APC Draft

A worked example: a 3,000 word case study, counted

Counted
2,885 of 3,000
Not counted
454 words
Band
Inside the 2,850 to 3,000 band

Headings count; the project name, confidentiality statement, competency table and appendices do not. Open the workspace and this strip shows your own draft.

Write your APC case study inside 3,000 words, counted the published way

APC Draft is a surveyor's field book for the written half of the Assessment of Professional Competence. The case study comes first: four sections, each counted as you type, with the front matter and appendices booked separately so they never creep into your total. The summary of experience, CPD and diary follow.

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Open your APC draftCase study structure and the limit

Booked in, booked out

In the 3,000

  • Introduction, approach, achievements and conclusion
  • Every heading and sub-heading
  • Tables written into the body, cell by cell

Kept out of it

  • Project name and the date line
  • Confidentiality statement and contents
  • The competencies demonstrated table and the appendices

Our count may differ from Word by a few words; check the final count in Word before you upload.

Three passes through your submission

  1. The case study. A live count per section against the 2,850 to 3,000 target, the introduction against about 500, and your involvement dates checked against the 24 months before you submit.
  2. The summary of experience. Choose your pathway, write each competency level by level, tick where you gave a real example, and watch the mandatory total against 1,500 and the technical total against 4,000. Read what levels 1, 2 and 3 ask for.
  3. CPD and diary days. 48 hours in each 12 month period with at least half structured, and the 400 or 200 diary days your route needs, tallied in half days.

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