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Real Estate Agents Authority Approved Continuing Education Provider (REAAACE Provider)

Crockers has been approved by the Real Estate Agents Authority (REAA) as Continuing Education provider. Only two independent companies within New Zealand were approved and we are very pleased to be one of them.

What does this mean?

The REAA has introduced a new practice rule, which will come into effect from 1 January 2012 which requires all licensees (Real Estate Agents or Property Managers) to complete a set amount of continuing education each year.

All licensees will need to demonstrate that they have completed the continuing education requirements in order to renew their licence (from 2013 on).

Continuing education has two parts, verifiable and non-verifiable education and licensees must complete both parts before re-licensing:

Ten hours of verifiable education: This is education in relation to complying with the Act, Regulations and Rules. This will be delivered by an approved provider. The verifiable continuing education topic for 2012 is the Professional Conduct and Client Care Rules, with a focus on disclosure.

Ten hours of non-verifiable education: This includes conferences, in house training, personal professional development and other industry-based training.

Crockers agree with the REAA in that, setting the Professional Conduct and Client Care Rules as the topic for the first year of continuing education will help reinforce the purpose and content of the Rules and help licensees to comply.

Disclosure is an important issue for those involved in buying and selling property and is vital to help protect buyers and sellers alike.

Crockers is proud to be a part of this learning process. We feel that this is a testament to the 'knowledge bank' of information which we hold as a company through our staff. Our policy of regularly sharing our knowledge within the property industry, the wider community, and our clients across Property Management, Body Corporate and Property Sales - we feel, was a huge contributing factor in our being approved as a Continuing Education provider.