CPD activities are divided into two categories: core and elective.
CPD core activities
Core activities are specified by Consumer Protection and address the latest industry compliance issues, legislative change and work practices. You must complete at least two of the core activities each year.
CPD elective activities
Participants can choose the elective activities to make up the balance of the six CPD points. Alternatively, a participant may make up the outstanding points by attending another core activity.
The Australian Institute of Conveyancers WA (AICWA) delivers the CPD program, contact them directly for the CPD schedule.
Current CPD activities
* Newly licensed settlement agents must complete a CPD session on Reconciliation of Trust Accounts within the first 6 months of obtaining a licence.
Subjects prescribed for 2021:
Core (licensees must complete all core activities)
- Managing Agency Risk for Licensed Settlement Agents – 2 hours
- Retention and security of documentation virtually e.g. Cloud based systems – how to ensure necessary records are retained in terms of statutory requirements
- Contract for Sale of Land or Strata Title by Offer and Acceptance
- Costs Disclosure
- Preparation and Lodgement of caveats
- Amendments to Strata Titles Legislation – 2 hours
- Strata Title Changes (inc Community Titles)
Prescribed Electives (licensees may choose 2 points from the topics below)
- Reconciliation of Trust Accounts – 2 hours
- updated in 2019 to account for e-conveyancing.
- Various CPD sessions to be delivered by the Office of State Revenue – 2 hours each
- Deceased Estates Transactions and Transfer Duty
- Transfer Duty Overview
- The First Home Owners Grant for Professionals
- Overview of Land Tax
Previously approved activities