final Assessment*

If you have 5 years relevant experience (pre-degree experience counts) :

G 2

What do you need to do?

Register as an RICS trainee

Complete the CV template available on www.ricseurope.eu/cv.doc

Gain 12 months of work-related experience to meet the competency* requirements

Provide evidence of 48 hours of Professional Development* over 12 months

Hand in your Record of Progress* signed off by your Counsellor*

Present your Critical Analysis*

Pass the Final Assessment*

Your waYto rics

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If you have 10 years relevant experience (pre-degree experience counts) :

G 3

What do you need to do?

Register as an RICS trainee

Complete the CV template available on www.ricseurope.eu/cv.doc Present your Record of Competence* showing that you have met the competency* requirements

Provide evidence of 48 hours of Professional Development* over the last 12 months

Present your Critical Analysis*

Pass the Final Assessment*

I you are studying on a part-time postgraduate RICS-accredited course, you can enrol or the APC

as soon as you register or your course. You can then start your APC while studying and go through

the Final Assessment* ater graduation.

If you are not a student on an RICS accredited course :

There are three other routes to membership i you are not a student on an RICS accredited course:

Adaptation route for professionals who have graduated from a non-accredited degree or have an RICS

approved proessional qualifcation, and have studied 450 hours (113 contact hours and sel-study) rom

the fnal year o an RICS accredited course Senior Professional route for experienced professionals who are in a senior industry position and have

one or more university degrees

Academic route for academics teaching or researching on an RICS accredited degree. There is no APC

training or this route. Candidates are assessed on the basis o a portolio they produce about their

academic, teaching and research experience.

For urther details on these routes, please contact your National Group. (see contact details at

www.ricseurope.eu/contacts).

The preparation towards achieving RICS membership was extremely useful as it pus-

hed me to keep on improving my professional knowledge after I graduated.

RICS offers plenty of life-long learning opportunities through events and seminars,

which are a great source of additional professional knowledge. Also, lling in the

records of progress throughout the APC process helped me to clearly see the core

of the problem and nd better solutions to projects I was dealing with at work.

Alexey Romatsov MRICS

Cushman & Wakeeld

Russia

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Your trainingapC pathWayS

As an RICS trainee, you can choose one

o the 21 APC Pathways (specialisms) :

Arts and antiques

Building control

Building surveying

Commercial property practice

Environment

Facilities management

Geomatics (including hydrographic)

Housing management and development

Machinery and business assets

Management consultancy

Minerals and waste management

Planning and development

Property fnance and investment

Project management

Quantity surveying and construction

Research

Residential property practice

Residential survey and valuation

Rural

Taxation allowances

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During your training, you have the opportunity to

refne your skills and knowledge. As a candidate

you can select your individual set o core and

optional competencies*. Depending on the APC

Pathway, these could include, or instance, risk

management, procurement and tendering, or capital

taxation. There are also mandatory competencies*

or all chartered surveyors every RICS trainee gains

knowledge and experience in rules o conduct,

ethics and proessional practice, communication,

business planning and management. To ensure that

you get the support you need, you will be backed

by a Counsellor* and a Supervisor*, who will guide

you and discuss with you your progress.

At least your Counsellor needs to be a chartered

surveyor who knows how to mentor you through

your personal development and help you achieve

the RICS proessional qualifcation.

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my apC

To support you in your APC, the interactive online tool MyAPC* is available to continental European RICS

trainees, making the APC procedure totally paperless.

MyAPC, available 24/7, is your personal space where you can manage all your documents and submissions

as well as plan your structured training, wherever you are.

On registering or your APC in continental Europe, we will provide you with your login and password allowing

you to access your own space, create your profle and upload your submissions as you progress towards

the Final Assessment. Your Counsellor*, Supervisor* and Assessors will also have online access to the

documents they need to sign o or read. In addition, RICS stas are always at hand to help you.

Once you have received your login you will be able to register here : www.joinmyapc.eu.

Now more than ever, clients are looking for reliable property professionals who respect a certain code

of ethics, the principles of which are fundamental to RICS. In this context, the RICS Rules of Conduct,

by which each RICS member has to abide, are key in providing clients with additional

guarantees in terms of quality, integrity and professionalism.

Matthieu Gillet MRICSColliers International Consultants B.V.

The Netherlands

Yourpersonalspaceonline

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Graduate

route

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Graduate

route

3

Requirements and submissions previous year APC 3 months

1M 2M 3M

Record of Professional Development* 48 hours in total

Work on Critical Analysis*

Record of Competence*

Sign-off from Counsellor & Supervisor

Sitting Final Assessment* Next available date

Your timelinethe apC CalendaR

This calendar will help you keep track o all the documents you need to submit during the process.

I you are not studying on an RICS accredited course, please contact your National Group or

inormation on other routes to membership (see the back o this brochure or contact details).

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Graduate

route

1

Requirements and submissions APC year 1 APC year 2

1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q

Complete Record of Progress*

Record of Professional Development* 96 hours in total

Work on Critical Analysis*

Sign-off from Counsellor & Supervisor

Sitting Final Assessment*

Requirements and submissions APC 12 months

1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q

Complete Record of Progress*

Record of Professional Development* 48 hours in total

Work on Critical Analysis*

Sign-off from Counsellor & Supervisor

Sitting Final Assessment*

APC registration

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aChIevIng pRofeSSIonal membeRShIp

This is the stage at which your proessional competence is assessed. The Final Assessment* interview is run

by a panel o two to three experienced chartered surveyors. It lasts about one hour and is based on your

submission, which you should hand in approximately one month beore. First you give a presentation

on a chosen project. Then you will be interviewed on your presentation, training and experience achieved

in relation to your mandatory, core and optional competencies. There will also be questions on current issues

related to the proession and Rules o Conduct*. At least one o the assessors comes rom the same APC

Pathway as you. Depending on your proessional experience, you could go to the Final Assessment* within

months (Graduate 3), one year (Graduate 2) or two years (Graduate 1). Have a look at your APC calendar

on page 12 to start planning or your proessional membership.

Since the very beginning of my professional career, I knew that only RICS qualication would enable me to

make a difference in this profession. Following one of the RICS accredited courses has denitely been

key for me to expand my knowledge and provided me with a rm background for my APC preparation.

The advice I would give to anyone sitting the nal assessment interview is to read foreign property

press and pick up on current topics in order to be able to form an opinion on any given issue.

Wojciech Doliski MRICS

Polish Properties Sp. z o.o.

Poland

Your Finalassessment*

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Kristin Bammel

Education Development Manager

T + 49 69 65 00 75 20

M + 32 474 77 61 35

E kbammel@rics.org

Anna Galiano BA (Hons) MA

Education Development Manager

T + 49 69 65 00 75 10

M + 32 477 99 81 58

E agaliano@rics.org

Jennifer Clarke

APC Manager

E ricseuropeeducation@rics.org

Your contactRICS euRope eduCatIonal StandaRdS team

You can always fnd the latest news on RICS in continental Europe and all contact inormation

on www.ricseurope.eu this website is continuously updated to support our members

and prospective members in continental Europe.

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Your glossarYRICS teRmInology

Assessment of Professional Competence: the APC is a continuous assessment designed by RICS to help

you acquire the excellence and skills expected o an MRICS. During that period, you will be an RICS trainee.

The length o your APC will depend on the extent o your proessional experience and the time you need to

reach the required competencies* under your chosen APC Pathway. At the end o the APC comes the Final

Assessment*, an interview with two to three chartered surveyors.

Chartered surveyor: RICS members may call themselves chartered surveyor. They help to sustain the use

o land and unlock the long-term value o property. Chartered surveyors are key to efcient markets in land,

property and the environment without which important world economies would not be able to unctioneectively.

Competencies: skills or abilities you need to perorm a specifc task or unction. They are based on attitudes

and behaviours as well as knowledge.

Counsellor: the Counsellor, always a chartered surveyor, works in partnership with the Supervisor* and signs

o your record o progress*. It is the Counsellor who helps you decide when you are ready to apply or the

Final Assessment*. They also sign o all the documents you submit and ensure that your training meets the

needs o your chosen APC Pathway.

Critical Analysis: a document describing projects you have worked on during your training covering the

key issues, options, your proposed solution, conclusion and analysis o experience gained (3,000 wordssupported by plans and graphs).

Final Assessment: interview where a panel o chartered surveyors ascertains whether you have achieved

the necessary competencies* to become an RICS member.

MyAPC: personal online space reserved or APC trainees, Counsellors, Supervisors and Assessors.

Here you can manage all your documents and submissions, and plan your structured training.

Professional Development: skills and knowledge you acquire attending conerences, seminars or

work-shops. Lielong learning can also be undertaken through personal and inormal learning, voluntary

or charity work. I you are currently ollowing a part-time postgraduate RICS-accredited course, this counts

towards the hours required.

Quarterly reports (Record of Progress): they summarise in 500 words how your experience and training

meet the competency* requirements.

Record of Competence: evidence that you meet the competency* requirements.

Rules of Conduct: under the Royal Charter and Bye-Laws, all RICS members are expected to comply with

regulations governing their conduct. These include provisions relating to the keeping o members accounts,

proessional indemnity insurance (PII) and general standards o behaviour. For ull inormation on the RICS

principles-based regulatory regime, go to www.rics.org/regulation

Supervisor: normally a chartered surveyor responsible or giving candidates guidance on their training and

day-to-day work.

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