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 complete
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.
An electronic version of the Log Book is now available. It is in two sections. The
first section is titled NCSA/LB Log Book Information; the second section
is entitled NCSA /LS Log Sheets. Candidates should carefully read
the first section prior to downloading and saving the second section.
The NCSA/LB Log Book Information may be downloaded from this site
by clicking here.
The NCSA/LS Log Sheets may be downloaded
from this site by clicking here.
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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