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Realty Competency Building Navigator

(RCB)

Online tool Marshall Wainright

Office of Real Estate Services

What is the Navigator?It is an online repository of professional development resources for those who work in the Right-of-Way field.

How does it work?

The Navigator tells ROW professionals WHAT they need to know, HOW WELL they should know it, and HOW they can find the resources that will get them there.

Using the Navigator:Step 1

User selects a role

Project Manager

Planner

Appraiser

Highway Beautification

Acquisition Specialist

Housing/ Relocation Specialist

Environmental Practitioner

Outdoor Advertising

Control Specialist

PropertyManager

Using the Navigator: Step 2Based on the role chosen, user is provided with three levels of knowledge.

General Understanding

Awareness Technical Proficiency

PropertyManager

Using the Navigator:Step 3

Each role is expected to have a certain level of knowledge in specific subject areas.

PropertyManager

General Understanding

Awareness Technical Proficiency

Mobile Homes

Outdoor Advertising Control

Section 106

GIS

Just Compensation

Land Consolidation

Civil Rights

Junkyards

Contaminated Properties

Zoning/Land Use

Disposals

Leasing and Income

Airspace/Joint Use & Occupancy

Access Control

Pre/Post Construction Mgmt.

Using the Navigator: Step 4

FHWA Guidance

Training Courses

Published ResearchLegislationConferences

Property Manager

Technical Proficiency

Airspace/Joint Use & Occupancy

Level of Knowledge

Role

Subject Area

Direct Links to Available Resources

Benefits

• The Navigator serves as a centralized source of credible, up-to-date information on resources available to ROW professionals.

• Provides an accessible and easy to use way for practitioners to stay up to date in their fields, prepare themselves to do their jobs, and advance through the ranks.

http://www.realty.fhwa.dot.gov/navigator.aspx