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Infrastructure

Mandatory competencies

You must achieve the minimum levels as set out below.

Level 3

  • Ethics, Rules of Conduct and professionalism

Level 2

  • Client care
  • Communication and negotiation
  • Health and safety

Level 1

  • Accounting principles and procedures
  • Business planning
  • Conflict avoidance, management and dispute resolution procedures
  • Data management
  • Diversity, inclusion and teamworking
  • Inclusive environments
  • Sustainability

Core competencies

Level 3

  • Engineering science and technology

Plus, 4 to Level 3

  • Client care
  • Contract practice
  • Cost prediction and analysis
  • Procurement and tendering
  • Programming and planning
  • Project controls
  • Quantification, costing and price analysis
  • Risk management

Optional competencies

Two to Level 2, including any not already chosen from the core list

  • Asset management
  • Building information modelling (BIM) management
  • Compulsory purchase and compensation
  • Conflict avoidance, management and dispute resolution procedures or Sustainability
  • Contract administration
  • Cross cultural awareness in a global business
  • Leading projects, people and teams
  • Managing projects
  • Project finance
  • Stakeholder management
  • Supplier management

Plus, 1 to Level 2 from the full list of technical competencies, including any not already chosen from the optional list.

Full details of the Infrastructure pathway are on the RICS website.

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