TCIAT POP Record

Listed below are the units for the Architectural Technician, TCIAT POP Record Performance Standards.

Unit 1  Client and user requirements

1.1  Identify user and community factors
1.2  Investigate development factors and likely problems

Unit 2  Feasibility studies

2.1  Identify survey requirements, data standards and outputs
2.2  Observe and record measurements
2.3  Check and present survey data

Unit 3  Health and safety

3.1  Identify hazards and risks
3.2  Check design choices to reduce health and safety risks
3.3  Ensure your actions reduce risks to health and safety 

Unit 4  Regulations

4.1  Identify regulatory requirements on development
4.2  Identify statutory consent requirements and prepare applications

Unit 5  Design proposals

5.1  Prepare and present design proposals
5.2  Provide information to agree detailed design
5.3  Identify detailed design interactions and methods for maintaining design coherence

Unit 6  Technical design development

6.1  Identify, analyse and record construction criteria and detailed design solutions
6.2  Investigate, calculate, test and present detailed design solutions

Unit 7  Design information management

7.1  Control document production
7.2  Check and evaluate design information
7.3  Prepare drawing and associated graphical information
7.4  Prepare schedules
7.5  Draft prescriptive technical specifications
7.6  Organise technical information systems

Unit 8  Tender and contracts   

8.1  Obtain estimates, bids and tenders
8.2  Check estimates, bids and tenders

Unit 9  Contract compliance

9.1 Monitor construction work against agreed quality standards
9.2  Monitor contract compliance with legal and statutory requirements

Unit 10  Professional communications

10.1 Make contributions to meetings
10.2 Maintain relationships with people who are affected by your work
10.3  Present technical information
10.4  Identify and summarise problems and criteria for solutions
10.5  Contribute to the protection of client interests

Unit 11  Continuing professional development

11.1  Identify, record and analyse personal development aims and progress