NZIA APL Graduate Development Programme (GDP)

Becoming  a Registered Architect

Whether you have just graduated or have been working for a while, the NZIA encourages you to become a Registered Architect. The NZIA APL Graduate Development Programme offers Graduates a range of seminars and resources to help you along the way.

Without registration, you won’t be able to call yourself an Architect and you won’t get much say in the way you work, let alone where the profession is heading. Registration also gives you the opportunity  to work overseas as an Architect, or to start your own practice.

The process and assessment procedure for registration is set down by the New Zealand Registered Architects Board (NZRAB) Graduates must complete 2-3 years of on-the-job practical work experience before they can apply to become a Registered Architect. Prior to registration, it is expected that Graduates will learn how to undertake an architectural project competently through all its project phases and have a sound knowledge of the legal and contractual issues related to the practice of architecture.

The NZIA has designed a programme to help you get there. We have seminars throughout the year presented by leading NZ architects, and representatives from the New Zealand Registered Architect Board NZRAB. Check out current seminars at the following link  GDP Events When you join the programme you also recieve a full set of NZIA Practice Notes and Guide Letters, a valuable resource for study and work. 

To  join the Graduate Development Programme you must be a Graduate Member of the NZIA. Please contact Rosemary Geard on (09) 623 6080 or email rgeard@nzia.co.nz  about membership. Once you are a Graduate Member of the NZIA it is free to join the GDP Programme.  If you have any questions about the programme, please contact Justine Francis, Co-ordinator of the Programme at jfrancis@nzia.co.nz of (09) 623 6084




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