Training and qualifications

The Qualification in Land Registration Law and Practice is run in partnership with The College of Law and has become an established career development course for both Land Registry staff and external students.

The qualification has two levels: the certificate, a one-year foundation course at A-level standard, and the degree-level diploma, a two-year course providing a comprehensive and detailed consideration of property law, including the law and practice of land registration.

The 2006 intake of 175 internal and 75 external certificate students and 155 internal and 51 external diploma students took the enrolment total for both courses to more than 2,500. We continue to see a year-on-year increase in the number of external students.

Seven members of staff successfully sat their Assessment of Technical Competence to become technical members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (TechRICS). Five took the level 4 Spatial Data Management NVQ and two were volunteers using a combination of the LRQ diploma, previous experience and structured training.

RICS has also updated the routes to technical membership with a new points system. The LRQ diploma is now recognised as a significant achievement towards the total points required. Staff who also demonstrate mapping competences can undertake 12 months of structured training to obtain the remaining points.