Ongoing learning is essential for staying ahead in the mortgage and finance industry. Continuing professional development (CPD) ensures you:
MFAA members are required to complete 30 CPD hours per membership renewal year to ensure continued compliance, capability, and expertise.
CPD must be relevant to the mortgage and finance industry, your role, and career goals. Activities that qualify for CPD include:
Industry Events & Training
As a general rule, you earn 1 CPD hour for each hour of activity you complete.
At renewal time, members must attest to completing 30 CPD hours. You can:
Tip: Keep copies of certificates, receipts, confirmation emails, or calendar entries as proof.
Formal qualifications which are industry relevant delivered by an Australian Registered Training Organisation (RTO) or higher education provider, e.g. university.
Includes completion of:
Maximum CPD hours per renewal year:
Courses and workshops – up to 25 hours per renewal year
Examples:
Lender, aggregator and/or partner BDM meetings focused on process, policy, product and pricing – up to 12 hours per renewal year.
Each activity is eligible for up to 6 CPD hours per renewal year
Reading and research
Reading and reviewing industry relevant published materials in hard or soft copy and may include trade publications, news articles, journals, white papers, research reports, Wikibroker.
Delivering education
Illustrating, informing and/or demonstrating industry relevant practice to colleagues, peers or other stakeholders. For example, presentations for RTOs, at lender or aggregator PD events and forums.
Active participation in representative forums or groups
Being an active participant (presenter or panellist) in industry-based forums, committees, discussion groups, communities of practice, boards and/or panels whose purpose is achieving a common goal to advance the industry and/or profession.
Writing an industry article or paper
Production of an article or paper for a recognised industry publication or forum.
New to industry brokers are required to undergo mentoring by an experienced mentor. Find out more about mentoring.
Mentors and mentees are eligible for one CPD hour per hour of mentoring up to 18 hours per renewal year.
Up to 10 CPD hours per renewal year
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