Please visit the Office of Fair-Trading website relating to Builders’ CPD.

If you hold a building or pool building licence in NSW as an individual, you are required to do CPD.

Learning Category 1:

As set out in the Office of Fair-Trading Director General’s Guide for Delivering CPD.

An activity with an identifiable learning outcome. The training must be delivered by interactive training such as CD-ROM, workshop, web-based tool, forums or conference presentation.

No, we are not. We deliver our CPD service in accordance with Category 1 of the Office of Fair Trading, Director General Guidelines for Delivering CPD. For more information regarding this please visit the Office of Fair Trading website.

Yes, our CPD Points are recognised by the NSW Government's Office of Fair Trading. BlueprintCPD has been providing this service for NSW builders since October 2010.

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Property Law & Business Structures	Managing Meetings, Time & Cost	Project Risk & Procurement
Bookkeeping Handbook	Tenders & Work Breakdown Structures	Workplace Bullying
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Yes, if you wish to renew your builders licence you must do CPD. Should you feel you have special conditions please seek further advice from the Office of Fair Trading.

As long as you wish to keep your builders’ licence current, you are to undertake CPD Points.

Yes, the Commissioner's Guidelines allow exemptions in extenuating circumstances. Each case is assessed on its own merits. The circumstances for granting exemptions are limited and in most cases relate to serious illness or misadventure. To find out more, please contact the Office of Fair Trading.

You must keep a diary / record of your CPD activities, along with evidence whenever possible, such as a certificate, academic or attendance record or a receipt if you purchase or hire learning resources. With BlueprintCPD you can login at any time and download or email for yourself a “Certificate of Completion”.

The application for Builders License renewal is in part (if not all) a Statutory Declaration. The renewal application asks whether a builder has undertaken and accumulated their required CPD Points. And by proceeds to lodge the renewal, the builder in essence is warranting in the Statutory Declaration that they have in fact done so. Fair Trading may carry out random audits or spot checks.

No, it is the builder’s responsibility to keep their own records of CPD activity.

The builder is to have completed their CPD requirements by the time they renew their builder’s licence.

The Home Building Act states that CPD must be completed before an application for renewal or restoration of a licence or certificate can be accepted. If you do not comply with the CPD requirements Fair Trading may reject your application until you have completed the points. Builders will need to provide Fair Trading with reasons setting out why they have not met the CPD requirements. If there are special or extenuating circumstances, a builder can make inquiries with the Office of Fair Trading and may be granted an exemption.

Fair Trading may cancel a licence or certificate. In certain circumstances disciplinary action can also be taken. It is a criminal offence under the Crimes Act 1900 to deliberately make a false or misleading statement on your application for renewal or restoration of your licence or certificate.

One can participate in other learning activities other than face-to-face training to acquire your CPD Points. Such as web-based learning, watching videos/DVDs and correspondence courses.

It's easy to register, just click here and simply select the package you want (i.e., 6, 12, 24 or 36 CPD Points) and fill out your details on the registration page. Once payment has been received you will receive 2 notifications via emails. One being a transaction receipt and the other being an order confirmation / tax invoice. And you are ready to go.

Builders have a choice of 2 & 3 CPD Point modules to choose from.

Absolutely Yes. The CPD modules are in an easy-to-follow format and have been prepared by Builders for Builders. There are a vast range of topics to choose from that contain valuable information and in accordance with the categories stipulated by the Office of Fair Trading. Some of the modules provide project management templates, for processes applicable in real-life situations to greatly assist builders.

Yes. It is a requirement of the Office of Fair Trading that the CPD service provider warrants a learning outcome for participants. We provide an online quiz of multiple-choice in nature. Where participants simply select “A”, “B”, “C” or “D” for a question relating to the module selected. Should one answer a question incorrectly the online platform provides a built in “Self-Correcting” mechanism where you are asked to go back and select another answer A, B, C, or D.

Yes. It is a requirement of the Office of Fair Trading that the CPD service provider warrants a learning outcome for participants. We provide an online quiz of multiple-choice in nature. Where participants simply select “A”, “B”, “C” or “D” for a question relating to the module selected. Should one answer a question incorrectly the online platform provides a built in “Self-Correcting” mechanism where you are asked to go back and select another answer A, B, C, or D.

After you have completed each quiz for the specific CPD module, you will be notified of the CPD Points earned for that quiz / module. Your CPD Points are automatically updated and recorded on the online platform. At any point in time, you can login into your account and download or email yourself a “Certificate of Completion”. Should one ever misplace their certificate they can always login at any time and download another.

The Office of Fair Trading requires builders to keep a copy / diary / log of CPD activity. Should you ever lose or misplace them, we keep your records securely stored for you. You can login into your user account at any time and download or email yourself another “Certificate of Completion”.

We have implemented technology to ensure that only we have access to your personal details and no-one else. We use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to ensure safe transmission of your details. With SSL, your credit card details are encrypted (or scrambled) and then transmitted securely to our web server, ensuring no unauthorised access.

We utilise eWay which is a secured financial transaction gateway and we never get to see your credit card details.

Our site uses the up-to-date technology to protect your personal, professional and credit card details. We also take the security of your personal information very seriously. We do not share your personal information with any other person or organisation without your prior approval.

You can purchase either 6, 12, 24, 36 or 60 CPD Points.