Designed specifically for registered Class 1 building inspectors who previously worked unsupervised before April 2024 on any project type and who are now considering registering at a higher Class, and all other Registered building inspectors from Class 2A - F who are seeking to keep their competency knowledge up to date.

This programme provides a technical overview of the key changes to building control introduced by the Building Safety Act 2022. It covers the new dutyholder and competence requirements, updated application routes (including applications for approval with full plans, statutory consultations and the Building Safety Levy), and clarifies the main notification stages and information to be provided to the local authority (for example, commencement and fire safety information), alongside the building control authority’s powers to require reasonable tests.

The course takes a technical look at recent and emerging changes to Schedule 1 and Approved Documents B, L, M, R and T, together with the updated version of BS 9991, other associated guidance such as the Approved Documents FAQs, and the Future Homes Standard. It also explores updated enforcement powers and the appeals process, the transition from Approved Inspectors to Registered Building Control Approvers, and the handling of initial notices.

Attendees on this essential updates course gain the competency-specific knowledge necessary to sit the BSCF competency assessment for achieving or maintaining competence in Classes 2A to F.

Who should attend:

• Class 1 building inspectors who previously worked unsupervised before April 2024 on any project type and who are now considering registering at a higher Class, and all other RBIs from Class 2A - F who are seeking to keep their competency knowledge up to date.

What you'll gain:

• The knowledge gained within this course is acceptable to the BSCF as evidence for sitting a competency assessment or maintaining competence Classes 2A to F.

What the course covers:

This 8 week targeted technical update programme is made up of eight sessions that can be booked as a complete series (£300 +VAT each) or individually (£85 +VAT each).​

• 11 March - An introduction to what's changed since the Building Safety Act 2022 was implemented.
• 18 March - Dutyholders and competence.
• 25 March - The application process changes and the new Building Safety Levy.
• 01 April - Understanding key terms and requirements at certain stages of building work.
• 08 April - Changes to enforcement and the appeals process.
• 15 April - Changes to AIs (RBCAs) and Initial Notices.
• 22 April - Changes to Schedule 1 and the Approved Documents.
• 29 April - Preparing for validation

For more detailed descriptions of each session, refer to the course brochure here.

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.

Designed specifically for registered Class 1 building inspectors who previously worked unsupervised before April 2024 on any project type and who are now considering registering at a higher Class, and all other Registered building inspectors from Class 2A - F who are seeking to keep their competency knowledge up to date.

This programme provides a technical overview of the key changes to building control introduced by the Building Safety Act 2022. It covers the new dutyholder and competence requirements, updated application routes (including applications for approval with full plans, statutory consultations and the Building Safety Levy), and clarifies the main notification stages and information to be provided to the local authority (for example, commencement and fire safety information), alongside the building control authority’s powers to require reasonable tests.

The course takes a technical look at recent and emerging changes to Schedule 1 and Approved Documents B, L, M, R and T, together with the updated version of BS 9991, other associated guidance such as the Approved Documents FAQs, and the Future Homes Standard. It also explores updated enforcement powers and the appeals process, the transition from Approved Inspectors to Registered Building Control Approvers, and the handling of initial notices.

Attendees on this essential updates course gain the competency-specific knowledge necessary to sit the BSCF competency assessment for achieving or maintaining competence in Classes 2A to F.

Who should attend:

• Class 1 building inspectors who previously worked unsupervised before April 2024 on any project type and who are now considering registering at a higher Class, and all other RBIs from Class 2A - F who are seeking to keep their competency knowledge up to date.

What you'll gain:

• The knowledge gained within this course is acceptable to the BSCF as evidence for sitting a competency assessment or maintaining competence Classes 2A to F.

What the course covers:

This 8 week targeted technical update programme is made up of eight sessions that can be booked as a complete series (£300 +VAT each) or individually (£85 +VAT each).​

• 11 March - An introduction to what's changed since the Building Safety Act 2022 was implemented.
• 18 March - Dutyholders and competence.
• 25 March - The application process changes and the new Building Safety Levy.
• 01 April - Understanding key terms and requirements at certain stages of building work.
• 08 April - Changes to enforcement and the appeals process.
• 15 April - Changes to AIs (RBCAs) and Initial Notices.
• 22 April - Changes to Schedule 1 and the Approved Documents.
• 29 April - Preparing for validation

For more detailed descriptions of each session, refer to the course brochure here.

Designed specifically for registered Class 1 building inspectors who previously worked unsupervised before April 2024 on any project type and who are now considering registering at a higher Class, and all other Registered building inspectors from Class 2A - F who are seeking to keep their competency knowledge up to date.

This programme provides a technical overview of the key changes to building control introduced by the Building Safety Act 2022. It covers the new dutyholder and competence requirements, updated application routes (including applications for approval with full plans, statutory consultations and the Building Safety Levy), and clarifies the main notification stages and information to be provided to the local authority (for example, commencement and fire safety information), alongside the building control authority’s powers to require reasonable tests.

The course takes a technical look at recent and emerging changes to Schedule 1 and Approved Documents B, L, M, R and T, together with the updated version of BS 9991, other associated guidance such as the Approved Documents FAQs, and the Future Homes Standard. It also explores updated enforcement powers and the appeals process, the transition from Approved Inspectors to Registered Building Control Approvers, and the handling of initial notices.

Attendees on this essential updates course gain the competency-specific knowledge necessary to sit the BSCF competency assessment for achieving or maintaining competence in Classes 2A to F.

Who should attend:

• Class 1 building inspectors who previously worked unsupervised before April 2024 on any project type and who are now considering registering at a higher Class, and all other RBIs from Class 2A - F who are seeking to keep their competency knowledge up to date.

What you'll gain:

• The knowledge gained within this course is acceptable to the BSCF as evidence for sitting a competency assessment or maintaining competence Classes 2A to F.

What the course covers:

This 8 week targeted technical update programme is made up of eight sessions that can be booked as a complete series (£300 +VAT each) or individually (£85 +VAT each).​

• 11 March - An introduction to what's changed since the Building Safety Act 2022 was implemented.
• 18 March - Dutyholders and competence.
• 25 March - The application process changes and the new Building Safety Levy.
• 01 April - Understanding key terms and requirements at certain stages of building work.
• 08 April - Changes to enforcement and the appeals process.
• 15 April - Changes to AIs (RBCAs) and Initial Notices.
• 22 April - Changes to Schedule 1 and the Approved Documents.
• 29 April - Preparing for validation

For more detailed descriptions of each session, refer to the course brochure here.