Chartered Assessment dates and process
Session Two 2024
The dates below are for the Chartered Assessments for Session Two 2024. These dates are for all Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) candidates, Senior Professional (SPA) candidates, and Specialist Assessment (SPE) candidates.
The Land and Property pathway assessments open week commencing 7 October 2024 and the Built Environment pathway assessments open week commencing 4 November 2024.
RICS expects to assess in the region of 1300 candidates for the session. If we experience a higher volume of candidates applying for assessment in this period, more reliance on our assessors will be required to make the necessary arrangements. This may result in the assessment period being extended. RICS will endeavour to have assessments for each pathway grouping undertaken during a 5-week period. Whilst it is normal for around 90% of assessments to be held successfully in this time frame, it is important to remember that circumstances beyond RICS control, can arise that result in assessments being postponed and re-arranged for a later date. Candidates are required to keep all dates free, and advisable not to book holidays until after their assessment has taken place.
If you are planning to apply for Session Two 2024, please complete the short mandatory online form attached to your eligibility email from RICS, by the deadline stated in bold below to confirm that you will be applying and submitting for the session. We have introduced this step so that we can begin to schedule assessments as early as possible. You will receive an acknowledgement email to confirm we have received this within three working days.
Please note: If you do not complete and submit the intent to submit form, the submission window on the assessment platform will not open for you and you will be unable to apply. The intent to submit form must be completed by all candidates, including those on an apprenticeship programme. This helps to cross reference all entry points for the end point assessment.
Please remember to check your Junk and Spam folders for assessment related communication; RICS do not have any control over receipt of your email preferences.
- Land and Property candidate eligibility email will be sent out 9 July 2024 and the intent to submit deadline to complete and submit the form is 25 July 2024. The form window will close at 16:00.
- Built Environment candidate eligibility email will be sent out 13 August 2024 and the intent to submit deadline to complete and submit the form is 29 August 2024. The form window will close 16:00.
- Candidates will no longer be asked to confirm week preference dates within the Assessment Platform. RICS will be allocating assessment panels solely against the assessor availability received, making sure candidates are assessed based on their regional location of Northern Ireland, Scotland, or England/Wales.
- Candidates will be given a minimum of 2 weeks’ notice of their date and time of interview.
- Assessments will normally be held on weekdays, and different to previous assessments, this will now include the full week, Monday - Friday. In circumstances of assessments being postponed, we will endeavour to re-schedule the assessments as soon as we can, and this might be offered on Saturday or early evening, as an option, but it should only be taken if the candidate is comfortable with this option.
- The submission windows to allow candidates to apply for assessment will open on a Monday, include one weekend period to allow time away from the working week to spend time compiling the requirements, and will close on a Thursday at 16:00 that day. This is to maximise the RICS support during working hours, or any technical issues or questions that may arise.
- Please double-check that your submission is complete prior to hitting the ‘submit’ button in the Assessment Platform. Once submitted, the Platform will lock your submission and you will not be able to make any changes. The Assessment Platform will confirm your submission has been sent. The Assessment Delivery Team will then check your submission is complete and verify eligibility for assessment within ten working days of receipt.
- If you require any reasonable adjustments for your assessment, please complete the relevant section while filling in your submission on the Assessment Platform. We have reviewed our reasonable adjustments process to ensure the assessment process is accessible to all candidates and suitable guidance will be provided to you. You can contact our relevant team confidentially at adjustments@rics.org for any queries relating to your adjustments.
- Once you have submitted via the Assessment Platform, if you wish to defer your assessment, you must inform RICS by email to UKIassessmentdelivery@rics.org It is your responsibility to confirm this to RICS in writing, we cannot accept notification from a third party or over the phone.
- RICS grant a 14-day cooling off period from the date that you apply and submit for assessment within which you can defer without charge. If you defer after the 14-day cooling off period, a £275.00 deferral fee is payable when you next apply & submit for assessment.
- While we do all that we can to avoid this, there are instances where assessments may need to be re-scheduled if assessors become unavailable. In the event this occurs the Assessment Team will contact you as soon possible to schedule a new date.
For the purposes of organising assessments, pathways are split into two broad groups; Land and Property and Built Environment.
Land and Property pathways are the following (including all pre- July 2018 variants, these are only specified below where pathway names were modified):
- Commercial Real Estate/Commercial Property (Pre- July 2018)
- Corporate Real Estate
- Environmental Surveying/Environment (Pre- July 2018)
- Facilities Management
- Geomatics
- Land and Resources
- Management Consultancy
- Minerals and Waste Management
- Personal Property/Arts and Antiques (Pre- July 2018)
- Planning and Development
- Property Finance and Investment
- Residential
- Rural
- Valuation
- Valuation of Businesses and Intangible Assets
Built Environment pathways are the following (including all pre- July 2018 variants, these are only specified below where pathway names were modified):
- Building Control
- Building Surveying
- Infrastructure/Built Infrastructure (Pre- July 2018)
- Project Management
- Quantity Surveying and Construction
- Taxation Allowances
Support for the Submission Process
To help you with the Submission process, the Candidate Support Team will run Hit Submit webinars throughout the submission period. You can book a session here
We also have a YouTube video that will walk you through the Assessment Platform process to ensure your submission is completed. You can access it here
Preparing for your assessment
Make sure you access the Final Assessment Briefing recorded webinar here
Extra support
In addition, each month we run an Ask the Assessor Session where you can ask our panel anything. Scroll through here for monthly Ask the Assessor sessions
During the Session Two run-up, we also run frequent drop-in sessions where you can ask the Candidate Support Team anything: Join an upcoming session
Take a look at our Candidate Support - UK and Ireland (rics.org) for further information
Contact us
You can email us at candidatesupport@rics.org or call us on t +44 24 7686 8555