RICS APC

MANDATORY

COMPETENCIES

Ramesh Palikila BTech , MRICS, ACIArb, MIS Acting Head of Construction Procurement , Engineers Office , Dubai Director IIQS Global Professional Development RICS- MENEA- QS& Construction Board Member RICS- APC Trained Assessor and Panel Chairman

1.Mandatory Competencies?

2.Over view

AGENDA

Study + Learning +Application +APC = MRICS

How To Choose Competencies - Read the Guides

Read all the

Competencies as

per RICS Guide &

Prepare as per

Reading List .

Self

Assessment

Interview Process

Presentation

on

Critical Analysis

10 min

Questions

On

CA

10 min

Questions

on

Competencies

25 min

Questions

On

CV/

PD/

RICS

15 min

Play all stages with good performance

Chairmans Welcome & introduction of the Panel - 3 min

Presentation on Critical Analysis (CA) -10 min

Discussion on Presentation +Q&A on CA -10 min

Questions on Optional & Core Competencies -25 min

Questions on PD , CV & RICS Ethics - 8 min

Close out of Interview - 4 min

YOUR SUBMISSIONS GIVES DIRECTION TO ASSESSOR

CHOSEN COMPETENCIES

MANDATORY COMPETENCIES : (Compulsory for all Candidates )

Conduct Rules , Ethics and Professional Practice MOO5 Level 3

Clients care MOO3 Level 2

Communication and Negotiation MOO4 Level 2

Health and Safety MOO8 Level 2

Accounting principles and procedures MOO1 Level 1

Business Planning MOO2 Level 1

Conflict avoidance and Dispute resolution MOO6 Level 1

Data Management MOO7 Level 1

Sustainability MOO9 Level 1

Team working MO1O Level 1

CORE COMPETENCIES : ( Based on Candidates experience )

Commercial Management of construction TO1O Level 3

Contract Practice TO17 Level 3

Construction Technology and environmental services TO13 Level 3

Procurement and tendering TO62 Level 3

Project financial control and reporting TO67 Level 3

Quantification and costing of Construction materials TO74 Level 3

OPTIONAL COMPETENCIES : ( Example only .Candidate has to choose here as per his choice )

Contract Administration TO16 Level 2

Programming and Planning TO63 Level 2

MANDATORY COMPETENCIES

MANDATORY COMPETENCIES : (Compulsory for all Candidates )

1Conduct Rules , Ethics and Professional Practice MOO5 Level 3

2Clients care MOO3 Level 2

3Communication and Negotiation MOO4 Level 2

4Health and Safety MOO8 Level 2

5Accounting principles and procedures MOO1 Level 1

6Business Planning MOO2 Level 1

7Conflict avoidance and Dispute resolution MOO6 Level 1

8Data Management MOO7 Level 1

9Sustainability MOO9 Level 1

10Team working MO1O Level 1

1 RICS Conduct Rules , Ethics and Professional Practice MOO5 Level 3 Level 1 - 3:

Role, motto, function and significance of RICS

Societys expectations from Professional practice

RICS Rules of Conduct and regulations

Professional indemnity insurance

Obligation to keep clients accounts

Lifelong learning

RICS magazine, faculties ,Journals &Hand Books

Ethics : 12Core values Changes to 5 Core Values

Level 3 :

Conflicts of interest and terms of engagement

Why professional institution has Rules of Conduct?

Practical experience, structured reading and CPD

Compliance, monitoring, disciplinary Procedures

Regulated by RICS

Why do I need to know anything about the Rules of Conduct, when I have no direct experience or involvement?

2. Clients care MOO3 Level 2

Identifying clients, colleagues and third parties

Who are your clients and understand the behaviors of good clients

The systems and procedures for managing the client care

Complaints

Needs and wants of clients

The client is Sovereign

The customer is always right

Customer care Vs duty of care

Delivered the services with client care

3Communication and Negotiation MOO4 Level2

Effective oral, written, graphic and presentation skills, methods and techniques appropriate to specific situations

-Critical Analysis & Presentation

Meetings, Negotiations & Managing people

Letters -written communications

Style and layout of the communication

Structure of the communication-Graphical

Negotiation skills &Conflict avoidance

What lies behind successful negotiations and various approaches

Parameters and Objectives set in negotiations

Future relationship

4Health and Safety MOO8 Level 2 Principles and responsibilities with regard

to health and safety imposed by law

Codes of practice and other regulations

Practical application of health and safety

Health and safety issues relate to work on site

Issues relating to the use of equipment, in offices

Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

Local regulations in UAE

5Accounting principles & procedures MOO1 Level 1 Understanding fundamental accounting concepts

Formats and preparation of management accounting

Company accounts, including profit and loss statements

Cash flow statements

Balance sheets

Financial Ratios

6 Business Planning MOO2 Level 1

Knowledge and understanding of how business management activities contribute to the achievement of

corporate objectives: Mission and Vision

Motivation, mission statements, strategy, organizational structures, and so on

7Conflict avoidance and Dispute resolution MOO6 L1

Techniques for conflict avoidance, conflict management and dispute resolution

procedures, Adjudication and Arbitration

How to conduct negotiations, and also the various options available should

negotiations break down?

Working through mediation and conciliation, adjudication, arbitration, independent expert

determination, and, finally, litigation

Arbitrators / Independent Experts in Commercial Property Reviews

8 Data Management MOO7 Level 1

Understanding of the sources of information of data

Data applicable to your area of practice

Methodologies and techniques most

appropriate to collect, collate and store data

Particular IT developments in your area

Previous contracts or cost guides and price books.

BCIS, SPON PRICE BOOKS, DAVISLANGDON HAND BOOK etc.,.

9 Sustainability MOO9 Level 1 Environmental issues

Global issues, such as climate change -Global warming

Environmental issues affect building design, construction

Government initiatives, laws or regulations

Environmental policies

Green credentials

Balance economics, environmental and social objectives at, local, national and

global levels, in the context of land,

property and the built environment.

10Team working MO1O Level 1

Principles, behavior and dynamics of team-working

Understand the principles behind this

Management teams: Why they succeed or fail

Remember that the philosophies behind the mandatory competencies, and the business skills inherent in them, will be encountered in every aspect of

your working life. It is for this reason that they are mandatory.

READERS ARE MORE. THINKERS ARE RARE

SUCCESS REQUIREMENTS

Right balance of

KEY ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS

SHARPEN YOUR SKILLS & FILL GAPS FOR GOOD PERFORMANCE

Key concepts and documents:

You will note that there is most importantly a focus on testing that you are aware of

and intend to act in accordance with RICS Rules of Conduct and that you

understand the importance of ethics and professional practice matters.

The depth and breadth of training

The quality of the documents and written reports

Your presentation at the interview

Last Suggestion for Competencies

The number of days taken to reach the appropriate level will be dependent upon a

combination of the following factors:

Have you had any previous experience?

Your aptitude and speed of learning in the competency

The quality of the training and experience.

So, friends PREPARE, PREPARE , PREPARE ,PREPARE, PREPARE .,

MORAL : PREPARE FOR FIRST & LAST TIME