Some Key tips:

• The APC Training Agreement is declaration completed by the employer and registered with RICS.
  PLEASE NOTE: You now DO NOT send it to an RICS Training Advisor for approval. Instead it is submitted to RICS at the address shown in the RICS supporting documentation. Full details can be found at www.rics.org/apcenrolment
   
• Along with APC Training Agreement the employer should complete a candidate structured training programme, detailing training plans and demonstrating a commitment in accordance with RICS guidance. Full details can be found at www.rics.org/apcenrolment
   
• Make sure you ALL familiarise yourself with the following
• APC Candidate Guide
• APC Requirements and Competencies Guide
• APC Employer, Supervisor and Counsellor guide
• APC Pathway Guides
• APC Final Assessment Templates
• APC Enrolment forms
• APC Training Agreement
• Employers declaration
• Candidate’s Structured Training Programme (STP)
• Guidance note on completing APC Training Agreement and STP
  Full details can be found at www.rics.org/apcenrolment
• RICS Rules of Conduct
• Members and Firms Rule books, Helpsheets, Policy Documents
• Setting up in practice, Practice Management Guidelines, Money Laundering
  Full details can be found at www.rics.org/regulation
• Bribery Act & Equality Act details
• RICS guide to Surveying Safely (July 2011)
   
• If you are unsure about any of the above, why not pop along to a FREE RTA Surgery with Jon Lever FRICS. 
  Full details about RTA Surgeries and how to book your free place can be found here: www.DeLever.com/rta
   

Gaining approval (step by step)

1. Download the relevant RICS documents. Full details can be found at www.rics.org/apcenrolment
    
2. PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENTATION CAREFULLY. There are portions in RED text, in the STP, which have been included as additional guidance. The red text should be deleted once the STP template has been completed.
    
3. The employer must complete the APC Training Agreement and STP and send it off directly to RICS for approval and registration.
   
   If you are unsure what to do then feel free to attend one of Jon Lever FRICS FREE RTA Surgeries to discuss the APC process
   (RTA surgeries are spread out around the East an East Midlands region and are completely FREE. RTA Surgeries are approximately 2 hours long and are delivered on a group discussion basis a maximum of 10 attendees from a mixture of companies and APC pathways.
   Please book online at www.DeLever.com/rta in advance otherwise we cannot guarantee you will be able to be seen).
    
4. On completion of the APC Training Agreement RICS will publish the Firm’s name on their Approved list of firms. If you need to check if your firm’s name is already on the list a link to the list can be found at www.rics.org/apcenrolment
    

The process is then complete until any further changes made by RICS warrants an update of the APC Training Agreement.

Please note:
The changes in the APC Training Agreement / STP process fall within the normal changes that the RICS would expect an employer to make for each individual candidate. However, should you require and assistance or further guidance about this process please do not hesitate to contact Jon Lever FRICS on 08445 616721 or jon@delever.com.

The RICS STA Process has been UPDATED on 1 September 2011

The new terminology is now an Approved ‘APC Training Agreement’

Every Firm enrolling candidates on the APC must have an approved ‘APC Training Agreement’.

Full details can be found at www.rics.org/apcenrolment

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