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1.0 APC Routes
1.1 Student membership/sign-up (online)
1.2 Routes to membership table
1.3 Graduate Route 1
1.4 Graduate Route 2
1.5 Graduate Route 3
1.6 Adaptation 1
1.7 Senior Professional
1.8 Academic
1.9 NEW Professional Experience  (Get application form at: experience@rics.org)
1.10 Enrol on APC
1.11 UK APC Grad 1 Enrolment form
1.12 UK APC Grad 2 Enrolment form

 

2.0 APC Guides
2.1 (UPDATED) Candidate Graduate 1 & 2 - V2Dec08 (Revised July 2011)
2.2 Supervisor & Counsellor V2Dec08
2.3 APC Requirements and competencies V2/Jul09
2.4 Graduate Route 3
2.5 Adaptation 1
2.6 Senior Professional
2.7 Academic
2.8 NEW Professional Experience  (Get application form at: experience@rics.org)
2.9 Professional bodies

 

3.0 Rules of Conduct
3.1 RICS Regulation
3.2 Carsberg Report on Regulation 2005
3.3 Members
3.4 Firms
3.5 Royal Charter
3.6 Bye Laws
3.7 Regulations.
3.8 Regulatory Board
3.9 Guidance Note for APC Candiates (Updated July 2010)
3.10 Help Sheets
3.11 Policy documents
3.12 Setting up in practice
3.13 Practice Management Guideline - (Member Log In Required)
3.14 Money Laundering
3.15 Ombudsman Services Property (Redress Mechanism)
3.16 Institute of Business Ethics
3.17 Valuer Registration Scheme
3.18 VRS - 10 Common Findings

 

4.0 Critical Documents
4.1 (UPDATED) APC Training Agreement
4.2 APC diary (manual PDF) template (See also myAPC diary)
4.3 Resume template
4.4 APC counsellor report template
4.5 NEW Final Assessment dates - Session 1, 2012
4.6 Final Assessment centres
4.7 APC UK Grad 1 & 2 Final Assessment Application Forms
4.8 Application & submission dates
4.9 Guide to submitting Final Assessment Documentation
4.10 Final Assessment information
4.11 Referral | (See DeLever Referral Guide)
4.12 Change of Employer form

 

5.0 Critical Dates 
5.1 ** DeLever APC Info & News**
5.2 Enrolment date deadlines 2011
5.3 Application and submission (Member Log In Required)
5.4 NEW Final Assessment dates - Session 1, 2012
5.5 APC results search

 

6.0 Contacts
6.1 RICS Contact Centre
6.2 RICS Training Advisors  (Also DeLever Newsletter)
6.3 STA Approved Firms
6.4 APC Doctors
6.5 RICS Accredited University Course Search
6.6 RICS Books (APC Section)
6.7 RICS Library
6.8 RICS Events
6.9 Find a surveyor
6.10 RICS Recruit
6.11 RICS - Surveying 360 (Recruitment+)

 

7.0 Miscellaneous
7.1 MODUS (RICS Business) Online magazine
7.2 Property Week
7.3 Property Week (APC Info) (Registration required)
7.4 Building Magazine
7.5 Building Magazine (APC Info)
7.6 NEW RICS Guide to Surveying Safely July 2011 2MB PDF (Log in)

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7.7 NEW Building Control - RICS Dangerous Structures
7.8 NEW Building Control - RICS Demolition
7.9 NEW Building Control - RICS Raised Tie Roofs
7.10 NEW Building Control - RICS Unauthorised Building Works
7.11 NEW Building Control ESSENTIAL CARDS
7.12 RICS Red Book (Member Log In Required)
7.13 Understanding how RICS is structured
7.14 Management Consultancy 10 top business models
7.15 Bribery Act 2010 (October) (UK Ministry of Justice)

BriberyActGuideSml  NEW Bribery Act Guidance Note (March 2011)

7.16 Equality ACT 2010 (UK Government Equalities Office)
7.17 RICS Redbook 7th Edition May 2011 (Member Log In Required)
7.18 RICS Code of Measuring Practice 6th Edition (Member Log In Required) 
7.19 RICS Notes on CHANGES to 6th Edition (Member Log In Required)



 

8.0 RICS matrics
8.1 RICS matrics web site (Also DeLever Newsletter)

 

9.0 Final Assessment Templates  excellogos

All pathway templates

9.1 Arts & Antiques
9.2 Building Control
9.3 Building Surveying
9.4 Commercial Property
9.5 Environment
9.6 Facilities Management
9.7 Property Finance and Investment
9.8 Geomatics
9.9 Housing Management & Development.
9.10 Machinery & Business Development
9.11 Management Consultancy
9.12 Minerals & Waste Management
9.13 Planning & Development
9.14 Project Management
9.15 Quantity Surveying & Construction
9.16 Research
9.17 Residential Property Practice
9.18 Residential Survey and Valuation
9.19 Rural
9.20 Taxation Allowance
9.21 Valuation
 

 

10 Pathway Guides  Arts & Antiques Pathway Guide

All Pathway Guides

10.1 Arts & Antiques
10.2 Building Control
10.3 UPDATED Building Surveying | (Additional Guidance)
10.4 Commercial Property
10.5 Environment
10.6 UPDATED Facilities Management
10.7 Property Finance and Investment
10.8 Geomatics
10.9 Housing Management & Development
10.10 Machinery & Business Assets
10.11 Management Consultancy
10.12 Minerals & Waste Management
10.13 Planning & Development
10.14 Project Management
10.15 Quantity Surveying & Construction
10.16 Research (N/A Bolts onto other pathways)
10.17 UPDATED Residential Property Practice
10.18 UPDATED Residential Survey and Valuation
10.19 Rural
10.20 Taxation Allowance
10.21 Valuation

 

 

 


 

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The Energy Issue
Dec 2011



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Page 14 - Solar power, Hydropower, Biomass,
Energy From Waste, Wind, Tidal, Geothermal.
Page 24 - The Green Deal / Energy Bill
Page 29 - Offer Legal Services
Page 41 - Keep Business Cash Flowing
Page 44 - Towards Zero Carbon
Page 45 - Presidents Column
Page 46 - PII Under the Microscope
Page 49 - Regulation - Conflict of Interest
Page 58 - Powering Up - Energy Statistics
 

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The Underground Issue
Nov 2011



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Page 08 - Supporting the Carbon Price (Australia)
Page 12 - Recycling (Northern Ireland)
Page 16 - Building Below Ground
Page 33 - Construction Contracts
Page 34 - Tapping Reserves - Ground Water
Page 36 - Watching our Waste - Land Fill
Page 41 - Business Cashflows
Page 45 - Presidents Column
Page 49 - Graduate Survey
Page 58 - Digging deep
 

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The Business Issue
Oct 2011



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Page 08 - SME - Heart of our Economic Plan
Page 12 - Gap between Big and Small Economies
Page 14 - Save our Small Businesses
Page 19 - 9 Ideas for Marketing
Page 27 - Duty of Care
Page 31 - Vietnam - Emerging Markets
Page 35 - Small Businesses
Page 35 - Start Your own Business
Page 44 - BIM Awareness
Page 45 - President’s Column
Page 47 - Performance - RICS Year End
Page 49 - Business Strategy for Small Firms
Page 49 - 10 Ways Small Firms can Benefit from RICS
 

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The House Issue
Sep 2011



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Page 12 - New planning Policy commentary
Page 14 - Home Ownership - Current Affairs
Page 29 - Land Development
Page 30 - Carehome sector - Current Affairs
Page 35 - Customer Relations
Page 44 - Clear Client Advice - FREE Guides
Page 45 - President’s column
Page 46 - PII Market Update - Current Affairs
Page 47 - Sustainable City Expansion
Page 49 - Members survey
Page 66 - Brazil Boom
 

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The Happiness Issue
Jul/Aug 2011



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Page 12 - Human Rights - News Bites
Page 14 - Reasons To Be Positive - Current Affairs
Page 23 - A Happy Balance
Page 28 - Global Wellbeing
Page 43 - Immunity For An Expert Witness (PII)
Page 45 - Big Society - Current Affairs
Page 49 - Healthy and Happy At Work
Page 53 - President’s column
Page 54 - RICS Global Strategy
Page 56 - New Standards
Page 57 - Bribery Update
 

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The Green Issue
Jun 2011



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The Heritage Issue
May 2011



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The Efficiency Issue
Apr 2011



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Page 14 - Money Saving Experts
Page 25 - Olympics 2012 - Current Affairs
Page 31 - Anti-Bribery Legislation
Page 40 - RICS Red Book - Seventh Edition
Page 41 - Make Pro Bono Work For You (PII)
Page 44 - Recycling Rare Earth Metals
Page 45 - President’s column
Page 47 - Regulation - Valuer Registration Scheme
Page 49 - Pro Bono With RICS
Page 57 - Bribery Update

 

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The Tall Issue
Mar 2011



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The Youth Issue
Feb 2011



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Page 10 - Cities determine future sustainability
Page 33 - Green or Dead
Page 45 - President’s Column
Page 47 - Financial Crime
Page 49 - Impartial Advice - Party Walls
Page 49 - Valuer Registration Scheme - VRS
Page 58 - RICS Membership Demographic

 

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The Water Issue
Jan 2011



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Page 12 - Mark Prisk UK Gov Construction Minister
Page 17 - Waters are Rising - Current Affairs
Page 27 - Increased Flood Risk
Page 37 - International Relationships
Page 45 - President’s Column
Page 48 - Painless PI
Page 49 - New European Regulation

 

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The Future Issue
Nov/Dec 2010



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Page 09 - Market awareness
Page 10 - Sustainable cities
Page 16 - 2020 Construction Technology
Page 29 - RICS Policy & Research - Vision for Cities
Page 33 - Negligence claims
Page 35 - Big Society
Page 37 - Professional Indemnity Insurance
Page 43 - Valuer Registration Scheme
Page 44 - Biz Management, Rights of Light, Flooding
Page 44 - Raising Standards - Bluebook
Page 45 - President’s column
Page 49 - Membership development
Page 58 - Urban growth Statistics

 

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The Brazil Issue
Sep/Oct 2010



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Page 13 - Book reviews & RICS Twitter feeds
Page 28 - Social Housing
Page 33 - How to market your business
Page 37 - Zero Carbon Buildings
Page 41 - Retirement Rights (Biz development)
Page 45 - President’s column
Page 49 - Routes to membership links
Page 49 - RICS Branding - Promoting Your Business
Page 58 - G8 Carbon Emissions Data

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