RICS –APC

MANDATORY
COMPETENCIES

Ramesh Palikila BTech , MRICS, ACIArb, MIS

Acting Head of Construction Procurement , Engineer’s Office , Dubai
Director – IIQS Global Professional Development
RICS- MENEA- QS& Construction Board Member
RICS- APC Trained Assessor and Panel Chairman
 AGENDA

1.Mandatory
Competencies?
2.Over view

Study + Learning +Application +APC = MRICS

How To Choose Competencies - Read the Guides
 Read all the
Competencies as
per RICS Guide &
Self
Assessment
Prepare as per
Reading List .
 Interview Process

Questions
Presentation Questions Questions On
on On on CV/
Critical Analysis CA Competencies
10 min 25 min
PD/
10 min RICS
15 min

Play all stages with good performance

■ Chairman’s 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
 Client’s 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 Candidate’s 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
 2Client’s 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
 Society’s 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. Client’s 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
 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 .,……………………

SHARPEN YOUR SKILLS & FILL GAPS FOR GOOD PERFORMANCE

MORAL : PREPARE FOR FIRST & LAST TIME