Training

The REIV is a Registered Training Organisation approved to deliver the qualification required for real estate licensing in Victoria.

The Certificate IV in Property Services (Real Estate) – CPP40307 is the qualification prescribed by the Business Licensing Authority (BLA), a division of Consumer Affairs Victoria, as the educational requirement to apply for a real estate licence in Victoria.

In addition to this requirement, the BLA also currently requires that you provide evidence of 12 months' experience working as a registered agent's representative.

Full details of the criteria can be found at the BLA website  under Eligibility to work in the industry.

The REIV licensing course covers all the units prescribed by Consumer Affairs Victoria for the Certificate IV in Property Services (Real Estate). There are 24 units in total and a full list of the units can be found on the REIV licence course enrolment form or licence course unit synopsis. Completion of the course will provide you with a Certificate IV qualification.

Contact Classes

The REIV offers the Agent’s Representative course almost every week as a stand-alone course. This course comprises three of the 24 units required for licensing and must be completed prior to or at the beginning of the licence course. Course dates and availability can be found on the Agent's Representative page. The balance of 21 units is obtained by attending contact classes throughout the year - each unit is scheduled every six–eight weeks. You can decide how long you wish to take to complete the course (up to a maximum of 12 months) and organise a training schedule to suit your work and personal timetable. Please click on the following link for scheduled classes:

2012 Class Schedule

If the contact classes don't suit your schedule, you can elect to complete some or all of the units by DE. Students are sent 2 units per month to complete, with each assessment due the following month. The number of units undertaken in a particular month can be increased if desired. Students are provided with the email address of a tutor should they require any assistance. 

Distance Education (DE) Fact Sheet

Credit Transfers (CT)

To be eligible for a Credit Transfer (exemption) in a particular unit, you must be able to provide a statement of attainment from a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) showing competency acheived in the corresponding unit code, ie. CPPDSM4080A.

Where competency has been acheived in a unit which is not part of the current course, and not listed in the Unit Synopsis, Credit Transfer cannot be provided. In this instance, Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) may be an option.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

Students who completed the Agent's Representative course prior to the current training package (approx. 2008 or earlier) will not be able to gain Credit Transfers, as there is no official mapping of these units. However, students may apply for RPL if they are able to demonstrate the current compentencies from these units.

Experienced Agents Representative's with more than 2 years experience may find other units in the course that they wish to undertake by RPL. Please refer to the RPL Fact Sheet and the Licence Course - Unit Synopsis to identify if RPL is suitable for you.    

RPL Fact Sheet
Licence Course - Unit Synopsis

Information sheet for agent's representatives with less than two years' experience

Further information for students starting out or agent's representatives with less than two years' experience can be found on the following fact sheet: 

Licence Course Information Sheet

Alternative course delivery combinations will attract an adjusted course fee.

Individual unit tuition fees can be found on the relevant enrolment form.

*Victorian Training Guarantee

The Victorian Government under their Training Guarantee initiative is currently providing Victorians with the opportunity to upgrade their skills with the assistance of government funding. The funding covers the cost of the course and students are only required to pay a prescribed tuition fee based on the number of units studied. No tuition fee is applicable for those units being completed via RPL or those for which you are awarded CT.

You are eligible if: 

1. You are an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident and have NOT completed a Certificate IV, Diploma or Degree in any field, OR
2. You are under 20 years of age on the 1st of January in the year in which you commence study.

If you meet the above criteria, please complete the enrolment form for the Victorian Training Guarantee funded student and sign the eligibility declaration and attach the required certified documents.

Download the relevant REIV licence course enrolment form below and submit with payment by post, fax, email or in person.  Details are found on the enrolment form.  If you are unable to download the enrolment form, hard copy forms may be obtained from the REIV.

Fee for Service student enrolment form
Victorian Training Guarantee student enrolment form

For more information, please email the REIV Training department or telephone 9205 6666.