Preparing for Part 3

Stephen Brookhouse
3rd May 2014

Objectives of this session

Professionalism: what do we mean?

Professional standards: an introduction
Part 3 Criteria: an overview
Professional conduct

Part 3 route map

The elements of Part 3 in detail:
CV
Personal self-evaluation
Pedrs

Case study
Practice problems
Oral examination

Overview
Coming to Professional Practice and Part 3

Professional Knowledge
Professional Experience
Professional Skills
Professional Behaviour
Professional judgement
Professional Development

ARB Registration and RIBA membership

The Professions

Have their own a distinct body of knowledge

Erect entry barriers to membership
Serve the public interest
Independent and impartial
Enjoy public recognition and from other professions

Part 3 Criteria 2011

Five Professional Criteria:
Defining knowledge and competence

PC1 Professionalism
PC2 Clients, users and delivery of services
PC3 Legal framework and processes
PC4 Practice and management
PC5 Building procurement

Part 3 examination: evidence-based

The professional architect

Delegating a task or function:

The clients Agent
Using specialist skills or competence
Using specialist knowledge
An expert?

Independent and impartial

Work in the public interest
Working to established Codes of Conduct

RIBA Code of Professional Conduct

Format of RIBA Code of Conduct (Jan 2005 edition):

Three Principles of Professional Conduct:

Principle 1: Integrity
Principle 2: Competence
Principle 3: Relationships

Professional values
Guidance Notes

ARB Architects Code and Standards

2010 Edition
Introduction
12 Standards
Conduct and Practice
General Guidance:
PII, for example.

Codes and Standards

Professional benchmarks
For competence to practice
For conduct in practice
Standards for the profession to meet
The publics expectations of the profession

Professionalism
Competence to practice
Skills as well as knowledge
Client agent
Independence and impartiality
Ethical behaviour
Autonomy
Reflection

Professional conduct - behaviour

Ethical behaviour - a high barrier

Independence
Autonomy
Reflection

Reflection-a key professional skill

Reflection on what?
How?

Learning from experience

Taking your experience
Applying best practice
Reaching conclusions
Proposing better future practice

Preparing for Part 3

Make the office your key resource

Awareness
Self-awareness
Question in an informed way

Use freely web resources:

Arb, Riba, CIC, Planning Portal, HSE
Read the journals, etc.

Part 3 route map

Professional Development
Objective:
To meet the Part 3 Criteria

Curriculum Vitae
Self-evaluation
24 months (recorded) practical experience (pedr)
Case Study
Practice Problems
Oral examination

Professional Development

Your development on the course and in the workplace

Curriculum vitae
Self-evaluation
pedrs

Curriculum vitae
An overview of your achievements

Chronological milestones:
Academic and practice-based
Include other activities (if you think they are relevant)
Include publications, exhibitions and competitions
Well-presented
Present as if you are applying for a professional position in
practice
succinct, illustrated, accurate : maximum 2 A4 pages

Self-evaluation
A key document

Shows your professional development and progression

Bar chart or pie chart link with pedrs
Different offices
Different projects
Summary of your experience across RIBA work stages
Shows reflective skills
The future: your ambitions for the future including progression

Fills gaps and complements your case study

Illustrated
3-5,000 words

pedrs
24 months minimum recorded experience

Must comply with riba and arb requirements

Location
Your mentor may be a co-professional
under the direct supervision of.
Mentor engagement and comments
An opportunity to highlight issues and targets for progression
Recommend completing until hand-in
Use the pedr to exert leverage on practice if possible and
appropriate

CV and pedrs
Feedback from examiners:

CV:
Badly presented
Incomplete overview
not making enough of your achievements
Little reference to projects

Pedrs:
Too long
not signed
Little evidence of mentor engagement

Self-evaluation
Feedback from examiners:
Poor link with pedrs
Pedr overview missing: doughnuts and pies
No reflection on pedr overview

Too much on early stages (think of a wedge)

Little critical professional view of practice management
Little use of Professional Criteria as a benchmark
Best ones use projects and work stages to explain progression

Poor link between past and future one should flow from the other
A discursive CPD plan is useful (avoid lists)

Planning the case study:

Suggestion: use RIBA Work Stages 2013 and activities if appropriate

Summary (A4)
Introduction
1. Project overview: the office, the appointment, procurement, etc.
2. Regulatory Framework: Town planning, CDM, Building Regulations,
Equality Act, etc.
3. Procurement and Contract: tendering and mobilisation
4. Post-mobilisation and Contract Administration
Conclusions and recommendations
References
Appendices
Word target: 6-8,000 words

Critical Analysis

What do I mean by Critical?

Where?
In every section?
At the end?
How much?

Comparative Analysis
Your experience

The Model or
Best Practice

Comparative
Analysis

No written
Appointment

Code Issues
RIBA
ARB
Standard Form of
Appointment

A written
appointment is
required (ARB
Code reference
4.4) RIBA
Management
issues: scope etc.

Comparative Analysis
Your experience

The Model or
best practice

Comparative
Analysis

Design and Build

Contract:
novated

SBC 11
Architect as lead
consultant

Issues to do with
Quality Control, Cost
control, variations.

Reflection as applied to the case study

The reflective process:

Log experience: telling the story
Reflecting on Experience:
Using models to illuminate experience
Theorising: Reaching a conclusion
Testing: putting it into practice or considering future best
practice

Case Study problems

Time management
Presentation
Gaps: The Appointment
Contract Administration not covered
Critical Analysis or not
Too long-too short

Case Study problems

Not all work stages covered try to cover as many as possible

Incomplete experience
Design & build
Overseas projects
Shadowing
Two projects
Projecting forward

Some Simple Rules

Format: portrait
Illustrated
Page numbers
References: showing your scholarship referencing in the text
(authority)
Appendices: Check their relevance by referencing in the text
Use of illustrations: make sure they are legible and relevant
Careful drafting and careful reading
Please refer to the RIBA North-west requirements (6-8,000 words)
never assume always check

Case study
Feedback from examiners:

Choice is flawed rare so take advice

Work stages are not covered
Lack of comparative analysis
Lack of critical analysis
Weak conclusions and recommendations

Getting into and out of Trouble

Problems that affect progression

Delays
Postponement and cancellation
Lack of suitability for Part 3
Contact Alison
3-way discussion: you, your mentor and Alison

Practice problems
It is an exam but try to treat it as two bad days in the office
(and hope that you never get so many problems happening so
quickly in real life)
Time-limited over two days
Read the questions carefully
Make use of resources to support your analysis
Avoid only textbook answers (make use of the resources (the text
books or best practice models but give your analysis too)
Manage your time
Join a study group meet before and after be objective
Prepare for the oral examination by going over questions

Practice problems
It is an exam but try to treat it as two bad days in the office
(and hope that you never get so many problems happening so
quickly in real life)
Time-limited over two days
Read the questions carefully
Make use of resources to support your analysis
Avoid only textbook answers (make use of the resources (the text
books or best practice models but give your analysis too)
Manage your time
Join a study group meet before and after be objective
Prepare for the oral examination by going over questions

The future
A learning profession
Developing skills for future practice
Knowledge-based profession
Skills-based profession
Reflection and critical analysis
Informing future practice

references
Part 3 Handbook
Professional Studies in Architecture