Pathway to success

In its Pathway To Success series, EG offers APC candidates a guide through the process. Every two weeks, an industry expert will provide a comprehensive guide to an APC competency and the different levels that candidates must demonstrate on final assessment. Together with top tips to get tomorrow’s surveyors through from the start of their journey to eventual completion, and advice on useful resources that will help along the way, the series forms the ultimate guide to APC success. EG’s complete guide to getting your next job, top tips on networking, marking sure you are boardroom ready and why Run DMC can turbo boost your career • APC process: shifting sands As we wave goodbye to 2016, Jon Lever reviews the year’s key APC changes and looks ahead to what’s in store for candidates in 2017 • Comprehending corporate real estate Kate Taylor tackles a potentially challenging competency for APC candidates • Avoiding final assessment presentation pitfalls Jon Lever discusses typical mistakes candidates tend to make in their APC final assessment interviews • Final assessment presentation Jon Lever dispels some of the myths regarding the RICS APC final assessment presentation and offers tips on how to add an air of professionalism to the process • Go with the cash flow Kate Taylor FRICS tackles financial modelling for APC candidates • The inside track Jon Lever talks to four candidates who have successfully completed the APC and presents their feedback to a number of typical APC process queries. • The final frontier Over the course of his studies, Ezel Reshad frequently attended RICS training advisor surgeries and other DeLever APC training events. Ezel recently passed the APC and has now achieved his goal of becoming a chartered surveyor. Here, he talks to Jon Lever about his experience of the APC and final assessment. • Development appraisal Kate Taylor demystifies the development appraisal competency  • The importance of planning Keith Thomas discusses the challenge of demonstrating the planning competency • Special – 20 steps to APC success Jon Lever offers his 20 top tips on how to start and successfully complete the APC process • Design economics vs commercial management Susan Hanley explores the two Level 3 core competencies on the quantity surveying and construction pathway and discusses how candidates can ensure they make the right choice • Conquering the interview Kate Taylor offers top tips for making the most of the 10-minute presentation in the final assessment interview • The dirty end of surveying Kate Taylor gets stuck into the nitty gritty of the property management competency • Purchase and sale in the real world Kate Taylor discusses what APC assessors are looking for when testing knowledge of purchase and sale and how this fits into the “agency” competency • A taxing subject Kate Taylor describes how best to demonstrate the challenging competency of local tax to APC assessors • Weighing up landlord & tenant John Baker takes a look at the three levels of the landlord and tenant competency and reviews the requirements of this popular competency choice • Ditch the competence snobbery Exploring the commercial property pathway, this time discussing the property records and information systems competency and addressing the urban myth surrounding assessor opinion of it • Avoiding the valuation pitfalls The challenge of demonstrating valuation competency at assessment • Measuring masterclass The two levels of the measurement competency and how candidates can demonstrate their knowledge to assessors at APC final assessment by being up to date and practical • A safe pair of hands The three levels of inspection competency and how candidates can demonstrate their ability to assessors at final assessment Back to top SEE ALSO: Mainly for students series The topics students need to know, written by the lawyers who know their needs