Tasmanian Accredited Building Practitioner
Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

Welcome to the MBA CPD points management system. Thank you for choosing to use our service. Our aim is to provide a system which makes it easy for you to comply with the Government and the Tasmanian Compliance Corporation’s requirements by letting us help you manage the record keeping and administration of your points.

By logging in, you will obtain access to all activity records conducted by or through the Master Builders’ Association Of Tasmania Inc. (MBA). You will also be able to add or change your own activity records to include training provided by others and to produce a cumulative total of credit or shortfall points on a per annum and cumulative basis for ‘Building Accreditation Renewal’ purposes.

We recommend that you print out an annual copy of your CPD history and keep it at the front of the paper records which you are required to keep from training activities conducted by others.

We welcome feedback for improvements or suggestions at any time from our CPD card system users.

Explaining CPD

From 1 July 2004 all Tasmanian building practitioners, as defined in the Building Act 2000 (Tas), are required to be accredited. As a consequence they are required to earn Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Points in order to maintain their “accredited” status. A minimum of 12 points must be earned each year during the three year ‘accreditation period’. The MBA has launched a CPD card system linked to its website to help industry practitioners manage this new process.

The CPD points system is an integral part of on-going reforms to improve the performance and professionalism of the industry and to ensure that building practitioners keep their skills and knowledge attuned to current industry practices. This is in line with other industries which require practitioners to maintain their knowledge of current legislation, management and technical competencies thereby improving the professionalism of the industry.

The CPD scheme uses professional development activities already available to the industry, such as membership of industry Associations (eg MBA), attendance at industry seminars, meetings, committees, and training courses. It will give points to full-time contractors in the industry and support and reward those who provide training for apprentices.

Accredited building practitioners are required to accumulate 36 points over a three year period. Additionally, building practitioners are also are also able to claim CPD points for training undertaken by defined business associates where that training complies with the Government’s CPD Policy. This claim is restricted to a maximum of three CPD points of Group 2 training each year.

Accredited building practitioners are required to maintain a record of the CPD they have undertaken as proof of attendance. This may be in the form of a training diary, or they may use the Tasmanian MBA’s website, where all CPD activities can be recorded and maintained, to ease the administrative and record keeping burden.

Where a practitioner cannot certify their compliance with the CPD Policy their re-accreditation may be refused.

CPD activities have been categorised into Group 1 and Group 2 activities. Group 1 involves ‘structured’ learning activities while Group 2 consists of ‘interactive’ learning activities. Table 2 provides examples of the different learning categories. The points may be accrued via different types of activities in both categories

Each activity has a maximum number of points that cannot be exceeded, these are as follows:

Within each of these categories there are many and varied activities that earn points, the MBA will advise as to the proposed activity group and points allocation for each CPD activity provided by the Association. The MBA will also assist in this regard for activities undertaken external of the MBA.

In addition to the MBA’s Training Calendar, the Tasmanian Compliance Corporation will maintain a database of all courses/training scheduled to be run by industry associations etc.

MBA fully appreciates that many long term, proud industry participants may initially find these requirements confronting, however we expect the industry to ‘give this a go’ because the majority of active builders who do actually invest in their business and the industry won’t have too much trouble in achieving their points. Those who refuse to keep up to speed with changes in the industry only bring it into disrepute and will inevitably be forced out over a period of time.

This can only make it better for those that remain, as well as the clients who place their trust in our industry and in MBA members in particular.

Further information on MBA’s CPD “Policy and Procedure” is available by clicking onto the attached hyperlink: MBA CPD Policy & Procedure