ARE Structural Systems Study Session

Thinking about taking the Structures portion of the AREs? Over the holidays would be a great time to dust off the old textbooks and start studying!

YAFSTL will be holding an ARE Structural Systems study session in St. Louis, MO on January 30, 2010. Please check back with the YAFSTL All About Licensure blog for more information.

CSI EmPro Webinar - Getting a Job in a Down Economy

Getting a Job in a Down Economy

12/17/2009

You only get 30 seconds to tell a potential employer about your skills, training, and talent! Make your resume get right to the point and train yourself to have a 30 second verbal summary. This presentation provides detailed instructions on how to create a resume that shouts you can do the job. It will also include ideas on finding job leads.

Speaker: Lee Orosco, FCSI, CCS is the National Specifications Manager at Carollo Engineers, the largest design firm in the United States that is dedicated solely to water and wastewater treatment. In addition, she is an adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico and Indiana State University where she teaches a construction documents course. Lee lectures across the country on construction document issues.

She has mentored more than 500 people in resume writing and job searches. Today she will share her ideas with us.

Join now! It's FREE! Just complete the form on this page and we'll send you an email.

Continue Earning IDP Credit While Looking for Work

The Emerging Professional's Companion is an online resource developed by the AIA and NCARB primarily for use by interns in gaining IDP credit. With the July 2009 edition of the EPC, interns can earn more than supplementary education—Interns can earn up to 5 Minimum (core) Training Units in each IDP Training Area. To learn more visit the Submit for Credit page.

Building Systems ARE Webinar Study Session

If you are interested in participating in a group showing, please send an email to idp.yafstl@gmail.com


Saturday, Oct. 17th 9am-3pm

This one-day study session is for Associate AIA members enrolled in the Intern Development Program (IDP) and studying for the Architect Registration Examination (ARE) 4.0.

It will offer a rigorous review of the Building Systems (Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing) division of the ARE 4.0, and will also include a question and answer period.

$30 for individuals; $50 for groups/firms/organizations.

Fees pay for the Webinar service and minimal proceeds benefit AIA CSR EP Committee Activities.

Register at the Link: http://www.aiacsrep.org/#/news/4529975781

IDP Program hosted by Wash U Friday October 9th at Wash U

http://yafstl.blogspot.com/2009/10/intern-development-program-presentation.html

NCARB Mail: Score Report Update....

We've just received word of delays with Score Reporting, see message below:

Good afternoon,

Yesterday I received a quick update from Prometric that they were (again) experiencing a delay in processing some score reports from exams administered in July. This delay is unrelated to the transition and impacts only ARE 4.0 candidates. Today, I received a more detailed update to share with you.

According to Prometric, solutions for candidates who have taken Site Planning & Design (SPD), Building Design & Construction Systems (BDCS), Structural Systems (SS), Building Systems (BS) and Construction Documents & Services (CDS) since early July have been delayed in being processed through the Prometric system. They estimate that there are about 3,300 candidates who have taken these five divisions in July and August.

Prometric has corrected the processing issue and is currently working through the backlog of vignette solutions that this has created. The solutions have been divided into two sub-sets - with about 4,100 solutions in the first sub-set. A large percentage of this first sub-set includes solutions from July administrations. This set will be scored and processed in the next week. Upon completion of this first sub-set, Prometric will then work to complete the second sub-set and work to get back on schedule.

Thank you for your patience as we work with Prometric to resolve this.

NCARB Launches New Website

About NCARB's New Web Site:

The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) launched a redesigned public web site in late July. We approached this web site redesign from a customer service perspective, surveying our Record holders and members for their input. We found some common themes in the information we gathered:

You want updated content on the site—content that's not redundant
You want the site more intuitively organized
You want the search tool to be easier to find
You want the site less text-heavy, with more visual interest
You want the content of the site to be easier to understand

The web site is meant to be a resource for you, and we believe that it's now more intuitive, more user-friendly, and more visually interesting than ever before. However—it's what you think that counts. There is a "Feedback" button at the upper right on every page. Let us know what you think after you've used it a bit. Send us your suggestions. Let us know how we can serve you even better!

In the coming months we will be re-tooling the "My NCARB Record" section—to make it specific to every customer's unique user experience—as well as the "Members' Only" section for the architectural registration board members and staff of every jurisdiction. We plan on adding some bells and whistles to help you find the information you need quickly and easily each time you log in.

Please take a moment to test-drive the new site. Then, let us know what you think! We hope that the web site is a great resource in your career as an architect!