Continuing professional development—pool safety inspector
As part of your role, you must continue to update your knowledge of pool safety legislation, regulations, practices and standards.
We measure your activity using a point system and we approve and allocate points for CPD activities such as training courses, workshops, seminars and memberships.
Experience gained within each 12-month period is added to your licence when you renew or restore it annually.
We welcome submissions of proposed professional development activities.
How many points do I need?
Each year a pool safety inspector must accrue:
- 6 points—for most licensees
- 4 points —for building certifiers.
How do I accrue points?
Training
Approximately 1 point = 1 hour of participation in an approved educational activity.
NOTE: You can submit a request to the QBCC to approve an activity prior to completing it.
Memberships
You will accrue 2 points if you are a member of any of the following organisations:
- Australian Institute of Building Surveyors
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
- Swimming Pool and Spa Association of Queensland
- Institute of Building Consultants as a division of Master Builders.
State and local government employees
Pool safety inspectors employed by the state (including the QBCC) or local government have the option to gain CPD points through work experience.
The work experience must be gained:
- while working as a pool safety officer employed by the Queensland Government, the QBCC or a local government in Queensland
- while employed for no less than a total of 60 days in the 12 months immediately preceding the time when the person applies to renew or restore their licence
- in addition to at least one hour of training, that is either:
- derived and conducted ‘in-house’ – related to the pool safety legislation and standards in Queensland
- a CPD approved activity.
A person is taken to have worked for a day as a pool safety officer if, regardless of their actual position description, the work duties they performed during that day related predominantly to the safety of barriers for ‘regulated pools’ as defined under the Building Act 1975 (Act).
Demonstrating work experience for CPD points
To demonstrate you have completed work experience for your CPD points you can submit a letter or email with your application for licence renewal or restoration that:
- is from the manager or supervisor of the pool safety inspector
- confirms that you have completed work experience plus the additional training.
Adding CPD points to your licence
When you apply, renew or restore your licence, you must provide evidence that you have accumulated CPD points from the previous year. You can do this by sending in:
- certificates
- statements of attainment
- letters or emails from course providers confirming that you have completed the activity.
CPD approved activities for PSIs
| Course | Provider and contact |
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| Advanced Diploma of Building Surveying - CPCSS00004—Provide Building Surveying Services for Residential Buildings up to three storeys |
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CPC40110 – Certificate IV in Building and Construction (Building) CPC50210 Diploma of Building and Construction (Building) |
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NSW Legislation and Standards Swimming Pool Safety Inspection – Day 2 only |
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| Revision of PSI requirements/logical problems and solutions (non-conformities) |
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| SDCM71-316 (Structures and Soil Mechanics) (a subject of the Graduate Diploma in Building Surveying) |
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| Course | Provider and contact |
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| 10314NAT Course in Asbestos Awareness | |
| Fencing components and compliance requirements |
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| Strength and rigidity |
| Course | Provider and contact |
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| Common inconsistent interpretations and technical non-compliances AS1926.1-2007 and QDCMP3.4 |
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| CNQ12B Completed Residential Building Inspection program |
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| Review of the pool safety standard for barriers - online course |
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| Course | Provider and contact |
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Client interaction and communication - online course PSI Awareness - online course Record keeping, professional conduct and complaints - online course Testing strength and rigidity of metal pool fencing, laws and changes and code of conduct overview—online course - online course | |
| Interpreting the figures of QDC MP 3.4 |
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Pool barriers Record keeping |
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| Schedule 2D CPD points for membership for continuing professional development |
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| Course | Provider and contact |
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Delivery of a Keynote Paper at a SPASA Pool Safety Inspectors' Technical Forum Pool Safety Inspectors' Technical Forum |
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Alternative solutions, impracticality exemptions, variations and Building and Development Committees decisions Dividing fences - pool barriers |
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Code of conduct Evidence gathering Guideline for pool owners and property managers Legislative developments Newsflashes and newsletters Drowning report analysis Record keeping Terms of service agreement |
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| Minor repairs | |
One (1) hour of delivering training or assessment in the employ of a registered training organisation of any of the below:
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| Understanding AS1684.2 Australian Residential Timber Framed Construction - 1 hour - 1 point |
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