CPD Frequently Asked Questions

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is the recognition of ongoing learning and training. CPD is how plumbers can maintain, improve and broaden their knowledge, expertise and competence.  As standards and regulations change, new technology is available and business requirements vary, following a CPD schedule will assist you in keeping up-to-date in this ever-changing industry. 

CPD activities can include attending training courses, presentations, reading trade magazines, attending industry events and conferences or doing online research.

CPD is currently voluntary.  However, the Victorian Government is due to announce mandatory CPD for all plumbers soon and now is a great time to get a head start and begin tracking your points, logging new ones, and accessing the many training and development opportunities available to you.  

We highly encourage all plumbers to participate in Master Plumbers CPD program.  

The CPD program will work on an annual cycle from 1 July to 30 June (the Master Plumbers membership period).  Participants will be asked to earn CPD points each year to meet the requirements for CPD.  There may also be specific activities required, depending on your licensing and registration.

Lists of approved courses and the points they earn are contained in our CPD library.

We highly encourage all plumbers, including those working in our member businesses to participate in Master Plumbers CPD program.  While CPD is currently voluntary, the Victorian Government is due to announce mandatory CPD for all plumbers soon and now is a great time to get a head start and begin tracking your points, logging new ones, and accessing the many training and development opportunities available to you.  

Within a CPD year (ie 1 July to 30 June), regulator requirements (eg. a decision by the VBA) may mean that there is some mandatory training activities for you to complete. This will depend on whether you are a licensed or registered plumber and what category of license you hold.   

If there is no mandatory training required, then you can choose your preferred activities from a range of ‘approved’ CPD activities:

• Each year, you can earn up to four CPD points from ‘self directed learning activities’ such as reading technical solution sheets from VBA, reading trade publications or completing online training from manufacturers
• The remaining 8 points per year need to be attained from ‘approved’ attendance based learning, such as post-apprenticeship training run by organisations like Master Plumbers, CEPUTEC, Fire Industry Training, RMIT or training by manufacturers.     Attendance at selected industry meetings, expos or conferences can also count as attendance based learning.

Our CPD library show the activities which our industry-based CPD Advisory Committee has approved. We plan to keep adding new courses and more learning activities.

The table below shows the types of activities and how many points they attract.   You can also see the points earned for specific activities in the CPD library.

Our industry based CPD Advisory Committee has approved a wide range of courses and learning activities for Victorian plumbers to complete. Click here to see the details.

If you have undertaken a learning activity which you think should earn CPD points but isn’t approved, email [email protected] and we’ll follow up to see if it can be added to our program.

Our CPD program is designed for both registered and licensed plumbers.

Our CPD portal is the place to track your points.    This allows you to simply upload the points you’ve earned, see if any mandatory courses are required and track how many points you’ve earned this year.

Step 1:   Follow the “Create a CPD Profile today” button at the bottom of this page.

Step 2:  Click on Create New Account and create your own individual CPD profile.  This will ask you for details about your license and registration

Step 3:  Once you have a profile, you can select from our drop down list any learning activities you’ve completed since 1 July.

You can log back into the portal at any time to add more activities and to see how many points you’ve already earned.

Master Plumbers is committed to the future of plumbing in Victoria.

Our structured CPD program is designed to help plumbers stay up to date and access the types of learning activities they need to keep current with new technology and changes in standards.

Protecting the health and safety of our community and the reputation of the plumbing industry is a core part of our mission.

No.   This program is an initiative for all plumbers and plumbing companies.

Please complete the Training Provider Application Form and send through to [email protected]. From here your application will be reviewed and sent through to the CPD Advisory Committee for approval.

If you have any questions not answered above, please don’t hesitate to contact
[email protected] or (03) 9329 9622.