NSW builder CPD
Courses
Interactive CPD on the topics NSW recognises. Every course shows its points up front.
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Prime Cost Items, Provisional Sums and Cost-Plus Contracts
Allowances are where residential disputes live. Learn to set realistic prime cost items and provisional sums,…
Handover Done Right: Inspections, Manuals and the Defects Period
The last two weeks decide the review and the referral. Learn to run practical completion, the…
Critical Stage Inspections and Getting the Occupation Certificate
A missed critical stage inspection cannot be undone. Learn what the principal certifier must see, when…
Neighbours: Access, Dilapidation, Hoardings and Dividing Fences
Most neighbour disputes are predictable and preventable. Learn to record adjoining conditions, secure access and fence…
Lower-Carbon Building: Materials, Methods and What Clients Ask For
Clients are starting to ask about carbon. Learn where it sits in a house, which lower-carbon…
Taking On and Developing Apprentices
An apprentice is an investment you can waste or grow. Get the training contract, supervision, pay…
Running Site Meetings and Toolbox Talks That Work
A meeting nobody remembers did not happen. Run toolbox talks, SWMS briefings and coordination meetings that…
Window and Door Installation: Keeping Water Out of the Opening
Every window is a hole in the weather barrier. Learn to flash the sill and head,…
Estimating and Pricing for Profit
Builders go broke on the jobs they win, not the ones they lose. Build every number…
Tiling That Stays Put: Substrates, Adhesives and Movement Joints
Why tiles drum, crack and tent, and the substrate, adhesive, coverage and movement joint decisions that…
Plumbing Code Compliance: The PCA in Practice
You don't need to be a licensed plumber to get caught out at inspection or handover…
Performance Solutions and Condensation: How NCC Compliance Gets Proved
Most builders think a Performance Solution is something for fire engineers on commercial jobs. It shows…
Livable Housing Design Under the NCC
A no-step entrance, a hallway that doesn't pinch down at exactly the wrong point, and two…
How to Interpret and Use the NCC: Structure, Classification and Compliance
'The NCC says' and 'NSW requires' are not always the same question, and confusing them wastes…
Energy Efficiency: Compliance Pathways Under the NCC
A stamped energy rating or compliance certificate is a promise about what gets built, not a…
Preventing Workplace Bullying
Recognising and managing bullying on building sites: the legal definitions used by SafeWork NSW and the…
Working at Heights in NSW
Fall prevention under the NSW WHS framework: duty-holder responsibilities, the hierarchy of fall protection, safe work…
Water Management for NSW Builders
Controlling water from first excavation to occupation and beyond: site drainage and sediment control, stormwater and…
Construction Waste Management
Legal and practical waste management for building sites: waste classification and disposal obligations, site waste management…
Time Management in the Building Industry
Time as the builder's scarcest resource: construction programming and scheduling, on-site time practices, extension-of-time procedures, subcontractor…
Tender Evaluation for Builders
How to evaluate tenders properly in NSW: the legislative framework, tender types, reading tender documentation, pricing…
Site Establishment
The stage that decides how the whole build runs. Legal prerequisites before starting, fencing and signage,…
Project Management & Supervision
The full supervision workload of a residential build: pre-construction planning and approvals, site establishment, daily supervision…
Passive Design in Construction
Making the climate do the comfort work: orientation, glazing and shading, thermal mass, insulation and airtightness,…
Obtaining & Evaluating Trade Quotes
A structured process for requesting, comparing and verifying subcontractor quotes: what to include in a quote…
Moisture, Condensation & Indoor Air Quality
How water actually moves through buildings — bulk water, air leakage, vapour diffusion and capillarity —…
Methods of Construction: Slabs, Walls & Roofs
The structural systems of Australian residential building compared: raft and waffle-pod slabs, suspended systems, timber and…
Mediation & Negotiation for Builders
Negotiation and mediation as core builder skills: preparing your position, separating people from problems, managing emotion…
Job Site Tools: Use & Safety
A tool-by-tool reference for the building site — measuring and marking, cutting, fastening, power and access…
Insulation & Sarking
The thermal envelope done properly: insulation types and R-values, sarking and vapour-permeable membranes, NCC 2022 requirements,…
Dispute Resolution for NSW Builders
The NSW dispute-resolution pathway from direct negotiation through Fair Trading, NCAT, Security of Payment adjudication and…
Defect Management & Quality Control
The full defect lifecycle in Australian residential building: classification of major and minor defects, the defects…
Customer Service in the Building Industry
Building projects are personal, expensive and stressful for clients — and how heard and informed a…
Understanding Construction Materials
The properties, limitations and compliance requirements of the materials residential builders use every day — timber…
Computer Skills for Builders
Digital competency as a core building skill: managing plans and revisions digitally, professional email and documentation…
Bookkeeping for Builders
Financial control for building businesses: project-based bookkeeping, progress payments and retentions, subcontractor tax compliance, payroll and…
BASIX Essentials for NSW Builders
A working knowledge of the Building Sustainability Index — how BASIX certificates are generated, what the…
Accessible Building Design
Why accessibility matters in Australian building — and what the law actually requires. Covers the Disability…
Insulation Upgrades Without Mould: Moisture-Smart Retrofits
Energy retrofits are booming — and so are the mould problems that follow insulation added to…
Variations, EOTs and Payment Claims: Paperwork That Protects You
Most builder cash-flow disasters aren't caused by bad building — they're caused by good building that…
The All-Electric Home: Solar-Ready, Heat Pumps and EV-Ready Wiring
Gas-free homes went from niche to mainstream fast — some jurisdictions now block new gas connections,…
External Cladding and Fire: Lessons Every Residential Builder Must Know
The combustible cladding crisis rewrote the rules on what goes on external walls — and on…
Timber Framing That Passes: Bracing and Tie-Down Essentials
Frames rarely fail from undersized timber — they fail at bracing and connections. Walk the load…
Footings on Reactive Soils: Site Classes, Slabs and Movement
Cracked slabs and doors that stop closing trace back to one thing: soil moisture movement the…
External Waterproofing: Balconies, Decks and AS 4654 in Practice
External above-ground waterproofing fails differently from internal wet areas — UV, movement, ponding and trafficable finishes…
Crystalline Silica on Site: The Engineered Stone Ban and Your Duties
Australia banned engineered stone — but silica risk did not leave your sites. Concrete, brick, tile…
Condensation & Ventilation: Building Airtight Homes That Don’t Grow Mould
Tighter, better-insulated homes are better buildings — and they punish moisture mistakes that a leaky home…
Waterproofing Defects On-Site
Read the evidence before you open anything up. Where the stain is, when it appears and…