Dedicated to your success, CHBA Central Interior provides year-round education and training seminars/workshop approved by BC Housing’s Enhanced Licensing System. Designed specifically for the local residential construction industry, our courses are open to builders, renovators, designers, and other professionals passionate about keeping up-to-date on the latest industry advancements.
All residential builders in British Columbia, building under Part 9 of the BC Building Code, need to meet BC Housing’s enhanced licensing system. As of your license renewal date, each year you are required to accumulate a minimum of 20 CPD points within your license term. CHBA Central Interior is a BC Housing-approved education provider, and through its programming, offers courses that are based on the core competencies outlined by BC Housing.
On July 1, 2019, important changes to the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program for Licensed Residential Builders came into effect.
As previously advised, the B.C. Government announced changes to the Homeowner Protection Act Regulation in March to streamline and simplify the CPD program. These changes offer greater flexibility and choices for licensees and continue to be well received by industry.
Under the enhanced CPD program, all licensees with general contractor status must complete a minimum of 20 CPD training points during the one-year licence term. Nominees may be able to carry over up to 20 extra earned CPD training points from one licence term to the next.
If your licence expires and needs to be renewed before July 1, 2019, you continue under the previous rules for your upcoming licence renewal. You still need to obtain 40 points of CPD and up to 20 points of active practice points can be counted towards the requirement. All the new requirements will start to apply as soon as your licence is renewed.
To learn more about the changes to the CPD program and how they will affect you, please read Frequently Asked Questions. For more information, contact Rose at 250-828-1844 or [email protected].
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