Examinations - Scotland

IRPM Part I Examination

Affiliates of the Institute must have one year's current relevant experience in the leasehold property management sector in order to take the exam and must take it within two years of their Affiliation.

On passing this exam Affiliates will be upgraded to Associate (AIRPM) grade on receipt of the balance of the new subscription level. To achieve a pass 70 questions must be answered correctly with distinction at 90 correct answers.

This exam is organised and run by the Institute itself – a sample paper with the correct answers and a booking form are downloadable from the Examinations page on the members’ area.

The Residential Block Management Distance Learning Pack 2008 (DLP) is the syllabus for this exam which is a one-hour 100 question multiple choice paper, each with 4 possible answers. The paper has 5 questions from the Introduction section, 3 from Customer Services, 2 from Personal Development, 15 from Glossary and 25 each from Legal (Scots Law), Management Finance and Land and Buildings. The DLP in portable document format (.pdf) is available to Affiliates of the IRPM on request from the IRPM Secretariat.

The field of residential property management is a complex area of the property services sector underpinned by the Abolition of Feudal Tenure (Scotland) Act 2000, Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 and Tenement (Scotland) Act 2004 all of which are now in force in Scotland.

The course is based around this new legislation and as the syllabus for the exam it should be studied in detail. It goes without saying that the contents must be foremost in mind at all times for everyone working in the residential property management sector in Scotland.

IRPM Part II Examination

Associates (AIRPM) of the Institute must have completed three years in the residential property management sector before they can sit this annual exam.

On passing the exam Associates will be upgraded to Member (MIRPM) grade on receipt of the balance of the new subscription level.

The syllabus for this exam is currently in preparation by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) which runs the exam on behalf of the IRPM. All IRPM members in Scotland will be notified when the syllabus is published and the date of the first Part II examination in Scotland is announced.

For dates of forthcoming exams please visit our Diary Dates page.