A CPD activity must relate to an approved CPD topic. Some topics may fall under more than one of the CPD subject areas.
Contact one of the approved training providers for details about the courses they provide and the relevant points.
Previous years information is available on Past CPD for settlement.
The lists are in alphabetical order.
2026-2027 CPD Year
The list of approved CPD topics for the settlement industry for the 2026-27 CPD year is below.
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- Certificates of Title
- Commercial settlement considerations
- Contaminated Sites Act 2003
- Contract law basics
- Disclosure requirements in commercial sales and leasing
- Foreign Buyers Duty
- Land Tax overview
- Legal obligations of marketing
- Legal obligations under the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA)
- Power of Attorney
- Privacy: collection, retention and sharing of data
- Requirements for an appointment to act
- Strata law, legislation and contracts
- The application of the Australian Consumer Law to real estate transactions and settlement industry
- The First Homeowners Grant for professionals
- Transfer duties and land tax in Western Australia
- Transfer Duty for Deceased Estates overview
- Transfer Duty overview
- Trust Account management, procedures, requirements, and responsibilities
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- Bribery and corruption
- Conflicts of Interest
- Cyber-crime, cyber security and best practice prevention
- Due diligence and disclosure
- Ethics in Real Estate
- Ethics of social media conduct
- How to identify an ethical issue
- Overview of Licences and Registration obligations
- Professional conduct (including unlawful conduct)
- Unconscious bias
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- Accounting procedures and obligations
- Applications of Technology including artificial intelligence
- Automatic mutual recognition
- Business structures
- Costs and billing
- Cyber risk
- File management
- Negotiation/Advocacy/Mediation skills (in relation to dealing with clients)
- Organisational culture and leadership
- Plain English drafting, letter writing
- Planning and development processes
- Procedures, templates and manuals
- Risk management
- Risk management and insurances
- Scams and fraudulent actions
- Selling a strata titled property
- The settlement process
- The standard form contract of sale
- Understanding cultural diversity of clients
- Work Health and Safety
- Workplace behaviour (equal employment opportunity, bullying, harassment, discrimination)
- Writing special conditions in a contract of sale
