Health & Safety - The BIG APC Quiz

THE RULES:
Answer the questions verbally within the 15 second time limit.
That's it!
Please remember this quiz isn't designed to tell you the answers, as nobody apart from the assessors know what they are going to ask and you, as it's your experience that they are assessing.
The quiz is designed to get you used to answering questions verbally and under pressure.
Good luck and we'll review the answers together.

[@Foghorn8]

So, for Level 2 in the summary of experience I understand I’m supposed to give examples of how I’ve fulfilled the competency. For Health and Safety, when asked a level 2 question, should I be trying to back up my answer with an example from my experience? Honestly, the level 2 questions in this video feel very similar to level 1; am I just not understanding the difference in the type of questions? If they’re similar I’m a bit worried about how to identify level 1 from level 2.

[@DIEMLtdTV]

Don’t forget these quizzes are designed to get you answering questions, not tell you all the answers. My advice would be to revisit the current competency definition…. And yes L1 and L2 for this one have similarities.

[@Foghorn8]

@@DIEMLtdTV One of my biggest concerns about the interview is my poor ability to recall information quickly. Your 15 second response timer has highlighted this to me. In a work setting I can spend some significant time considering a response to an e-mail; there's no pressure there. Do you have any advice on how a candidate can generally improve recall under pressure? My only idea so far is to start producing mind maps for each competency, write them out over and over, condensing them and hoping that my mind can make the leap to the information I need to draw on during an interview. Problem is, within each competency there are, presumably, hundreds of questions that could be asked and many of these are going to require me to provide a list (eg. of items that could go into a cost report or the things firms need to do when handling Client money). This is my nightmare; forgetting an item from "the list" and end up with a referral!

[@DIEMLtdTV]

@@Foghorn8 You are doing the right thing about making mind maps. However, the final assessment is more of a discussion, with obviously some questions thrown in. My advice would be to give someone you work with these mind maps and just talk about the concepts. Give anyone you know your submission and ask them to talk with you about it, which is really what the assessment is about. There is a hack though, which you probably can use once in the final assessment. If your mind goes blank, mine frequently does, know where this information comes from. An example of this is you are asked the levels of turnover an PII levels set my RICS. if you mind goes blank, it's better saying "My mind has gone blank but I'd look on the RICS website where these are published" rather than make a wild guess and get it wrong. Remember, the APC is a process and about making sure you are safe pair of hands, not someone who can recall every technical fact as in practice, being a Chartered Surveyor is not a memory exercise.