CPD REQUIREMENTS FOR SISV MEMBERSHIP

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is a common requirement for professional institutions to ensure members are up to date on the latest laws, regulations, technology and market conditions. This is all the more urgent given the accelerated pace of change across local and international markets, and the much discussed impact of AI on professional work.

Section XXI of SISV’s bylaws stipulate that all members must clock at least 20 CPDhours every year. Non-compliance can render a member liable for suspension.

SISV is simplifying and revising its CPD regime to offer a wider range of options to help members comply with the annual 20 hour requirement. These options are as follows:

1. Besides the usual SISV run programs on real estate, the revised CPD curriculum will include topics that are beyond real estate and are useful to members for their own personal growth and business expansion. These include topics such as branding, managing teams, leadership, data protection, business development & networking skills, etc.

2. SISV will also organise learning trips to relevant sites (such as advanced manufacturing facilities or specific adaptive reuse projects) plus potentially overseas study trips (to say China to see the state of their AI adoption)

3. Members will have the opportunity to take courses on adjacent disciplines like urban planning, project management, etc. from allied institutions like Urban Land Institute (ULI), Singapore Institute of Planners (SIP), NUS Cities, and Singapore Institute of Estate Agents (SIEA). VGP will not prescribe specific professional bodies for which this option can apply beyond those named above. Members availing themselves of this option can self declare and upload the relevant documents (i.e. certificate of participation showing name, course, date, course provider) onto the CPD portal. Such programs can account for up to four(4) CPD hours each year. The assignment of such CPD hours for members will be at the discretion of SISV, but generally speaking, on an equivalent CPD basis, i.e. same as that prescribed by the organiser for their members

4. Members can also take courses in more fields of general knowledge and professional self improvement such as AI, finance, negotiations, etc. This is predicated on the basis that real estate practice is increasingly shaped not just by specific real estate factors such as market conditions, but by technology (think agentic AI), global trade (think tariffs), climate change (think sustainability 2reporting), etc. We want members to become acquainted with these “macro” issues and improve their own set of soft skills. VGP will also take a liberal approach to recognition of such programs but cap this option at four (4) hours. The mapping will be two hours of the external course for every hour of CPD. Members can self declare the courses they take by submitting proof of attendance showing the course title, course provider, date and time onto the SISV’s CPD portal.

5. We will also allow members additional flexibility to undertake a range of knowledge enhancement pursuits such as writing a book or research report that requires a measure of active investigation, data collection, etc. Or to present a paper at a conference on a real estate related topic, etc. Members can specify the hours they wish to declare but this will be capped at two (2) CPD hours.

The following table summarises the various options for VGP members.

No	CPD category	Details	Hours per year	Mode of recognition
1	SISV run programs	Formal courses by SISV (online or in person) and includes learning trips, all of which have prescribed CPD hours upon successful completion	Up to 20	Application through SISV website & auto link to CPD portal
2	Related disciplines	Courses on real estate related subjects such as urban planning, housing policy, etc. run by allied organisations (SIP, ULI, NUS Cities, SIEA, LS & QS divisions of SISV, etc.)	Up to 4	Self declaration via CPD portal
3	More general courses by non allied organisations	Courses on general knowledge and personal development topics such as finance, blockchain, leadership, human capital management, etc. by non allied organisations (WMI, Lifelong Learning institute, SID, etc.)	Up to 4	Self declaration via CPD portal
4	Others	Other options not covered above – e.g. undertaken research project or presented a technical paper at a relevant conference on real estate matters	Up to 2	Subject to evaluation by VGP council
		Total per annum	20

Valuation & General Practice Mandatory 20 Hours on Core CPD Activities in every year. E.g. (20 hours from 1/1/ - 31/12/)			Annex B
Activity Code	CPD hours awarded for VGP Core Activities: 1. Valuation 2. Marketing & Agency 3. Property Management 4. Property Market Research 5. Property Development 6. Project Management	CPD hours awarded for VGP Non-Core Activities: 1. Land Surveying 2. Quantity Surveying 3. Human Resource 4. Information Technology 5. Banking & Finance 6. Business Management 7. Engineering 8. Any other relevant topics	Type of Activity
A1	3 CPD hours for every hour or part thereof.	2 CPD hour for every hour or part thereof.	Delivery of papers in a talk, training session, lecture, seminar, conference, workshop, site/technical visit, or forum panelist.
A2	1 CPD hour for every hour or part thereof subject to a maximum of 10 CPD hours per event.	1 CPD hour for every hour or part thereof subject to a maximum of 5 CPD hours per event.	Attendance of talk, training session, lecture, seminar, conference, workshop, site/technical visit, or forum.
B	1 CPD hour for every hour or part thereof subject to a maximum of 10 CPD hours per year.	0.5 CPD hour for every hour or part thereof subject to a maximum of 5 CPD hours per year.	Discussion, meeting, industry dialogue,etc on technical topics. These should have some formalised structure eg. a paper, video or tape, a competent person in charge of the proceedings, the subject matter be announced in advance, and minutes of meetings to be kept etc.
C	1 CPD hour for every 2 hours or part thereof subject to a maximum of 10 CPD hours per year.	0.5 CPD hour for every 2 hours or part thereof subject to a maximum of 5 CPD hours per year.	Complete a full-time or part-time formal course organised by colleges, polytechnics, universities, professional bodies, recognised course providers leading to a certificate of passing, diploma, degree, or an additional higher qualification eg. MBAs, PhD.
D	1 CPD hour for every 2 hours or part thereof subject to a maximum of 5 CPD hours per year.	0.5 CPD hour for every 2 hours or part thereof subject to a maximum of 3 CPD hours per year.	Distance-learning or correpondencecourses, supervised study packages, being a programme of reading, recorded lectures, webinar.
E	1 CPD hour per article subject to a maximum of 5 CPD hours per year.	0.5 CPD hour per article subject to a maximum of 3 CPD hour per year.	Private studies of a structured nature. Structured reading prompted by a problem and towards solving the problem can be counted eg. readingfrom a wide variety of sources having pre-determined the reasons and to gather information in a systematic way. Reading of pre-course materials, and background papers to a conference/ seminar etc can be counted.
F	1 CPD hour per article subject to a maximum of 10 CPD hours per year.	0.5 CPD Unit per article subject to a maximum of 5 CPD hour per year.	Research work carried out in response to a work related problem for a client or leading to understanding of a new and relevant subject, etc may be included.
G	4 CPD hours per topic subject to a maximum of 12 CPD hours per year.	2 CPD hours per topic subject to a maximum of 6 CPD hours per year.	Authorship of published works. These works normally should consist of technical or academic articles published in a professional journal or other published form.