The benefits
Members shall undertake and record appropriate lifelong learning and, on request, provide RICS with evidence that they have done so.
Aims
- To improve your professional competence for your own benefit and that of yourclients, employers and others.
- To enable you to demonstrate how you have sought to maintain your competence in the event of a claim or allegation.
plan, carry out and record an annual programme of learning activities designed to maintain competence and improve professional knowledge.
Planning
- Identify your future goals then plan what learning you will undertake to achieve them.
- Plan and record a learning programme for the next calendar year.
Effective learning activities are not confined to formal courses.
Examples of activities RICS members undertake for lifelong learning are:
- Professional work-based activities
- Personal and informal learning
- Voluntary or charity work
- Courses, seminars and conferences
RICS does not prescribe a set number of hours for lifelong learning. It requires members’ lifelong learning to be effective, enabling them to do their work
competently. The outcome of the learning is more important than
the number of hours spent on it.
Quality is as important as quantity
Make sure that you gain from the activities and that they enable you to meet the aims of your plan.
Records
Keeping records of your learning activities is essential for you to be able to demonstrate you have complied with Rule 6. For each learning activity make sure
you have recorded:
- date
- subject area & method of learning
- number of hours
- learning objective
- learning outcome.