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Introduction to IDP
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Training Settings:
Maximum Training Units Allowed
& Conditions Affecting IDP Training
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Training Setting
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Maximum Training Units Allowed |
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A
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Training under the direct supervision1
of a registered architect2 and when the
organization's practice (a) is in the charge of a person practicing
as a principal3
and (b) encompasses the comprehensive practice of architecture,
including each of the training areas.
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No limit4
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B
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Training under the direct
supervision1 of a registered architect,
but when the organization’s practice does not encompass
the comprehensive practice of architecture, including each
of the training areas.
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465 training units4 |
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C
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Training in a firm engaged in the practice of architecture
outside the United States or Canada, under the direct
supervision1 of a person practicing
architecture, who is registered neither in a U.S. or a Canadian
jurisdiction.
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235 training units |
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D
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Experience directly related to architecture under the direct
supervision1 of a registered engineer
(practicing as a structural, civil, mechanical, or electrical
engineer in the field of building construction) or a registered
landscape architect.
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235 training units Training
Categories B, C, and D5 |
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E
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Experience (other than that noted above) in activities involving
the design and construction of the built environment (such
as analysis of existing buildings, planning, programming,
design of interior space, review of technical submissions,
engaging in building construction activities, and the like)
when under the direct supervision1
of a person experienced in the activity.
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117 training units in Training
Categories C and D5 |
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F
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Full-time teaching or research in an NAAB-accredited or CACB-accredited
professional degree program.
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245 training units in Training
Category D |
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FF
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Performing professional and community service when not in
settings described in A through F.
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10 training units in Training
Area 16 |
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NCARB conditions referred to by the footnotes in the table
are as follows:
1“Direct
supervision” means that degree of supervision
by a person overseeing the work of another, where both work
in the same office in circumstances where personal contact
is routine, whereby the supervisor has both control over
and detailed professional knowledge of the work prepared
under his or her supervision.
To earn
training units in settings A through E if you were not an
employee of the organization in which you received your
training, you must submit evidence that you were nonetheless
working under the direct supervision of the person overseeing
your work. NCARB conditions do not recognize work performed
by "independent contractors" as defined by the
U.S. Department of Labor.
2A
“registered
architect” is
a person registered to practice architecture in the jurisdiction
in which they practice.
3A
person practices as a “principal”
by being (a) a registered architect as defined above and
(b) the person in charge of the organization’s architectural
practice, either alone or with other registered architects.
4You must
earn at least 235 training units in Training Setting A.
5To
satisfy Training Category A of the IDP training requirement,
training units (including those earned from supplementary
education) must be acquired when employed in Training Settings
A, B, and C.
Other NCARB conditions affecting IDP training
are as follows:
Duration Requirement:
To earn training units in Training Settings
A, B, C, D, and E, you must work at least 35 hours per week
for a minimum period of eight consecutive weeks, or at least
20 hours per week for a minimum period of six consecutive
months.
- To earn training units in Training Setting F, you must
be employed on a full-time basis
- Training units may be earned in IDP Training Category
D for experience not meeting the above durational conditions
only if NCARB considers the experience to be substantial
and continuous.
- No experience used to obtain core or elective academic
credit required for graduation in an NAAB- or CACB-accredited
degree program may be used to earn training units.
- No training units may be earned for foreign training
other than under the direct supervision of a person practicing
architecture; however, a person with five years of foreign
practice as a principal in the office of a registered architect
shall be deemed to have satisfied the training requirement.
- Experience in training settings other than those outlined
above may be accepted only insofar as NCARB considers it
to be equivalent to experience earned in one or more of
the recognized settings.
- In the evaluation of training, NCARB may require additional
substantiation of the quality and character of your experience,
notwithstanding the fact that the experience satisfies the
above conditions.
Also see Conditions
Affecting Supplementary Education.
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