Many builders are busy throughout the year running their businesses, and struggle to find time to complete activities to accumulate the required CPD points needed to renew their licences. It is a real tough battle for builders who work almost round the clock and travel extensively. Though every builder would like to attend courses regularly to update themselves even if it is not for CPD points, finding time to accommodate these courses seems to be a losing battle every year. To help busy builders in acquiring their CPD points, Home Building Business Services has now launched online CPD courses for all builders and swimming pool builders in NSW.
Not all courses in the industry will allow builders to claim CPD points, and not all institutes qualify to offer CPD courses. You will only be able to claim CPD points for courses that are in accordance with the guidelines that have been set by the NSW Office of Fair Trading. All builders CPD courses offered by Home Building Business Services, including the online CPD courses and the face-to-face CPD training courses, comply with the guidelines that have been set by the NSW Office of Fair Trading, and allow you to claim CPD points to renew your licence.
The new CPD System, which came into force on 1 January 2008, requires all licensed builders and swimming pool builders to accumulate a minimum of 12 CPD points every year. If you accumulate more than 12 CPD points in a year, you can carry over the extra CPD points into the following year, up to a maximum of 11 CPD points. Most CPD courses allow you to claim one CPD point per hour, and therefore you generally need to complete 12 hours to claim 12 CPD points. Some CPD Courses that are offered through an RTO and have an assessment allow builders to claim 2 CPD points an hour.
One of the greatest advantages of online CPD courses is the flexibility that you can enjoy. You do not even have to leave your home; CPD points for builders can easily start to be accumulated from the comfort of your home, and you can tailor your own timetable - because who else would be able to assess your schedule better than yourself?
The online CPD courses offered by Home Building Business Services not only help you to accumulate the CPD points for builders, but they also effectively assist builders in running their businesses, with spending excessive time and money on training.
Each completed online CPD course offered by Home Building Business Services will earn you 2 CPD points and while you accumulate your CPD points for builders you can also get 100% tax deduction on the course fee. This new online CPD system is easy to follow and designed to suit self-coaching. Above all the online CPD courses offered by Home Building Business Services do not contain any kind of assessments, like the other CPD courses. Education in its original essence has to prepare us for life and not merely for examinations. Examination is just a way of assessing ourselves to ensure that we have imbibed all that we have been exposed to. However, with the latest online CPD courses offered by Home Building Business Services there are no assessments; it is totally up to you to make use of the resources that will be at your disposal when you register for one or more CPD courses offered.
The list of courses offered by Home Building Business Services includes the following:
- Home Building Contracts in NSW
- Dealing with Sub-Contractors
- Running a Small Building Business
- Basics of the Employment Relationship
- Basic Contract Law
- Work Choices – A Summary
- Handling Home Building Disputes
- Understanding Workers Compensation
- Builder’s Guide to OHS
- Bullying on the Building Site
All the courses are specially designed and developed to take into account the latest legal requirements of NSW and latest CPD requirements. You can start right away in 3 easy steps and all our courses have well thought out study material and they will serve as a good reference material for all builders. Acquiring your CPD points for builders cannot get any easier. With our easy to follow courses many builders accumulate more than the minimum requirement and make it easy for themselves in the following year by carrying over the accumulated points. There are dedicated builders who continue to take up more courses not just for the sake of CPD points for builders but to keep themselves up to date in all aspects.
Go ahead and register yourself for one of the online CPD courses and start accumulating your CPD points.
