Terms of business and conditions of survey: The genesis activity for teaching building surveying

Simon Mclean

Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal & Valuation, 2019, vol. 8, issue 1, 6-8

Abstract: Based upon many years of teaching under-graduate building surveying learners, the author has devised a starting methodology for teaching practical surveying and professionalism. The teaching starts from the principle of creating terms of business, conditions of survey and confirmation of instruction. The principle is to forge an understanding of why the learners are doing the survey, what the consequences are, that this activity at every level, even theirs, is a professional act. This is before any training on the mechanics of surveying, use of the equipment, recording methodology and report writing is undertaken. Learners understand that what you do not say is as important professionally as what you do, and that surveying is a client focused business with client expectations to meet and manage. This provides a sound platform to differentiate between the professional chartered surveyor and the property inspector. This effectively makes terms of business the genesis for teaching practical building surveying methodology.

Keywords: terms of business; professional conduct; professional training professional awareness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://hstalks.com/article/3952/download/ (application/pdf)
https://hstalks.com/article/3952/ (text/html)
Requires a paid subscription for full access.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aza:jbsav0:y:2019:v:8:i:1:p:6-8

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal & Valuation from Henry Stewart Publications
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Henry Stewart Talks ().