PC1

Understand the regulatory requirements and obligations pertaining to practice as an architect, including professional codes of conduct and obligations for continuing professional development and professional indemnity insurance.

PC2

Understand the role of quality assurance systems in facilitating efficient and timely delivery of architectural services.

PC3

Understand the principles of project planning, considering implications for Country, environmental sustainability, communities, stakeholders and project costs.

PC4

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PC5

Understand the essential elements of a client architect agreement, across the range of procurement methods and the different scales and types of project.

PC6

Understand appropriate processes for reporting and varying the scope of services provided by an architect. 

PC7

Understand appropriate processes for clear and consistent communication with clients and relevant stakeholders throughout a project, including obtaining approvals from clients and stakeholders.

PC8

Understand how to implement culturally responsive and meaningful engagement processes that respect the importance of Country and reciprocal relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples across architectural services.

PC9

Understand contemporary and emerging building procurement methods. This involves identifying the most appropriate form of delivery for a project, including associated risks, mitigation and adaptation strategies, and understanding appropriate construction and consultant contracts and agreements.

PC10

Understand the whole life carbon implications of procurement methods, materials, components and construction systems.

PC11

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PC12

Understand how relevant building codes, standards and planning controls apply across architectural practice, including climate change implications, the principles of fire safety, and barriers to universal access.

PC13

Have knowledge of documentation processes that facilitate project delivery appropriate to selected procurement processes.

PC14

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PC15

Understand legal and ethical obligations relating to copyright, moral rights, authorship of cultural knowledge and intellectual property requirements across architectural services.

PC16

Understand risk management and mitigation principles and strategies – including safety in design, project risk, requirement for resilience from the impacts of climate change and appropriate insurances – across architectural services.

17

Have an understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ aspirations to care for Country and how these inform architectural design.

18

Be able to apply creative imagination, design precedents, research, emergent knowledge and critical evaluation in formulating and refining concept design options, including the exploration of three dimensional form and spatial quality.

19

Understand the purpose of project feasibility assessments, including research of site constraints, opportunities and risks, and methods of determining preliminary cost analysis.  

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Understand the purpose and process of generating a return brief for approval by the client and relevant stakeholders, including an awareness of the implications of non-compliance.

24

Understand how to identify and evaluate project development options in response to a project brief – its objectives, budget, user intent and built purpose, risks and timeframe, including environmental sustainability considerations.

25

Be able to draw on knowledge from the history and theory of architecture as part of preliminary design research and when developing the conceptual design.

26

Be able to undertake site, cultural and contextual analysis as part of preliminary design research.

27

Understand how to embed the knowledge, worldviews and perspectives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, shared through engagement processes, into the conceptual design in a meaningful, respectful and appropriate way.

28

Be able to draw on knowledge from building sciences and technology, environmental sciences and behavioural and social sciences as part of preliminary design research and when developing the conceptual design to optimise the performance of the project.

29

Be able to develop and evaluate design options in terms of the heritage, cultural and community values embodied in the site, and in relation to project requirements.

30

Be able to explore options for siting a project, including integrating information and analysis of relevant cultural, social and economic factors.

31

Be able to identify, analyse and integrate information relevant to environmental sustainability – such as energy and water consumption, resources depletion, waste, embodied carbon and carbon emissions – over the lifecycle of a project.

32

Be able to apply planning principles and statutory planning requirements to the site and conceptual design of the project.

33

Be able to investigate, coordinate and integrate sustainable environmental systems – including water, thermal, lighting and acoustics – into the conceptual design.

34

Be able to apply principles and methodologies for presenting conceptual design proposals and associated information to clients, stakeholders and communities, including using culturally responsive methods appropriate to different audiences.

36

Be able to apply creative imagination, design precedents, emergent knowledge, critical evaluation and continued engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to produce a coherent project design. This should be resolved in terms of supporting health and wellbeing outcomes for Country, site planning, formal composition, spatial planning and circulation as appropriate to the project brief and all other factors affecting the project.

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Understand how the integration of material selection, structural and construction systems impacts on design outcomes.

40

Be able to resolve and present a coherent detailed design solution within necessary timeframes to obtain client and stakeholder approvals.

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Understand the roles and types of relevant consultants and suppliers as well as applicable construction terminology.

45

Understand processes for selecting materials, finishes, fittings, components and systems, based on consideration of quality and performance standards, the impact on Country and the environment, and the whole life carbon impact of the project.

46

Understand the processes for producing project documentation that meets the requirements of the contract and procurement procedure and complies with regulatory controls, building standards, codes, and conditions of construction and planning approvals.

47

Be able to complete and communicate on-time, accurate documents for relevant stakeholders, including drawings, models, specifications, schedules and construction documentation.

48

Understand available procurement methods and their application to project delivery, considering relevant factors including project type, scale and coordination of contractors.

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Understand the process of selecting qualified contractors in accordance with an agreed procurement method and construction contract.

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Understand the purpose of periodic site visits of construction works for quality assurance.

55

Understand methodologies for record keeping, document control and revision status during the construction phase.

56

Understand the purpose of identification of defects, rectifications and approval substitutions.

57

Understand the principles of contract administration, including certification, variations, instructions, requests for information and practical completion.

58

Understand the contract components – including all documents – and the process of executing a contract, as defined within the construction contract and in accordance with relevant building and planning codes.

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PC1

Demonstrate understanding of the regulatory requirements and obligations pertaining to practice as an architect, including legislation, professional codes of conduct, and obligations for continuing professional development and professional indemnity insurance.                                                                           

PC2

Be able to identify practice resources and apply practice methods and quality assurance systems within an ethical practice management framework to comply with and facilitate efficient, consistent and timely delivery of architectural services.

PC3

Demonstrate understanding of the principles of project planning, considering implications for Country, environmental sustainability, communities, stakeholders and project costs.

PC4

Be able to apply principles of project and staff planning and resource costs to establish realistic and achievable timeframes.

PC5

Demonstrate understanding of the essential elements of a client architect agreement across the range of procurement methods; and be able to explain appropriateness of different agreements in relation to scale and type of project, including alternatives for partial services and the engagement of secondary and sub-consultants.

PC6

Demonstrate understanding of appropriate processes for reporting and varying the scope of services provided by an architect.

PC7

Apply and follow processes for clear and consistent communication with clients and relevant stakeholders throughout the project, including obtaining approvals from clients and stakeholders.

PC8

Be able to implement culturally responsive and meaningful engagement processes that respect the importance of Country and reciprocal relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples across architectural services.

PC9

Demonstrate understanding of contemporary and emerging building procurement methods. This involves identifying the most appropriate form of delivery for a project, including associated risks, mitigation and adaptation strategies, and integrating appropriate construction contracts and consultancy contracts and/or agreements.

PC10

Demonstrate understanding of the whole life carbon implications of procurement methods, materials, components and construction systems.

PC11

Be able to assess, recommend and/or select an appropriate procurement process, with consideration for its impact on all phases of a project – including design, documentation and project delivery – and provide advice to the client in terms of the level of scope of service for consultants. 

PC12

Provide independent, culturally responsive and objective advice in accordance with relevant building codes, standards, technical specifications and guidelines, and planning regulations, including climate change implications, across all aspects of architectural practice.

PC13

Be able to identify and apply strategies, programming and processes for documentation through all project stages to facilitate project delivery, as appropriate to selected procurement processes.

PC14

Be able to identify and apply construction services provisions and/or construction administration systems needed to fulfil all obligations appropriate to the procurement process in accordance with the terms of the agreement.

PC15

Comply with legal and ethical obligations relating to legislated requirements in relation to copyright, moral rights, authorship of cultural knowledge and intellectual property requirements across architectural services.

PC16

Be able to apply risk management and mitigation strategies – including safety in design, project risk, requirement for resilience from the impacts of climate change and appropriate insurances – across architectural services.

PC17

Have an understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ aspirations to care for Country and how these inform architectural design.

PC18

Be able to apply creative imagination, design precedents, research, emergent knowledge and critical evaluation in formulating and refining concept design options, including the exploration of three dimensional form and spatial quality.

PC19

Be able to identify, analyse and evaluate client project requirements and objectives using qualitative and quantitative methods and, where required by the terms of engagement, to assist cost estimators in determining project feasibility/viability.

PC20

Be able to assess project budget and timeframe against project requirements and objectives, relevant legislation, statutory planning requirements, building codes and standards.

PC21

Be able to apply project budgets, or work with quantity surveyor to establish project budgets, based upon understanding of cost planning, value management and factors influencing project cost relevant to the project type and scale.

PC22

Identify and manage risks arising from real or perceived conflict of interests.

PC23

Be able to prepare a return brief for approval by the client and relevant stakeholders in response to a client brief and any areas of deviation or non-compliance.

PC24

Be able to prepare and analyse project development options in response to a project brief – its objectives, budget, user intent and built purpose, risk and timeframes, including environmental sustainability considerations.

PC25

Be able to draw on knowledge from the history and theory of architecture as part of preliminary design research and when developing the conceptual design.

PC26

Be able to undertake site, cultural and contextual analysis as part of preliminary design research.

PC27

Understand how to embed the knowledge, worldviews and perspectives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, shared through engagement processes, into the conceptual design in a meaningful, respectful and appropriate way.

PC28

Be able to draw on knowledge from building sciences and technology, environmental sciences and behavioural and social sciences as part of preliminary design research and when developing the conceptual design to optimise the performance of the project.

PC29

Be able to develop and evaluate design options in terms of the heritage, cultural and community values embodied in the site, and in relation to project requirements.

PC30

Be able to explore options for siting a project, including integrating information and analysis of relevant cultural, social and economic factors.

PC31

Be able to identify, analyse and integrate information relevant to environmental sustainability – such as energy and water consumption, resources depletion, waste, embodied carbon and carbon emissions – over the lifecycle of a project.

PC32

Be able to apply planning principles and statutory planning requirements to the site and conceptual design of the project.

PC33

Be able to investigate, coordinate and integrate sustainable environmental systems – including water, thermal, lighting and acoustics – in response to consultants’ advice.

PC34

Communicate conceptual design proposals and associated information to client, stakeholders and communities using appropriate and culturally responsive methods appropriate to different audiences.

PC35

Be able to assess operational and embodied carbon implications of materials, components, construction systems and supply chains (including transport) to achieve net zero whole life carbon when developing design concepts. This includes integrating relevant consultant expertise and advising on the impact of chosen materials, components and systems on carbon outcomes.  

PC36

Be able to apply creative imagination, design precedents, emergent knowledge, critical evaluation and continued engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to produce a coherent project design. This should be resolved in terms of supporting health and wellbeing outcomes for Country, site planning, formal composition, spatial planning and circulation as appropriate to the project brief and all other factors affecting the project.

PC37

Be able to produce timely, accurate, complete and comprehensible documentation of the design so that it can be constructed.

PC38

Be able to work within budget and time constraints while maintaining the defined project design intent. This includes participating in value management processes where engaged to do so.

PC39

Be able to integrate the material selection, structural and construction systems established in the conceptual design into the detailed design and documentation.

PC40

Be able to resolve and present a coherent detailed design solution within necessary timeframes to obtain client and stakeholder approvals.

PC41

Be able to coordinate and integrate input from specialists and consultants into the detailed design and documentation.

PC42

Be able to prepare planning applications that comply with planning regulations.

PC43

Be able to collaborate with nominated contractors early in the documentation process to identify key construction methodology opportunities and constraints.

PC44

Maintain effective and clear communication in the coordination of relevant consultants, manufacturers and suppliers as required under the terms of engagement.

PC45

Be able to nominate and integrate quality and performance standards with regard to selected materials, finishes, fittings, components and systems, considering the impact on Country and the environment, and the whole life carbon impact of the project. This includes integrating life cycle assessments and other 

expertise and advice from consultants.

PC46

Be able to produce project documentation that meets the requirements of the contract and procurement process and complies with regulatory controls, building standards and codes, and conditions of construction and planning approvals.

PC47

Be able to complete and communicate on-time, accurate documents for relevant stakeholders, including drawings, models, specifications, schedules and construction documentation.

PC48

Be able to select and implement project administration systems, based upon an assessment of the selected procurement method and its implications on project delivery.

PC49

Be able to implement project team structures necessary to deliver a full suite of professional services or partial services appropriate to the selected procurement process.

PC50

Be able to continue engagement with relevant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples throughout all stages of the project and its delivery in a meaningful, respectful and appropriate way.

PC51

Be able to provide advice to clients and lead (or contribute to) the process of selecting a qualified contractor in accordance with the agreed procurement method and construction contract.

PC52

Be able to apply the principles and mechanisms implicit in the selected procurement method and associated construction contract(s), based on an understanding of the implications of differing contractual relationships.

PC53

Be able to provide advice to clients on the impact of a selected procurement method on cost, time, life cycle implications and quality control during the construction phase.

PC54

Be able to monitor construction progress and quality as required under the provisions of the construction contract, which may include site visits.

PC55

Be able to apply appropriate and consistent systems for record keeping, document control and revision status during the construction phase.

PC56

Be able to apply appropriate and consistent systems for identification of defects, rectifications and approval of substitutions.

PC57

Be able to apply relevant processes required for certification of monetary progress claims, project variations, extensions of time, project instructions, and requests for information, practical completion or other administrative functions explicit in the selected procurement method and associated construction contract. 

PC58

Complete documentation – including specifications, drawings, schedules, reports, certification and approvals – and other project information for issue to the client and relevant authorities, as required under the construction contract and relevant building and planning codes.

PC59

Understand and mitigate risks associated with preparing and recording documentation.

PC60

Apply appropriate methodologies for undertaking post occupancy evaluations and life cycle assessment where required under terms of engagement.