In New South Wales, real estate professionals are required to complete continuing professional development (CPD) to maintain their accreditation and stay up-to-date with industry standards.
NSW Fair Trading mandates that licensees and certificate holders complete set hours of CPD every CPD year which is 1 July through to 30th June the following year to remain compliant with the state’s regulations.
CPD activities must be relevant to your role in real estate and should cover a variety of topics, including updates to legislation, market trends, ethical practice, and professional skills development.
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If you’re a property agent who holds a class 1 licence, class 2 licence or a certificate of registration (Assistant Agent), you must complete the CPD specified for your licence or certificate category each year.
We have listed each of the relevant topics further down this page, depending on your category of licence.
Certificate of registration holders as an assistant real estate agent must complete at least 3 units each CPD year from a valid Certificate IV qualification that is required for the issue of a Class 2 Agent licence.
Assistant agents can complete any of the units from their Certificate IV qualification.
Licence and certificate holders must retain their own records of all CPD they complete. It is the licence or certificate holders responsibility to ensure they meet their mandatory CPD requirements every year.
Certificate of registration holders (Assistant Agents) must retain the statement of attainment issued by a registered training organisation for each unit completed from the relevant Certificate IV for their area of practice.
Licence holders (class 1 and class 2) must retain all records for 3 years.
Certificate of registration holders (Assistant Agents) must retain all records for 4 years.
Licence and certificate holders must be able to provide evidence to NSW Fair Trading that they have completed the required CPD topics, including evidence from previous years.
No exemptions will be granted to individuals who fail to complete the required CPD within the allocated period, other than the following circumstances.
License or Certificate Commencing Within 90 Days of CPD Period End
License or certificate holders are automatically exempt from CPD requirements if their credentials:
This exemption applies when the license or certificate becomes effective less than 90 days before the CPD year concludes. No application is necessary as this exemption is automatically applied.
Important Note: This exemption does not extend to licenses or certificates that are reinstated after suspension or cancellation where the Act mandates completion of specific CPD requirements.
Certificate Commencing 3-9 Months Before CPD Period End
Certificate holders who either:
Must fulfill a reduced requirement of completing at least one unit of competency from an approved Certificate IV qualification necessary for Class 2 Agent licensing.
Class 1 agents have an additional requirement to spend a minimum of five hours attending a NSW Fair Trading accredited event.
For strata agents – A new mandatory commissions, disclosures and fiduciary duty course is being developed by NSW Fair Trading. More information will be provided when the course is available for enrolment.
You are no longer able to complete CPD in a self-paced online environment.
All topics must now be delivered face to face (max 40 attendees) or in an interactive webinar (max 25 attendees).
Note – the compulsory topic “Residential tenancy reforms” must be completed face-to-face for a minimum of 3 hours.
Archer Institute can come to your office to deliver CPD training. You will have the option to have all topics delivered face-to-face or have the mandatory topics deliered face-to-face with the remaining topics delivered as a webinar on set dates.
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