About continuing professional development for the property industry
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Continuing professional development (CPD) is now mandatory for all Queensland property professionals who hold one of the following licences or registrations, regardless of job, position, or role:
real estate agent
real estate salesperson (including property managers)
real property auctioneer
resident letting agent.
CPD training is designed to enhance your skills, knowledge and professionalism. It ensures you stay up to date with industry best practices and regulatory requirements. It's an important step in building trust with your clients and improving the reputation of the property industry.
CPD training is separate to other training you may have completed when applying for your licence or registration.
You must complete 2 approved CPD sessions each CPD year.
Watch our video to learn about your CPD requirements.
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Mandatory continuing professional development or CPD for the property industry has now begun.
The new requirements simply mean that all relevant property agents will need to spend just a few hours each year to keep their skills and knowledge up to date.
This will lift the professionalism of the industry as a whole and build greater community confidence in the real estate sector.
Meeting your CPD requirements is quite simple. CPD doesn't start at the same time for everyone, and your first CPD year will be determined by the initial issue date of your licence or your registration.
To find out when CPD starts for you, simply go to our website and enter the initial issue date of your license or registration into our online CPD calculator.
Once your CPD year begins, you have 12 months to complete two approved CPD sessions of your choice. Our website has over 120 approved courses offering a wide variety of topics to suit different business areas within the property sector.
Finally, retain your training records for future reference. You can find more information about your CPD requirements and the approved CPD sessions at qld.gov.au/propertyindustryCPD or you can enter OFT CPD into your favourite search engine.
Exemptions
You don't need to complete CPD training if:
your current licence or registration was first issued less than 12 months ago—you only need to start CPD 12 months after your current licence or registration was first issued
your licence was deactivated for most of your CPD year
you hold a limited real estate agent licence for affordable housing or for business letting
you represent public sector agencies or you're an official with a licence under the Property Occupations Act 2014, provided you don't hold an individual licence or registration. If you separately hold an individual licence or registration, you must complete CPD training.
You can apply for an exemption for any given year if you can't complete your CPD due to exceptional circumstances.
Exceptional circumstances are both unforeseeable and unavoidable. Failing to plan or manage your time is not considered an exceptional circumstance.
Your CPD year is based on the date your licence or registration was issued. This means your CPD year is specific to you. Any CPD you complete before your first CPD year starts won't count towards your mandatory requirements.
Use our CPD calculator to find out when your CPD year begins and ends.
3. Choose 2 approved CPD sessions
You must complete 2 approved CPD sessions every CPD year to keep your property industry licence or registration. Some exemptions apply.
Contact a CPD provider directly to make enquiries or enrol in a session.
Only the approved CPD sessions listed on our website will count towards your 2 mandatory sessions. Any CPD sessions completed from other states or territories, even if approved there, won’t be accepted.
4. Keep a record
Once you complete a session, the CPD provider must supply you with proof of completion, such as a certificate or statement of attainment.
You must keep the proof-of-completion document for 5 years and produce it to us on request.
