Architects have been a part of decision-making throughout NCARB’s Pathways to Practice initiative, which is evolving the future of architectural licensure. Everything—from our Analysis of Practice study (which saw over 20,000 participants) to the feedback we received from over 5,000 individuals on the initial version of the Competency Standard itself—has been thoroughly vetted by our architect community.
Now we’re ready for the next step in building the future licensure process: take our survey on architect job functions to ensure licensure remains rigorous and accurate to architects’ day-to-day work.
More About the Survey
NCARB recently released an updated NCARB Competency Standard for Architects that includes detailed criteria for each of the 16 competencies. As NCARB volunteers explore potential new methods of assessing competency through the Pathways to Practice initiative, the detailed criteria will ensure that candidates’ competency is evaluated consistently across all pathways to initial licensure.
To ensure that future licensure candidates have developed the knowledge and skills necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public, we are asking architects to rate the importance of the criteria detailed in each competency. Inside the survey, you will see four randomly selected competencies along with their associated criteria. For each competency criteria, you will be asked to rate how critical the job function is to health, safety, and welfare, as well as how frequently you perform each job function.
For example, the competency “assess regulatory design requirements” includes the criteria “determine the regulations, codes, rules, and standards that apply to a project.” You would rate how frequently you determine regulations, codes, rules, and standards, as well as how critical this job function is. Your feedback will help NCARB determine how much weight to assign each criteria as we develop future licensure assessments.
Ten survey respondents will win a free NCARB service, such as an NCARB Record or Certificate renewal or application, or a transmittal—take the survey to share your feedback and get a chance to win!
