Prepare to Work with Real Estate Trust Accounts and Transact in Trust Accounts (QLD)

You must complete mandatory CPD if you hold any of the following under the Property Occupations Act 2014:

• real estate agent licence
• real estate salespersons registration certificate (including property managers)
• real property auctioneer licence
• resident letting agent licence

There are some exceptions, including:

• the 12 months after your licence or registration is first issued
• if your licence has been deactivated for most of the CPD year
• if it is a limited real estate agent licence for affordable housing or for business letting
• if it is a licensed government entity (The Public Trustee, the chief executive of a department, or Defence Housing Australia) including an officer or employee of the government entity who is not individually licensed but is performing any activity authorised under the licence held by the government entity.

If CPD applies to you, you must complete two approved CPD sessions each year, unless you experience exceptional circumstances that prevent you doing so. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT), in consultation with stakeholders, will develop and publish further guidance on what could be considered ‘exceptional circumstances’. A failure to plan or manage time is not an exceptional circumstance.

Mandatory CPD for Queensland property professionals began on 6 June 2025. An individual’s CPD year will align with their licensing year. However:

• individuals are not required to complete CPD during the first 12 months after their current licence was originally issued
• individuals are not required to complete CPD during a licensing year if any portion of that licensing year occurred before 6 June 2025.

You can find your first CPD year by entering the original issue date of your current licence or registration in our CPD year calculator at qld.gov.au/propertyindustrycpd.

The easiest way to enrol is to purchase through the website. Simply select the course or workshop and make payment through our secure portal.

NSW Fair Trading specifies CPD requirements in hours, not just the completion of a test. The purpose of continuing professional development is to ensure all agents are across new industry developments, changes to legislation, and any major industry news impacting the way agents conduct their day-to-day operations. Therefore, the workshops are a way of carving out time to ensure this purpose is fulfilled.

Unfortunately, you cannot get an RPL for a CPD course. This is only available for qualifications courses, like the Certificate IV or the Diploma.