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Mandatory CPD Professional Development 6 June 2025

CPD commencing June 6 2025

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Stacey Holt Real Estate Excellence PME training and CPD statement.

We made the difficult decisionto to not hold any other PME half day or full day special training events for now other than the Thank a Property Manager Day special one day event due to commencement of the mandatory CPD for Queensland Property Agents/Managers on June 6^th, 2025. I still provide private Training services.

This decision was made to enable our Members and Clients to engage in sessions that will be of benefit to meeting the new legislative requirements. Noting that under 23% of Real Estate Excellence Members attend our face to face training held during the last 14 years. I stress the below does not affect my core business which is Membership advisory best practice support services and the PME system. Membership services - Real Estate Excellence

I wrote to the OFT in early February after they released the information (below) on February 13, 2025. I had assumed that the requirements to provide CPD would be only for a registered training organisation (RTO).

I was most delighted and excited when the details were released which states “delivered by an RTO or industry body with at least 2 years' experience training the property sector or a government department”. Industry body criterion certainly fit my business model.

I am by choice not an RTO. When I began my business in January 2010, my vision and purpose was to provide ‘personal and professional services’. That vision and purpose remains today.

Having worked with an RTO in my past career, I understand the challenges, time and resources which are required to comply with the requirements. Had I headed in the direction of RTO, my core purpose and why would have been obscured, and my purpose remains the same.

After several communications with the CPD OFT Department, I was advised that I do not meet the criterion of industry body with at least 2 years' experience training the property sector or a government department” in lieu of being an RTO mentioned above. My business meets the requirements of all outlined below, except according to the CPD OFT Department, I do not meet and “requires their members to comply with established ethical standards”.

An industry body is a membership organisation established to develop industry standards, that advocates and lobbies on behalf of members in the property sector, provides professional advice to their members, and requires their members to comply with established ethical standards. Sourced from Guide to becoming an approved CPD training provider.docx - Mandatory continuing professional development for the property industry - Publications | Queensland Government

I am of course greatly disappointed. We are going to monitor the new CPD as it rolls out from June, and gauge industry feedback in relation to the Office of Fair-Trading (OFT) requirements.

Real Estate Excellence is not an approved (by the OFT) CPD provider, and any training services would not go towards any CPD requirements.

The above does not affect our main business of Membership services. Membership services - Real Estate Excellence

Type 1 CPD sessions

Type 1 sessions are designed to promote and improve core skills.

A Type 1 session is either:

an accredited unit of competency delivered by a registered training organisation (RTO) in the following qualifications
- CPP40521 Certificate IV in Strata Community Management
- CPP41419 Certificate IV in Real Estate Practice
- CPP51122 Diploma of Property (Agency Management)
an approved, condensed 'CPD version' of 1 of the above units delivered by an RTO or industry body with at least 2 years' experience training the property sector or a government department.

We'll publish a list of approved Type 1 sessions on this page before the CPD requirement begins.

Type 2 CPD sessions

Type 2 sessions are designed to promote and improve industry-relevant skills. They aren't based on the property training package units of competency.

We'll publish a list of approved Type 2 sessions on this page before the CPD requirement begins.

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More information regarding the new CPD is following.

Below is an extract for organisations who wish to make a proposal to hold CPD courses and be approved by the Office of Fair Trading (the OFT).

Method: <Specify whether this CPD session will be delivered to students in a classroom setting, online, as a recording, or any combination of these. This is expected to vary depending on the provider’s own resources and the provider’s assessment of what best suits both the content and attendees.>

You do not have to a member of an organisation, and can do the CPD courses once approved and published by the OFT in a classroom setting, online, as a recording or a combination.

Real Estate Excellence Members, we shall advise you via the Real Estate Excellence Member Updates service.

CPD update OFT 29th May 2025 - Approved providers.

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CPD update from the OFT - current from 13th February 2025.

Mandatory continuing professional development (CPD) for Queensland property professionals will begin on 6 June 2025.

Under the new rules, you must complete 2 approved CPD sessions each year to keep your licence or registration. You must do this if you're a:

real estate agent
real estate salesperson (including property managers)
real property auctioneer
resident letting agent.

Exemptions

You don't need to complete CPD training if:

your licence was first issued less than 12 months ago—you only need to start CPD 12 months after your licence 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.

You can also apply for an exemption for any given year if you couldn't complete your CPD due to exceptional circumstances. To apply, you must provide evidence of the exceptional circumstances with your application to renew or restore your licence or registration.

Exceptional circumstances are both unforeseeable and unavoidable. Failing to plan or manage your time is not considered an exceptional circumstance.

We'll publish further guidance about exceptional circumstances before the requirement begins.

Your CPD year

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.

CPD calculator

Use this calculator to work out your first CPD year. Visit Continuing professional development for the property industry | Your rights, crime and the law | Queensland Government to work out your CPD year.

Enter the date your licence was first issued:Please enter the date in the format DD-MM-YYYY.*

Approved CPD sessions

Only the approved CPD sessions listed on this page will count towards your 2 mandatory CPD sessions.

You can choose to complete:

a Type 1 session and a Type 2 session

2 of the Type 1 sessions.

Type 1 CPD sessions

Type 1 sessions are designed to promote and improve core skills.

A Type 1 session is either:

an accredited unit of competency delivered by a registered training organisation (RTO) in the following qualifications
- CPP40521 Certificate IV in Strata Community Management
- CPP41419 Certificate IV in Real Estate Practice
- CPP51122 Diploma of Property (Agency Management)
an approved, condensed 'CPD version' of 1 of the above units delivered by an RTO or industry body with at least 2 years' experience training the property sector or a government department.

We'll publish a list of approved Type 1 sessions on this page before the CPD requirement begins.

Type 2 CPD sessions

Type 2 sessions are designed to promote and improve industry-relevant skills. They aren't based on the property training package units of competency.

We'll publish a list of approved Type 2 sessions on this page before the CPD requirement begins.

Proof of completion

CPD providers must provide 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 Office of Fair Trading (OFT) inspectors on request.

Information for CPD providers

We are currently accepting submissions for CPD sessions from eligible organisations interested in delivering CPD.

If you want to provide CPD sessions you must lodge a CPD session proposal with OFT for approval.

A CPD advisory panel will consider CPD session proposals and recommend appropriate sessions to OFT for approval.

CPD provider resources

CPD Advisory Panel

The advisory panel comprises industry, community and training representatives, including representatives from:

The Office of Fair Trading (Chair)
Australian Livestock and Property Agents Association (industry)
Australian Residential Accommodation Managers Association (industry)
Build Skills Australia (registered training organisation)
Real Estate Institute of Queensland (industry)
Tenants Queensland (community)

Panel membership will be renewed annually and is subject to change.

The advisory panel is currently considering the CPD sessions to be approved for the first year.

More information

We'll continue to update this page with important information before the requirement is mandatory.

We'll let you know:

which CPD sessions are approved
how to advise us when you've completed your annual CPD.

Last updated:

13 February 2025

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5th December 2024 - Mandatory professional development for the property industry

Mandatory continuous professional development (CPD) for Queensland property professionals will begin on 6 June 2025. CPD cannot be completed before that date. The following individuals must complete approved CPD training each CPD year to maintain their licence or registration:

real estate agents
real estate salespersons (including property managers)
real property auctioneers
resident letting agents.

There are some exceptions, including:

the 12 months after your licence is first issued
if your licence has been deactivated for most of your CPD year
if you hold a limited real estate agent licence for affordable housing or for business letting
if you represent public sector agencies or are an official that holds a licence under the Property Occupations Act 2014.

You can also request an exemption for any given year if you could not complete your CPD due to exceptional circumstances. We will publish what may be considered exceptional circumstances before the requirements begin.

CPD Advisory Panel

We have established an advisory panel comprising industry, community, and training representatives to recommend appropriate continuing professional development sessions.

The panel includes representatives from:

The Office of Fair Trading (Chair)
Australian Livestock and Property Agents Association (industry)
Australian Residential Accommodation Managers Association (industry)
Build Skills Australia (registered training organisation)
Real Estate Institute of Queensland (property industry)
Tenants Queensland (community)

Panel membership will be renewed annually and is subject to change.

We’re currently consulting with the advisory panel regarding initial requirements and sessions to be approved for the first year.

Approved CPD sessions

At this stage we have not approved any CPD Sessions. Please refer back to this page closer to commencement.

CPD provider session approvals now open

CPD sessions may only be provided by eligible organisations that have had sessions approved by the Office of Fair Trading.

To apply to have a CPD session approved, you must lodge a CPD session proposal.

We will evaluate and select proposed sessions with the CPD Advisory Panel.

CPD provider resources

More information

In the next 12 months, we'll update this page with important information you'll need to know before the requirement is mandatory.