Earning Your CPD Points from Training
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Your training must be directly relevant to the construction industry and address one or more of the competency areas.
Training is a mandatory component of the CPD program. You require a minimum of 20 points of training to renew your residential builder licence. To earn CPD points, your training must be directly relevant to the construction industry, be verifiable and address one or more of the competency areas: • Relevant enactments: The purpose of the BC Building Code and BC Fire Code (including the Vancouver Building Bylaw) and how these codes apply to residential construction • Construction management and supervision: Project planning, cost estimating, scheduling, materials procurement, scope of work changes, contingency planning, site reporting, site safety, and staff/contractor management • Construction technology: Building durability, control of heat and moisture flow, building envelope features, mechanical systems and structural components, and the effect of climate and soil conditions • Customer service and home warranty insurance: Maintaining positive customer relations, implementing a customer service plan, and responding to defects identified under a home warranty insurance policy • Financial planning and budget management: Basic accounting, construction financing, and contingency planning • Legal issues: Contract and consumer protection law, the land title registry, obligations respecting insurance and home warranty insurance, builder liability, the Homeowner Protection Act and Builders Lien Act, dispute resolution, and the effect of provincial enactments and municipal bylaws • Business planning and management: Strategic business planning, management, and administration • Business ethics: Corporate governance, reputation, bribery, discrim- ination, corporate social responsibility, and fiduciary responsibilities
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CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) | A Guide for Licensed Residential Builders in British Columbia
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