Publications
General
ROLE OF ARCHITECTS ACCREDITATION COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA
(AACA)
AACA/RAIA Joint Policy on Continuing Professional
Development
ARCHITECTS' MODEL STATUTORY CODE OF PROFESSIONAL
STANDARDS AND CONDUCT
Australian Architecture Program Accreditation and
Recognition Procedure
The AACA National Competency Standards in Architecture
The
National Competency Standards in Architecture (NCSA) were reviewed in 2008.
As a result the layout in the NCSA booklet has been rearranged for legibility
and clarity, and to emphasise the inter-relationships between the Performance
Criteria (PC) with their relevant Context and Element. In the main the PCs
remain unchanged; some, however, have been split into discreet topics where
multiple measures with a single PC may have been implied in previous editions.
This has resulted in the total number of PCs increasing from 142 to 149.
The other
documents in the NCSA suite (i.e. Guide for Candidates, Reference Guide for
APE Candidates, and the Log Book of Experience in Architectural Practice)
have also been updated. Please Note: Candidates who already have a Log Book are
not required to purchase the new edition.
Booklet
1: The National Competency Standards (NCSA),
This
booklet lists all the Competency Standards required for registration as an
architect in Australia and New Zealand. That is, the ability required to
perform the activities within the profession of architecture to the standard
expected in practice.
This booklet may be downloaded from this site (Adobe Acrobat PDF) by clicking here.
Booklet
2: Guide for Candidates (NCSA GC),
This
booklet provides details on all the processes toward registration through
Competency Based Assessment including the Review of Academic Equivalence
(RAE), the National Program of Assessment (NPrA) and the Architectural
Practice Examination (APE). Please refer to What's
Happening for further information on APE.
This booklet
may be downloaded from this site (Adobe Acrobat PDF) by clicking here.
Booklet
3: Reference Guide for APE Candidates (NCSA REF/G),
This
booklet provides reference information for intending APE Candidates.
This booklet
may be downloaded from this site (Adobe Acrobat PDF) by clicking here.
Booklet 4: Log Book of Experience in Architectural Practice (NCSA/LB)
The
purpose of the Log Book is to record in condensed, but nevertheless specific
form, the Candidate's fulfillment of the mandatory experience requirements
for access to the APE. The information contained in the Log Book, and the
manner in which it is presented and certified play an important role in the
assessment of the eligibility of the Candidate for admission to the
Examination and will be used as a source of information concerning the
practical experience of the Candidate. Please refer to What's
Happening for further information on APE.
If
you would like to purchase the NCSA LB, please contact the Relevant Architects' Board or AACA
for further details.
Sample
Paper
The
following sample NEP Paper is provided for prospective APE candidates (MS
word format).
Sample Paper
Answers to Sample Paper
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