GUIDELINES FOR NTCC

BACHELORS IN ARCHITECTURE
ARPP100 PRACTICAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
(15 Credit units) (NTCC) (Sem -9)
The purpose of the practical professional training is to provide the
students with grounded real-world experience in a professional
design environment. The training expands the educational
experience into the professional world of design and helps the
students understand the values, skills and work ethics that are
required for the discipline of Architectural Design.

Definition

The professional training is defined as the procedure where the

students gain practical work experience through employment under
an architectural firm for a stipulated time period.

Course Objective:

To provide exposure to the practical field work under an Architect or

a construction firm, helping the students employ the knowledge
gained from the architectural school into a professional work
environment.

Student Learning Outcomes (SLO’s):

 • The application of effective professional preparation through
field experience and introduce the elements of project
management, project communication, project delivery
methods, Team work structures, dynamics and professional
ethics to the students

Briefing session:

The Students are addressed commonly through a briefing session

about the Field Training to develop a range of critical and creative
skills as well as specific technical expertise and achieve high levels of
proficiency in the execution of design processes and procedures in a
professional manner.

The following guidelines are introduced in the briefing session:

1. Selection of Office for Field work

The students should select an office for their practical training

which should be either an Architectural firm with an Architect
as the Proprietor or a construction firm with Head of the office
as an Architect in possession of their own COA registration
number. In Both case the Architect Designer must have 5 years
of work experience.

2. Finalizing an Office for Field work

• The students can directly approach any Architectural design

firms , presenting their portfolio of their works and their
updated CV

• The students are also assisted through the “Placement Cell” of

Amity School of Architecture and Planning to approach a firm
 based on the above selection criteria. They are advised by the
placement cell to select an office from the database available
based on the students own preference.

• A letter acknowledging the students preferred office is given

from the HOI of ASAP addressed to the proprietor of the firm.

• A letter of acceptance for the said student is given by the

Proprietor of the Architectural Design firm confirming the
student’s employment.

• After completion of the said time duration of field work the

student must receive a letter of completion in the form of an
experience letter on the company letterhead duly signed and
stamped by the Proprietor of the firm. A copy of the same to be
submitted at the Department at the time of final evaluation.

3. Change of office for Field work

• In case of any emergency the trainee may be permitted to

change the office of Field work once only, during the period of
training. He/she shall inform the HOI/Internship Coordinator of
Amity School of Architecture and Planning and take prior
permission for the same.

• The total duration of the field work shall be the sum of the
period of stay in different offices. It shall be in conformity with
the duration of training as prescribed and set by Amity School
of Architecture and Planning

4. Code of conduct of Trainee in terms of Discipline and ethics.

• He/She shall abide by the rules, regulations and general
instructions of the office/firm.

• He/She shall remain punctual and regular in attendance.

• He/she shall make all efforts to learn the work involved in the
profession of Architectural Design through office & site work
allotted.

• He/She shall respect and obey the senior members of the

office/firm.

• He/She shall take up the job with full responsibility and show
utmost interest in the work allotted.

• He/She shall inform the institute and Field work coordinator

about joining the training office with complete office details.

• He/She shall update the institute through weekly progress

reports duly signed and stamped and couriered to the Amity
School of Architecture and Planning by the Proprietor of their
firm.

• In case of any complaint of misconduct, the Training &

Placement cell may take suitable strict action against the
student.

5. Working relationship between the proprietor & Trainee

• The proprietor shall provide enough work to the trainee to

keep him/her occupied.

• The proprietor shall expose the trainee to different aspects

of professional practice. The task shall include the following.

Preparation of:
 • Sketch designs, presentation drawings, etc.
• Working drawings and details.
• Estimates, bill of quantities & specifications.
• Discussions with
• Clients
• Service Consultants
• Product sellers under market survey.
• Inspection & management of site.
• Preparation of
• Models, perspectives and photographs.
• Reports & progress charts.
• Other administrative works.
6. Honorarium/ Stipend

• The proprietor shall pay the internee some amount as

honorarium/stipend. the Amity School of Architecture and
Planning shall have no objection if the trainee accepts such
honorarium/stipend.

• The mode and amount shall depend on the office but may be
based upon the mutual agreement between the proprietor &
trainee. However, it shall neither be a claim of the trainee nor
binding on the proprietor to pay the stipend, but in order of
professionalism and to maintain the dignity of profession, the
training office of the architects pay a respectable amount as
honorarium.

• The Institute/training cell shall not be in any way responsible

for the payment against any sorts of damage whatsoever.
7. Submission of Progress Report

Each student undergoing practical training has to submit a bi-

weekly progress report as per the format given by the institute,
this report has to be duly signed and stamped by the Proprietor
of the firm and sent to the institute via courier.

8. Final Submission

After completion of the practical training, the trainee is

required to submit the following:

• “Certificate” ofsuccessful completion of the practical training

on the company letterhead duly signed and stamped by the
Proprietor.

• ”Training Report” in A4 size spiral bind report of daily activity.

• “Portfolio” of work done in office includes sheets made project

wise.

9. Failures

In case of the student/trainee remains unsuccessful or fails in

completing his/her practical training or viva-voce examination,
the matter shall be dealt with accordance to ‘Rules &
Regulations’ of the University.

10. Allocation of Guides.

Each student undergoing the practical training shall be assigned

under 2 guides- One faculty guide from the institute & one
external guide who is the Proprietor of the firm where the
student is employed. Preferably One faculty guide for 20
students from the institute.

Roles and responsibility of Faculty guide:

 • Coordinate with the external guide from time to time during
the Training period.

• Monitor and record the performance of the student

awarded by the external guide in the progress report
submitted bi-weekly.

• Guide the students to register them and approve the same

on AMIZONE under NTCC as per regulations.

• Discuss with the students about the projects they are

working on and guide them to maintain records for the
same.

Roles and responsibility of External guide:

• The external guide must guide the trainee and allot

appropriate work and project during the course of their
internship.

• The external guide must update the institute through bi-

weekly progress reports duly signed and stamped.

• The external guide must give a Certificate ofsuccessful

completion of the practical training on the company
letterhead duly signed and stamped.

Roles and expectations from students:

The trainee should maintain a Daily Dairy during his practical training
to supplement the information in their Training Report & portfolio.
The trainee must record the work done and details of various
projects that they have worked on like sheets made & site visits
done.

11. Assessment Component’s & Progress Monitoring

The weight age of Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA) to the

Final Assessment (FA) for Practical Training shall be as below:

COURSE CREDITS CIA FA

B.Arch 15 50 50

The Break up (Components and their weightage)of continuous

internal /External assessment are given as under:

S.No. Title CIA FA

(50) (50)
1. Log Book and Appraisal 15
2 Student learning Outcomes 15
3. Presentation and Communication 20
4 Content and layout of the report 15
5 portfolio 15
6 Viva Voce 15
7 Log Book 5

5. Guidelines for Portfolio

 • The Porfolio has to be in A3 size sheets(2 sets).
• The portfolio has to be Spiral Bound.
• The sheets should be properly rendered and labeled with
complete dimensions and Formats.
• All the sheets should have the students name under drawn
by.
• All the sheets should be individually signed and stamped
by the team leader of the project or head of the
Architectural Firm.

6. GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT REPORT

The following components should be included in the project report:

➢ Title or Cover Page
The title page should contain Project Title; Student’s Name; Programme; Year
and Semester and Name of the Faculty Guide.

➢ Acknowledgement(s)
Acknowledgement to any advisory or financial assistance received in the
course of work may be given. It is incomplete without student’s signature.

➢ Abstract
A good “Abstract” should be straight to the point; not too descriptive but fully
informative. First paragraph should state what was accomplished with regard
to the objectives. The abstract does not have to be an entire summary of the
project, but rather a concise summary of the scope and results of the project.
It should not exceed more than 1000 words.

➢ Table of Contents
Titles and subtitles are to correspond exactly with those in the text.

➢ Introduction
Here a brief introduction to the problem that is central to the project and an
outline of the

report should be provided. The introduction should aim to catch the

imagination of the reader, so excessive details should be avoided.

➢ Materials and Methods

This section should aim at experimental designs, materials used (wherever
applicable). Methodology should be mentioned in details including
modifications undertaken, if any. It includes organizations site(s), sample,
instruments used with its validation, procedures followed and precautions.

➢ Conclusion(s) & Recommendations

A conclusion should be the final section in which the outcome of the work is
mentioned briefly. Check that your work answers the following questions:

• Did the research project meet its aims (check back to introduction for
stated aims)?
• What are the main findings of the research?
• Are there any recommendations ?
• Do you have any conclusion on the research process itself?

➢ Implications for Future Research

This should bring out further prospects for the study either thrown open by the
present work or with the purpose of making it more comprehensive.

➢ Appendices
The Appendices contain material which is of interest to the reader but not an
integral part of the thesis and any problem that have arisen that may be useful
to document for future reference.

➢ References
References should include papers, books etc. referred to in the body of the
report. These should be written in the alphabetical order of the author’s
surname. The titles of journals preferably should not be abbreviated; it they
are, abbreviations must comply with an internationally recognised system.

• Guidelines for writing the Reports

The following components should be included in the project report:

Language English

Report:

• A4 Size Paper
• Font : Arial (10 points) or Times New
The Layout Guidelines Roman (12 points)
for the Project File & • Line spacing : 1.5
Project Report • Top and bottom margins: 1 inch/ 2.5 cm;
left and right margins: 1.25 inches/ 3
cm
Drawings

• A2 or A1 size sheet
• Standard sheet border format to be used
On One side of page only. The text will follow line
spacing of 1.5 lines.
Table and figures, tabular material as necessary
and appendix material as appropriate may be single
Typing space.
Centered material is to be centered between the left
and right margins.
The first line of all paragraphs of running text will
be indented 0.5inches.
Each page must be numbered, except the Title
Page.
Pagination The pre pages—including the Copyright Page,
Faculty Guide Approval Page, Acknowledgement,
Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures
 and Abstract (if any) —will be numbered with
lower-case Roman numerals (ii, iii, iv, etc.)
centered from the bottom edge of the page. The
first page that will show a page number is page ii.
All remaining pages carry consecutive numerals
(1, 2, 3, etc.). The page number will be placed in
the upper right-hand corner of the page, right
aligned.
Title or Cover Page The title page should contain Project Title;
Student’s Name; Programme; Year and Semester
and Name of the Faculty Guide.

Acknowledgement to any advisory or financial

Acknowledgement(s) assistance received in the course of work may be
given. It is incomplete without student’s
signature.

A good “Abstract” should be straight to the point;

not too descriptive but fully informative. First
paragraph should state what was accomplished
Abstract with regard to the objectives. The abstract does
not have to be an entire summary of the project,
but rather a concise summary of the scope and
results of the project. It should not exceed more
than 1000 words.

Titles and subtitles are to correspond exactly with

Table of Contents
those in the text.

Here a brief introduction to the problem that is

central to the project and an outline of the
structure of the rest of the report should be
Introduction
provided. The introduction should aim to catch
the imagination of the reader, so excessive details
should be avoided.

Materials & Methods This section should aim at experimental designs,

materials used (wherever applicable).
Methodology should be mentioned in details
 including modifications undertaken, if any. It
includes organizations site(s), sample, instruments
used with its validation, procedures followed and
precautions.

A conclusion should be the final section in which

the outcome of the work is mentioned briefly.
Check that your work answers the following
Conclusion(s) & questions:
Recommendations
• Did the research project meet its aims (check
back to introduction for stated aims)?
• What are the main findings of the research?
• Are there any recommendations?
• Do you have any conclusion on the research
process itself?
This should bring out further prospects for the
Implications for Future study either thrown open by the present work or
Research with the purpose of making it more
comprehensive.

The Appendices contain material which is of

Appendices interest to the reader but not an integral part of
the thesis and any problem that have arisen that
may be useful to document for future reference.

References should include papers, books etc.

referred to in the body of the report. These should
be written in the alphabetical order of the
References author’s surname. The titles of journals preferably
should not be abbreviated; it they are,
abbreviations must comply with an internationally
recognized system.

The Project should fulfill the following assessment objectives:

• Range of Research Methods used to obtain information

• Execution of Research
• Data Analysis (Analyze Quantitative /Qualitative information)
• Quality Control
• Conclusions