CIB - 702 Property Services - traineeships

Date of effect
21 May 2021

Qualifications

CPP41119 Certificate IV in Home Energy Efficiency and Sustainability

Terms of training

Full time:

• 24 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved

Part-time:

See part-time apprenticeships and traineeships

Probationary period

2 months

Date of effect
14 June 2019

Qualifications

CPP31519 Certificate III in Real Estate Practice

CPP41419 Certificate IV in Real Estate Practice

Terms of traineeship

Full-time:

CPP31519 Certificate III in Real Estate Practice

• 12 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved

CPP41419 Certificate IV in Real Estate Practice

• 24 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved

Part-time:

See part-time apprenticeships and traineeships

School based

CPP31519 Certificate III in Real Estate Practice
The term for a school based traineeship will be calculated in months from the date of commencement to 31 December of the HSC year. During this period the school-based trainee must undertake a minimum of 100 days of on-the-job training.

Probationary period

2 months

Date of effect
14 June 2016

Qualifications

CPP30416 Certificate III in Strata Community Management

CPP40516 Certificate IV in Strata Community Management

Terms of traineeships

Full-time:

CPP30416 Certificate III in Strata Community Management

• 12 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved

CPP40516 Certificate IV in Strata Community Management

• 24 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved

CPP40516 Certificate IV in Strata Community Management where the trainee holds CPP30416 Certificate III in Strata Community Management

• 18 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved

Part-time:

See part-time apprenticeships and traineeships

Probationary period

2 months

Certificate IV trainees will work in enterprises, government agencies and community organisations employing home sustainability assessors and in organisations funding home sustainability programs:

• developing and implementing a sustainability assessment plan
• evaluating energy and water consumption
• evaluating the garden and environs
• evaluating options for waste management
• providing expert advice on sustainable choices for all of the above (both structural and behavioural change)
• providing quality customer service on assessment of sustainability
• maintaining workplace safety in the property industry
• developing a risk assessment plan for Sustainability Assessors

Certificate III trainees will acquire skills to prepare them to work as an agent's representative in a real estate and/or stock and station agency. Trainees will receive elementary training in the law and practice of selling and leasing property, maintaining workplace safety, meeting customer needs and expectations and using and maintaining property and client information databases.

Certificate IV trainees will acquire the knowledge and skills needed to meet conditions for a real estate agent's licence. Trainees will learn about:

• the legal liability and responsibility of estate agents
• real estate accounting requirements
• the management of client and agency relationships
• the listing and sale of properties
• property leasing
• conduct auctions
• property management
• property appraisals and risk management
• livestock buying and /or selling
• auctioneering
• contract development
• procurement processes
• monitor building facilities
• property and merchandise sales
• arranging finance and insurance
• pastoral inspections
• stud stock or wool
  Successful completion of specified units of competency will qualify the trainee for a stock and station agent's licence.

Upon Successful completion of specified units of competency will qualify the trainee for a strata managing agent's licence.

Certificate III trainees will work as part of a strata community management team and will assist with the administration of strata communities by facilitating meetings of strata community members, monitoring the condition of building facilities and maintaining financial records associated with the management of strata communities.

Certificate IV trainees will work independently but may operate as part of a strata community management team. In this role the trainee will perform functions associated with the administration of strata communities, including facilitating meetings of strata community members, administering insurance for strata communities, handling strata community funds, as weel as maintaining business records and reporting on the financial activities of strata communities.

CPPv8.0 Property Services Training Package includes twenty-two qualifications ranging from Certificate II to Advanced Diploma. Four qualifications support traineeship pathways as follows:

• CPP30416 Certificate III in Strata Community Management
• CPP31519 - Certificate III in Real Estate Practice
• CPP40516 Certificate IV in Strata Community Management
• CPP41419 Certificate IV in Real Estate Practice
• CPP41119 Certificate IV in Home Energy Efficiency and Sustainability

On successful completion of the relevant qualification:

• parties may apply to the Commissioner for Vocational Training for completion of the apprenticeship or traineeship prior to the nominal completion date of the training contract or;
• Training Services NSW may issue letters from the Commissioner to both parties inviting them to consider competency based completion if it has received advice from the training organisation that the apprentice or trainee is eligible to receive their qualification.

Download a Request for Competency Based Completion form.

Applications to establish traineeships whether full-time, part-time or school based will not be approved unless the Commissioner for Vocational Training is satisfied that appropriate industrial arrangements are in place.

All private sector employers and employees in New South Wales are covered by the national industrial relations system administered by the Fair Work Commission (the Commission). The industrial instrument that applies is a national (modern) award or a current enterprise agreement registered with the Commission. Further information is available from the Fair Work Ombudsman by telephoning 13 13 94 or via their website.

Property Services - Trainees
Property Services - Agency, Operations, Real Estate, Stock and Station Agency.
Trainees may be employed under the following award:

• Real Estate Industry Award 2020

The following qualifications are suitable for delivery in schools:

• CPP31519 - Certificate III in Real Estate Practice

For qualifications available for delivery in schools, click here.

For further information on the delivery of training for school based part-time traineeships, refer to Training Arrangements

Agency, Operations, Real Estate, Stock and Station Agency - Licensing information is available from NSW Fair Trading.

For registered training providers which can deliver apprenticeship and traineeship qualifications go to training.gov.au. A list of training organisations which are in contract with the NSW Department of Education to be paid for the delivery of the training is here. When developing training plans, registered training organisations should ensure that the training program satisfies the qualification packaging requirements and, at the same time, reflects the nature of the business. Training plans should be customised so that the workplace activities support and align with the qualification units of competency.

On 1 January 2015 the NSW Government introduced new fee arrangements for government subsidised vocational education and training (VET). Under Smart and Skilled, all apprenticeship and most traineeship qualifications are subsidised. For a full list of all the qualifications refer to the current NSW Skills List. Information on the types and levels of subsidies can be found in the Smart and Skilled Fee Administration Policy. Training for existing-worker trainees is not subsidised.

Registered training organisations (RTOs) may commence training in either the new or superseded qualification but must meet the requirements of ASQA. For more information refer to ASQA's General Direction - Learner Transition.

ASQA has approved an extended transition period, this arrangement applies to all RTOs delivering the Property Services training products to declared traineeships.

ASQA has recently approved an extended transition period for: CPP40307 Certificate IV in Property Services (Real Estate) and CPP40407 Certificate IV in Property Services (Stock and Station Agency). CPP Property Services units of competency lead to licences in the property industry across Australia.

The extended training, assessment and certification issuance period for this qualification ends on 30 September 2021.

A copy of each Vocational Training Order is available for inspection on this internet site below or at any Training Services NSW Regional Office of the NSW Department of Education.