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APC Revision Masterclasses & CPD Hours
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APC Process
Over 4 hours CPD
"Very straightforward, clear and concise."
APC Introduction
Writing Up Competencies
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes
In this Masterclass Jon Lever FRICS discusses the best way to approach the APC Summary of Experience and how to write up your competencies. There are many views, best practice examples and ideas and many fall short of what is needed. Jon explains and demonstrates how best to write your competencies and what the APC Assessors are looking for.
Writing Up Competencies
Final Assessment Explained
Duration: TBC
In this Masterclass Jon Lever FRICS discusses the APC Final Assessment interview, including preparation, the interview timeline and advice on how to ace the final assessment.
£5 £15 £25
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Final Assessment Explained
Presentation Explained
Duration: TBC
In this Masterclass Jon Lever FRICS discusses the APC Final Assessment 10 minute presentation, explaining how best to approach the presentation and some basic presentation skills to help candidates prepare appropriately and ace the presentation.
£5 £15 £25
Presentation Explained
Case Study Explained
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes
In this Masterclass Jon Lever FRICS discusses the APC Case Study looking at each component and how best to approach it. Jon considers the project selection, introduction, my approach, my achievement, conclusion, report writing and pitfalls.
Case Study Explained
Mandatory Competencies
Over 9 hours CPD
"I was very happy with the Masterclass, it covered so much of what I needed to know. Also helps with structuring time etc. Very pleased I joined."
Accounting Principles
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes
In this Masterclass Jon Lever FRICS discusses the Level 1 knowledge base as dictated by the RICS APC Requirements and Competencies or Pathway Guides and a short discussion around the Level 2 doing and Level 3 advising where appropriate. Jon also proposes some typical APC Final Assessment questions that are relevant to the competency.
Accounting Principles
Business Planning
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
In this Masterclass Jon Lever FRICS discusses the Level 1 knowledge base as dictated by the RICS APC Requirements and Competencies or Pathway Guides and a short discussion around the Level 2 doing and Level 3 advising where appropriate. Jon also proposes some typical APC Final Assessment questions that are relevant to the competency.
Business Planning
Client Care
Duration: 45 minutes
In this Masterclass Jon Lever FRICS discusses the Level 1 knowledge base as dictated by the RICS APC Requirements and Competencies or Pathway Guides and a short discussion around the Level 2 doing and Level 3 advising where appropriate. Jon also proposes some typical APC Final Assessment questions that are relevant to the competency.
Client Care
Communication & Negotiation
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes
In this Masterclass Jon Lever FRICS discusses the Level 1 knowledge base as dictated by the RICS APC Requirements and Competencies or Pathway Guides and a short discussion around the Level 2 doing and Level 3 advising where appropriate. Jon also proposes some typical APC Final Assessment questions that are relevant to the competency.
Communication and Negotiation
Conflict Avoidance
Duration: 39 minutes
In this Masterclass Jon Lever FRICS discusses the Level 1 knowledge base as dictated by the RICS APC Requirements and Competencies or Pathway Guides and a short discussion around the Level 2 doing and Level 3 advising where appropriate. Jon also proposes some typical APC Final Assessment questions that are relevant to the competency.
Conflict Avoidance
Data Management
Duration: 57 minutes
In this Masterclass Jon Lever FRICS discusses the Level 1 knowledge base as dictated by the RICS APC Requirements and Competencies or Pathway Guides and a short discussion around the Level 2 doing and Level 3 advising where appropriate. Jon also proposes some typical APC Final Assessment questions that are relevant to the competency.
Data Management
Diversity Inclusion Teamworking
Duration: 57 minutes
IIn this Masterclass Jon Lever FRICS discusses the Level 1 knowledge base as dictated by the RICS APC Requirements and Competencies or Pathway Guides and a short discussion around the Level 2 doing and Level 3 advising where appropriate. Jon also proposes some typical APC Final Assessment questions that are relevant to the competency.
Diversity Inclusion Teamworking
Health and Safety
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes
In this Masterclass Jon Lever FRICS discusses the Level 1 knowledge base as dictated by the RICS APC Requirements and Competencies or Pathway Guides and a short discussion around the Level 2 doing and Level 3 advising where appropriate. Jon also proposes some typical APC Final Assessment questions that are relevant to the competency.
Health and Safety
Inclusive Environments
Duration: 42 minutes
In this Masterclass Jon Lever FRICS discusses the Level 1 knowledge base as dictated by the RICS APC Requirements and Competencies or Pathway Guides and a short discussion around the Level 2 doing and Level 3 advising where appropriate. Jon also proposes some typical APC Final Assessment questions that are relevant to the competency.
Inclusive Environments
Sustainability
Duration: 50 minutes
In this Masterclass Jon Lever FRICS discusses the Level 1 knowledge base as dictated by the RICS APC Requirements and Competencies or Pathway Guides and a short discussion around the Level 2 doing and Level 3 advising where appropriate. Jon also proposes some typical APC Final Assessment questions that are relevant to the competency.
Sustainability
Rules of Conduct
Over 4 hours CPD
"Jon Lever has really mastered webinar speaking and his knowledge of the subject is second to none. I would recommend this service to anyone taking their chartership. I will definitely be attending more sessions closer to my assessment date."
Rules and Behaviours
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes
In this Masterclass Jon Lever FRICS discusses the RICS latest Rules of Conduct and behaviours as published in February 2022. Jon discusses each Rule and gives his opinion on the topic matter that a candidate should be aware of.
This Masterclass can be watched as an individual topic but it is much better watched as a complete series RoC 1, 2 and 3.
#1 Rules and Behaviours
#2 Professional Obligations
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes
In this Masterclass Jon Lever FRICS discusses the Appendix A of the RICS Rules of Conduct and the fact that it does not necessarily, on first impression, identify the depth and breadth of subject matter a candidate needs to be aware of. Taken from the discussion in the RoC1 Masterclass, Jon discusses each relevant topic and source material each candidate should be aware of.
This Masterclass can be watched as an individual topic but it is much better watched as a complete series RoC 1, 2 and 3.
#2 Professional Obligations
#Professional Ethics
Duration: 52 minutes
In this Masterclass Jon Lever FRICS discusses the topic of Ethics. The New Rules of Conduct mention professional ethics on numerous occasions but do not actually define them or try to explain what Ethics really is! Jon discusses and defines the thought process behind ethics and explains it in this Masterclass. Jon also discusses relevant Level 1, 2 and 3 content for the Rules of Conduct competency.
This Masterclass can be watched as an individual topic but it is much better watched as a complete series RoC 1, 2 and 3.
#3 Professional Ethics
Packages
Over 17 hours CPD
Want access to all of our Masterclasses for a prolonged period of time to help you with your APC revision? Then we have just the thing for you, with or 3 or 6 month packages, saving you hundreds of pounds.
Rules of Conduct Package
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A bit more detail...
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APC Introduction - The whole journey explained. Jon will walk you through the whole APC Journey, explaining the guides, competencies, levels, roles and responsibilities and a brief peek into the case study, submission process and final assessment
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Writing Up APC Competencies - Well now! If everyone attended this one there would be much less confusion and frankly a lot less stress and overthinking the process. Ignore this Masterclass at your peril!
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Case Study Explained - A deep dive into the Case Study aims and objectives, selecting a project, understanding each element and guidance on how to write it exactly as the assessors are expecting. Jon has trained over 7500 assessors in the same way so he can guide you exactly.
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Pre-Submission - A focused session on what needs to be created and submitted for each pathway. Guidance on best practice document creation
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Final Assessment Presentation - Your 10 minutes to ACE. Sadly many do not and generally the presentations are pretty mediocre. Come and find out how to ACE this part of the interview and tips on presentation creation, look and feel
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Final Assessment - A detailed look at your final destination and how to prepare and what is involved and how the interview hour is structured
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Rules of Conduct - Part 1 - The five Rules of Conduct and Behaviours
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Rules of Conduct - Part 2 - The Professional Obligations, expanding the huge amount of Level 1 knowledge you need
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Rules of Conduct - Part 3 - Professional Ethics explained as no one seems to want to explain what it is? Until now!
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Communication & Negotiation L2
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Client Care L2
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Health & Safety L2
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APC mandatory competency, discussing each of the bullet points laid out in the pathway guide Level 1 description. Oh! and some discussion about what you could consider for Level 2
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Accounting Principles L1
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Business Planning L1
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Conflict Avoidance... L1
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Data Management L1
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Diversity Inclusion Teamwork L1
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Inclusive Environments L1
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Sustainability L1
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APC mandatory competency, discussing each of the bullet points laid out in the pathway guide Level 1 description
General information:
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All the DeLever APC Masterclasses in this programme are facilitated by Jon Lever FRICS.
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We closely follow the APC Candidate Guide, Requirements and Competencies Guide and
Pathway Guides.
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Each Masterclass focuses on the Level 1 knowledge base and briefly discusses the Level 2 and Level 3 requirements where applicable.
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Jon discusses a list of typical questions he might ask of each competency from his 24+ years of APC Assessing experience and having trained over 8,000 APC Assessors.
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Jon promotes an interactive and relaxed environment where you can ask any questions regarding the APC topic being covered.
APC Masterclass Terms and Conditions
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1. Definitions
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'Authorised users' are employees and or members of the Customer(s) accessing the webinar event and webinar materials authorised by the Customer and Supplier who have paid a fee;
'Commencement date' means the date that the fee is paid.
'Fee' means the fees charged by the Supplier in relation to the provision of the webinar event and webinar materials;
'Services' means jointly the webinar event and webinar materials provided to the authorised user;
'Subscription period' means a period of 30 days or 6 months depending on the purchase option selected;
'Webinar events' means the recorded subject streams of approximately 1.0 to 1.5 hours online seminars to commence on the commencement date and to continue for the subscription period.
'Webinar materials means all course manuals and e-learning products, question banks, course notes and any other materials supporting the webinar events written by the Supplier or its third-party Suppliers as detailed in schedule 1 to be supplied to the authorised users on payment of the fee.
2. Commencement
2.1 This Agreement starts on the commencement date and shall remain in force for the subscription period (subject to the terms of this Agreement).
3. Fees
The Customer shall pay the Supplier the agreed fee inclusive of VAT and fees per webinar event per authorised user. The Customer shall pay the fee to the Supplier prior to each webinar event.
4. Licence
4.1 Subject to any additional terms (as defined below) which may apply for specific materials and payment of the fee, the Supplier grants an authorised user a non-exclusive, non-transferable, single licence to access and use the webinar materials. (Multi-viewer licences are available upon request)
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5.2 Content and features may be added to or withdrawn from the services and the services otherwise changed without notice.
5.3 The Customer must ensure that each person having access to the services and webinar materials: (a) is an authorised user; and (b) is using those services only in accordance with this Agreement.
5.4 It is an express term of this Agreement that the Customer advises the Supplier how many authorised users shall be accessing the webinar event and the webinar materials. The fee shall be based on the number of authorised users. In the event that the number changes the Customer shall immediately notify the Supplier of the same and pay the Supplier the additional amount due. In the event that the Customer fails to notify the Supplier of the correct number of authorised users the Supplier shall be entitled to treat such failure as a material breach of contract and terminate this Agreement immediately and pursue the Customer for all the Supplier's direct and consequential losses arising from the Customer's breach of contract including the Supplier's legal fees. On the other hand, individual authorised users shall send a separate email containing the requirements to hello@delever.com in order to process the order.
5.5 The Supplier will provide the Customer a link to access the webinar event.
5.6 All reasonable efforts will be made to ensure that the webinar event/s take place on the advertised date and time. In the event that the webinar event does not take place, an alternative date/time will be scheduled or a recorded version offered. The Supplier reserves the right to substitute speakers and or where events beyond its reasonable control prevent speakers from appearing.
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5.8 The Customer may substitute an authorised user to view the webinar event at any time and at no extra cost, on the condition that: (a) the Customer does so in writing to hello@delever.com ; (b) the Customer/ authorised user has not yet registered via the technology provider webinar database, thus activating their email address for the webinar event.
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6.2 In all other circumstances with the exception of the above the Supplier may by written notice terminate this Agreement or suspend its performance of all or any of its obligations under it on serving of 1 weeks' notice. The Supplier's only obligation in this event shall be the pro-rata refund of any charges paid in advance.
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9.4 The Supplier's liability to the Customer for loss or damage of any kind (including loss or damage caused by negligence) is reduced to the extent that the Customer caused or contributed to that loss or damage.
9.5 Subject to clause 9.3, the aggregate liability of the covered parties in connection with any other claim arising out of or relating to the services shall not exceed the total amount paid for the webinar
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