In BC, to construct new homes or to carry out building envelope renovations in the residential construction industry, you must first become a licensed builder. This applies to general contractors, developers and building envelope renovators throughout the province.

All general contractors wishing to renew their license to build single-family homes and small residential buildings in the province must also take Continuing Professional Development (CPD) training in the construction industry. Please contact BC Housing directly if you have any questions about your license.

Want to learn more? Check out BC Housing’s website on Qualification Requirements for New Residential Builders.

General contractor licensees are required to obtain a minimum of 20 points annually to meet their CPD requirements. There are two CPD points per hour of formal learning and one CPD point per hour of informal learning. In order to qualify for CPD points, the course must be a minimum of one hour in duration.

You can carry over a maximum of 20 CPD points from year to year. This means that 20 of the 40 points obtained will apply to Licence Term 1 and 20 points will be carried over to Licence Term 2. The 20 CPD points that were carried over from Licence Term 1 were applied.

Learn more about CPD credits by reading BC Housing’s Continuing Professional Development guide.

BC Housing recognizes both formal and informal training. Formal training means you earn two CPD points per hour of learning, and is typically accompanied by an exam. Informal training is more general, either a course without an exam or a conference, workshop or seminar. Informal training earns one CPD point per hour.

Most Blue House Energy courses are classed as formal training, delivering more points for your professional development hours.

You are required to keep a record of your completed CPD training for three years after the end of your licence term. BC Housing may audit your CPD participation at any time, so keep your records complete and accessible.

Only completed training that can be verified is eligible for CPD points.

You can only claim points for an individual course once. Unless there has been substantial changes to a course you will not be able to claim credit for it again.

CPD points must be complete and reported through the Licensed Residential Builders portal before applying to renew your licence each year.

Yes! All of our courses that are eligible for BC Housing CPD points are on-line and on-demand, allowing you to get your points on your own schedule.

Most of our courses also have audio-only versions so you can listen while you're on the road or waiting for contractors, etc. You'll still need to do the tests online to get your certificate of completion to claim your CPDs.

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