Continual Professional Development (CPD) is a vital part of the registration of the profession going forward, both for individuals and for teams. The Registered Building Inspector (RBI) Code of Conduct will require individuals to maintain records of and provide evidence of their CPD. The Operational Standards Rules (OSRs) will require employers to make appropriate CPD available to their staff and keep records of this. This will potentially be expensive, time consuming and yet another burden on already stretched resources.

LABC has created a new monitoring and recording portal, myLABC, to help individual members and managers meet these new obligations.

All local authorities will, as part of their current subscription, continue to receive access to the Virtual Learning Environment and will be able to manually upload any CPD they undertake.

Members who elect to subscribe to myLABC will receive an individual log-in, a bespoke tailored calendar of CPD and events based on their work profile. RBI’s will also be able to identify personal training needs and skills gaps identified from their validation assessment (e.g. feedback from the BSCF) with all CPD itemised against the BICoF core competencies and work profile. myLABC will deliver monthly prompts about available resources, unlimited access to courses and learning material, and, perhaps most usefully, an automatic log of all CPD undertaken. This can then be used as evidence for other Competence Assessment Schemes as well as annual CPD returns for Professional Bodies. You’ll never have to remember, evidence, and upload a year’s worth of CPD records again.

Of most interest to managers, is a new dashboard of their surveyor’s learning activity. The VLE will help support performance appraisal and goal setting and automatically generate KPI data for the BSRs OSR Monitoring of teams. This will save many hours of work every year as well as the need to develop manual systems of recording and reporting.

The licence for full access to the system including monthly targeted CPD is £150 per surveyor per annum (£75 / half year) for surveyors in English and Welsh member authorities.

Annual subscriptions run from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. You can view our T&C's here.

If you have any questions about accessing myLABC please contact the team at mylabc@labc.co.uk.

We worked with accreditation bodies to develop a unique Level 6 qualification for people managing the enforcement process to ensure public safety.

Our course is for managers, team leaders or surveyors in building control who have responsibility for, or carry out, enforcement. It's not about management and legislation, it’s about sharing our knowledge and experience in our core role of protecting the public. We’ll look at inspection and enforcement processes including:

• legal action (formal court action, PACE interviews, witness statements, evidence, monitoring reports)
• risk assessments
• lone working policies
• emergency planning
• staff development
• actions proportionate to the risks presented

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*timetables / assessments may be subject to change

STUDENT FEEDBACK

CONTACT US

Please contact learning@labc.co.uk if you have any questions.

Take a look at some of the other courses LABC provides in the course brochures below.

*IMPORTANT NOTICE* 

Please make sure all steps have been completed before booking (these can be found at the top of this page).

Step 1 - Complete the following application form - CIOB Application Form - Level 6 Managing Legislative Compliance
Step 2 - The tutor will review and a coordinator will confirm course suitability 
Step 3 - Book onto the course 

The Level 4 Diploma in Public Service Building Control Surveying is designed specifically for new building control officers working in a building control team. Students will need to be given the opportunity to gain experience performing site inspections and plan checks for domestic extensions and alterations. This qualification develops the learner’s knowledge and skills to evaluate applications for compliance, liaise with stakeholders and carry out inspections to domestic construction projects safely and efficiently.

All learning, lectures and assignments will take place via distance learning on the LABC Virtual Learning Environment.

• Tutor Led Learning: Online interactive lectures with facilitated activities. We recommend that you attend all lectures but understand that this isn't always possible. All lectures will be recorded and made available to those students who are not able to attend. So if you miss them you can always catch up later at a more convenient time / day.
• Self-directed study: Required on top of the Thursday lectures which should involve (e-learning, researching, studying, working on assignments and on-site experience with mentor/manager).
• Exams: One compulsory week of exams.
• Support: As this is an intensive vocational course students must be allocated a mentor and at least 20% of their working time for "off the job learning". This equates to one day a week for lectures, self-directed study and time to go on-site to put theory into practice.

TIMETABLE

STUDENT FEEDBACK

CONTACT US

Please contact learning@labc.co.uk if you have any questions.

Take a look at some of the other courses LABC provides in the course brochures below.

* IMPORTANT NOTICE * 

Please be aware of the following steps prior to booking onto the course: 

Step 1 - Complete the following application form - CIOB Application Form - Level 4 Diploma in Public Service Building Control
Step 2 - The tutor will review and a coordinator will confirm course suitability 
Step 3 - Book onto the course 

The Level 6 Safety and Sports Grounds and other Public Events qualification has been designed in partnership with the Sports Grounds Safety Authority. This unique Level 6 Certificate is aimed at mid-career public officials and other professionals who are involved in regulating public safety at sports grounds and other public events.

The course is made up of online learning modules, case studies, real-life job role activities and live interactive online lectures delivered by expert guest speakers and facilitated by the course lead. It aims to develop the individual’s ability to appraise the physical structure, undertake inspections, and navigate complex safety issues to ensure compliance with legislation for a range of public entertainment venues.

The course specifically covers:

• The roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in ensuring safety in event management
• How to comply with legislation and application in relation to Safety at Sports Grounds and other public events
• How to appraise the physical structure of a premise for a range of events
• The range of complex dynamic factors that can impact the safety of events
• How to be able to make decisions on the suitability of an event

* IMPORTANT NOTICE *

Please be aware of the following steps prior to booking onto the course:
Step 1 - Complete the following application form - CIOB Application Form - Level 6 Safety at Sports Grounds and Other Public Events
Step 2 - The tutor will review and a coordinator will confirm course suitability
Step 3 - Book onto the course

Expert guest speakers* include:

• Bob McIver – The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
• Tim Burgin – SGSA – Stadium Management and Future Direction
• Rodney Burrows – Etihad Stadium
• Anna Thompson – Glastonbury
• Matty Butcher – SGSA – Contingency, major incident and counter terrorism planning
• Rodney Burrows – The Take That concert - Stadium of Light
• Gordon Roy – Olympics 2012
• Stuart Hancox – Commonwealth Games 2022 (Alexander Stadium)
• Graham Bond – Principality Stadium Cardiff Rugby & the Anthony Joshua fight
• Stephen Arundell – Emergency Planning

*Speakers may be subject to change

Live interactive workshops and tutor support days will take place one day a week for 13 weeks*. Although we recommend that you attend all the live sessions we understand that may not always be possible due to work commitments. Therefore LABC will make online learning available before the live workshop days for those who are unable to attend the live sessions. The live sessions will also be recorded so that you can catch up on any sessions you missed. After your last workshop you'll have a study break before the Unit's assessment is due. 

* For those who are new to safety at sports grounds and other public events - an optional 3 week introduction programme will run before the actual course starts covering:

• Summary of new guidance
• Safety at Sports Grounds Day 1 and Day 2
• Annex A Sample indicative questions relating to (P) factors
• Annex B Sample indicative questions relating to (S) factors
• Public Events Day 1: A walk through

TIMETABLE

*timetables / assessments may be subject to change

STUDENT FEEDBACK

NON-LABC MEMBERS – CLICK HERE TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST

LABC MEMBERS - CLICK HERE TO APPLY

CONTACT US

Please contact learning@labc.co.uk if you have any questions.