If you hold a real estate licence or registration in Queensland, this is the CPD step in your renewal. Since 6 June 2026, when you renew or restore, you declare your CPD status.
Here is the short version. Since 6 June 2026, you confirm your CPD status when you renew. Separately, the OFT says it cannot process your renewal application until your CPD is complete. So the training comes first.
What the rule actually says
Since 6 June 2026, a CPD declaration is part of renewing or restoring a Queensland real estate licence or registration. The Queensland Office of Fair Trading sets the requirement. The OFT's own CPD page puts it this way: from 6 June 2026, when you renew or restore, you declare that you have completed your CPD (you do not need to attach proof), confirm that you are exempt, or provide details if exceptional circumstances stopped you completing it. It also says it cannot process a renewal application until your CPD is complete.
The CPD requirement is two CPD sessions in your CPD year. When you renew, you declare your CPD is complete, confirm you are exempt, or give details of exceptional circumstances. You do not attach proof, and you keep it for 5 years in case the OFT asks.
What this means in practice
Separately from the declaration, the OFT says it cannot process your renewal application until your CPD is complete, so if your two sessions are not finished, your renewal waits for them. That is the part that catches people out.
That matters because a stalled renewal is a trading problem. If your licence lapses while you wait to finish CPD, you can be left unable to legally trade until it is sorted. A training task that takes a day can hold up your income if you leave it to the last moment.
It also rewards agents who plan ahead. If your CPD is already done well before renewal, the declaration is simple to make, and your certificates are already filed if the OFT asks to see them.
What to do now
The fix is to stop treating CPD as a renewal-week chore and start treating it as a small annual task you finish early. Three steps get you there.
- Know your CPD year. In Queensland it runs 12 months from the anniversary of your licence or registration issue date, not the calendar year. If you are not sure when yours falls, our guide to working out your QLD CPD year will walk you through it, or our free QLD CPD year calculator will do it for you.
- Finish your two sessions early. Months ahead is ideal. That way the declaration at renewal is never a scramble.
- Keep your completion certificate somewhere you can find it when you renew. The OFT does not ask for it with the renewal. You must still keep proof of completion for 5 years and produce it on request.
- Read our guide to renewing a Queensland licence or registration for the full process, notice to approval.
For the full picture of what Queensland CPD involves and how the sessions work, read our QLD CPD requirements explained. And if you want to understand the cost of getting caught short, see what happens if you miss your CPD deadline.
The reassuring part
None of this needs to be stressful. Queensland CPD with Archer Institute is online and self-paced, and most agents finish a unit in a few hours. Archer's two Queensland CPD units are Market Property and Trust Accounts, $100 each; if you are not sure when your CPD year runs, our QLD CPD year calculator will show you. So even if your renewal is close and you have not started, you can get moving quickly and make your declaration with confidence once your CPD is done.
Whenever your renewal falls due, the best thing you can do today is get your two sessions done. Browse QLD CPD training or call our Australian-based team and we will help you plan your two sessions. As always, check the current requirements with the Queensland Office of Fair Trading, since the licence is issued by the state authority and we issue the training.
