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CPD Requirements for NSW DBP

Whether you are managing Australia’s 3-year rolling sub-quotas or meeting New Zealand’s annual 40-hour minimum, maintaining your professional engineering designation shouldn’t be an administrative headache. Browse individual courses or choose one of our curated course packages, specifically mapped to satisfy your local technical, risk, and management requirements in one place. The courses on LearnFormula count toward professionally relevant, verifiable learning activities and include downloadable materials and certificates of attendance. Note: It is the student's responsibility to validate whether an activity is an eligible educational activity for their professional development requirements based on their specific jurisdiction and learning needs.

Requirements Overview

Last updatedAug 21, 2026
scheduleCPD Requirement
50 hours / year
cycleRequirements Cycle
Annual
listsIncluding
20 CPD hours of Area of Practice (incl. NCC)3 CPD hours of Risk Management3 CPD hours of Business & Management Skills

Simplifying Regulations for 2026

Registered Professional Engineers (Pathway 1) must complete 50 hours of relevant education and training per CPD year (12 months from your registration date, and each anniversary):

  • At least 20 hours "Formal" (structured activity with an assessment); Informal activities are capped at 30 hours/year

  • At least 20 hours relevant to your area/s of practice (including keeping National Construction Code knowledge current)

  • At least 3 hours risk management

  • At least 3 hours business and management skills

  • Remainder relevant to your work and class of registration

  • Each activity must take at least 30 minutes; claim the provider-designated time, rounded down to the nearest 0.5 hour

  • Up to 10 surplus hours may be carried into the next CPD year

  • If registered in multiple classes, 15 hours per area must relate to each area

  • Keep written records (with supporting evidence) for 5 years

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EngHours courses are built around relevant, verifiable content that can be applied toward NSW DBP CPD hours. As with any provider, it remains the member's responsibility to confirm an activity fits their own professional development needs before claiming it.

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