There had been numerous questions on how to properly fill-up the form of the Diversified Logbook required for the Architecture Licensure Examinations (ALE). Here's my presentation in one of the seminars conducted by the UAP Graduate Auxiliary titled LARO geared to all those taking the board exams. Hope this can help.
If you are taking the board exams for the first time, the Logbook is a major requirement. Re-takers are not required to submit this document again. Re-takers will only have to submit an application form for the exam.
The logbook is the proof of the 2-years diversified experience or its 3,840 hours equivalent providing the details of the training the applicant has undertaken under the guidance of an RLA as mentor. For those working abroad, the logbook can be certified by any Filipino RLA who will vouch for the training undertaken even though the applicant is not under the RLAs supervision.
Mentor-Architect must be a Registered and Licensed Architect (RLA) and may sign and seal DEA Logbooks as a private practitioner or as the duly-authorized representative of a firm employing the prospective LEA Examinee as an apprentice. The Mentor-Architect must possess a current IAPOA Certificate. The form for the Mentor-Architect’s Affidavit must be signed, sealed and notarized (to make the DEA Logbook a public document). The signature of the Dean or Head of the Architectural School is only an optional requirement while credits for apprenticeship hours earned while enrolled or still studying can already be included.
DONTs
DO NOT PAY the Architect-Mentor/ RLA or PAY FOR THE COST OF THE PRC LICENSE RENEWAL OR OF THE IAPOA CERTIFICATE of the Architect-Mentor/ RLA who shall sign and seal the DEA Logbook; if the Examinee is discovered to have paid such an amount (and the Architect-Mentor/ RLA to have accepted money from the Examinee), a criminal and administrative complaint shall be filed by the PRBoA against both; and
DO NOT submit the DEA Logbooks with alterations in entries, as these may NOT be processed by the PRBoA.
