Licence Class: Class 1, Class 2
CPD Allocation: 1 Hour
CPD Category: Elective
CPD Learning Area: Property Transaction & Legal Requirements
Method of Delivery: This is a Webinar (On-Demand), available to be watched and the assessment completed at your convenience, on the SCA e-Learning Platform any time before the end of the CPD Year (23 March 2021 – 22 March 2022).
Course Format:
- Recorded Webinar
- Online Assessment
Presenter:
Topic Overview:
- Replacement value: OC legal obligation to insure
- Importance of valuations
- Questions for the valuer; particularly if building sum insured reduced
- All parties must exercise duty of care
- Potential legal exposures: OBL or Strata manager if not referred to the OC for approval
- Partial loss vs total loss; no averaging clauses in residential strata insurance
- Unlimited legal liability, if shortfall in sum insured and a total loss
- Common property vs personal property; L&C for personal property and liability within the lot
Learning Outcomes:
Participants will gain an understanding of the legal obligations to ensure strata title properties, whose responsibility this is and how to identify and minimise any risks and/or legal exposure.
Assessment Delivery and Certificates
Assessments are multiple-choice. Access to assessments is provided to students on the SCA e-Learning Platform.
Upon successful completion of assessments, students will receive their Certificates via email, and can download them from the SCA e-Learning Platform at their convenience.
Education Terms and Conditions can be found in our Education Handbook.
Licence Class: Class 1, Class 2
CPD Allocation: 1 Hour
CPD Category: Elective
CPD Learning Area: Property Transaction & Legal Requirements
Method of Delivery: This is a Webinar (On-Demand), available to be watched and the assessment completed at your convenience, on the SCA e-Learning Platform any time before the end of the CPD Year (23 March 2021 – 22 March 2022).
Course Format:
- Recorded Webinar
- Online Assessment
Presenter:
- Kristie Pike Bright & Duggan
- Christine Byrne, Green Strata
Topic Overview:
- Why do governments have grants schemes?
- Where can a Strata Manager go to find out what grants are currently available to strata schemes?
- How to quickly assess if a strata scheme is eligible to apply for a grant
- What is involved in a grant application process?
- How can a strata manager be of assistance to their OCs in this process?
- What are grants committee looking for in a grant application?
- Grants that are currently available to strata schemes
- Obligations on owners’ committees after a grant is awarded
Learning Outcomes:
Participants will gain an understanding of where to go in order to access the latest information on available government grants; how to assess if any of their schemes may be eligible and how to confidently assist an Owners Committee through the grant application process.
Assessment Delivery and Certificates
Assessments are multiple-choice. Access to assessments is provided to students on the SCA e-Learning Platform.
Upon successful completion of assessments, students will receive their Certificates via email, and can download them from the SCA e-Learning Platform at their convenience.
Education Terms and Conditions can be found in our Education Handbook.
Licence Class: Class 1, Class 2
CPD Allocation: 1 Hour
CPD Category: Elective
CPD Learning Area: Trust Accounting Principles & Audit Requirements
Method of Delivery: This is a Webinar (On-Demand), available to be watched and the assessment completed at your convenience, on the SCA e-Learning Platform any time before the end of the CPD Year (23 March 2021 – 22 March 2022).
Course Format:
- Recorded Webinar
- Online Assessment
Presenters:
- Peter Dawkins, Kelly + Partners
- George Vumbaca, Jameson & Associates
Topic Overview:
Learn what Accrual Accounting is, when does it generally get done, and what the advantages and disadvantages are.
Learning Outcomes:
Be able to identify the types of buildings or occasions that accrual accounting may be needed, or of assistance to a scheme/strata manager. Understand the difference between financials that have been done on a cash basis and those on an accrued basis.
Assessment Delivery and Certificates
Assessments are multiple-choice. Access to assessments is provided to students on the SCA e-Learning Platform.
Upon successful completion of assessments, students will receive their Certificates via email, and can download them from the SCA e-Learning Platform at their convenience.
Education Terms and Conditions can be found in our Education Handbook.
Licence Class: Class 1, Class 2
CPD Allocation: 1 Hour
CPD Category: Elective
CPD Learning Area: Legislation & Compliance
Method of Delivery: This is a Webinar (On-Demand), available to be watched and the assessment completed at your convenience, on the SCA e-Learning Platform any time before the end of the CPD Year (23 March 2021 – 22 March 2022).
Course Format:
- Recorded Webinar
- Online Assessment
Presenter:
- Peter Callaghan, C & N Projects
- Huw Phillips, Airbnb
Topic Overview:
Fire Certification & Cladding
- How to identify Cladding
- What buildings have it
- Is it a defect?
- Engineered Solutions versus Full Replacement
- How are insurance Companies handling the issue?
Short-Term Rentals (Airbnb)
- How does Airbnb work
- Is there screening
- Which Buildings can use Airbnb
Learning Outcomes:
Participants will gain an understanding of:
Fire Certification & Cladding
- Importance of using CFSP
- Enable Strata Managers to advise their owners how best to deal with Cladding Issues
- When and how to act
Short-Term Rentals (Airbnb)
- How we can better educate our owners to work together to make Airbnb work
- Pros and Cons of using Airbnb
- Compliance with regulations / Fire Safety etc.
Assessment Delivery and Certificates
Assessments are multiple-choice. Access to assessments is provided to students on the SCA e-Learning Platform.
Upon successful completion of assessments, students will receive their Certificates via email, and can download them from the SCA e-Learning Platform at their convenience.
Education Terms and Conditions can be found in our Education Handbook.
Licence Class: Class 1, Class 2
CPD Allocation: 1 Hour
CPD Category: Elective
CPD Learning Area: Legislation & Compliance
Method of Delivery: This is a Webinar (On-Demand), available to be watched and the assessment completed at your convenience, on the SCA e-Learning Platform any time before the end of the CPD Year (23 March 2021 – 22 March 2022).
Course Format:
- Recorded Webinar
- Online Assessment
Presenter:
- Colin Grace, Grace Lawyers
Topic Overview:
- Understanding and managing easements
- Easements and restrictions on title and how this impacts the strata scheme
- Respective responsibilities between the parties
Learning Outcomes:
- At the conclusion of the session, attendees will be able to understand the following:
- How an easement works
- Who can be affected by an easement
- Who the parties are who involved in an easement
- How to check if there is an easement on the site you are managing
- Why an easement is important
- What the different types of easements are on a property
- If you can change or dispute an easement
- What your legal obligations are in relation to an easement
Assessment Delivery and Certificates
Assessments are multiple-choice. Access to assessments is provided to students on the SCA e-Learning Platform.
Upon successful completion of assessments, students will receive their Certificates via email, and can download them from the SCA e-Learning Platform at their convenience.
Education Terms and Conditions can be found in our Education Handbook.
Licence Class: Assistant Agents, Class 1 & Class 2, Repairs & Maintenance Administrators
CPD Category: Elective
CPD Learning Area: Communication skills &/or practice, Risk Management (occupancy risk), Legislation & Compliance, Workplace Health & Safety (WH&S)
CPD Allocation: 1 Hour
Licence Class: Class 1, Class 2
CPD Allocation: 1 Hour
CPD Category: Elective
CPD Learning Area: Legislation & Compliance
Method of Delivery: This is a Webinar (On-Demand), available to be watched and the assessment completed at your convenience, on the SCA e-Learning Platform any time before the end of the CPD Year (23 March 2021 – 22 March 2022).
Course Format:
- Recorded Webinar
- Online Assessment
Presenter:
- Tony Irvine, Your Local Strata
- David Bannerman, Bannermans Lawyers
Topic Overview:
- The Home Building Act requirement for contracts
- The different types of remedial works contracts
- Small vs large works
- Project management of building works
- Access requirements for remedial works
- Supervision & sign-off process for completion of works incl. instalment payments
- Implications of the Security of Payments Act on submission & payment of invoices
- Homeowners Warranty Insurance
- How to put a proper scope together & engage a consultant
- How to run a tender process & process for contract review & execution
- How to communicate with owners & ensure sure everyone is on-board
- How to ensure sure the WHS report is up to date
- How to ensure common property is safe
- How to ensure all required insurance & licence checks for contractors are completed
Learning Outcomes:
Participants will gain an understanding of the legislation governing remedial works to strata title properties, and how strata management professionals can effectively manage a remedial works process – from the tender process through to engaging contractors, signing contracts, and project-managing the building works – to ensure that works are carried out efficaciously and risks are minimised.
Assessment Delivery and Certificates
Assessments are multiple-choice. Access to assessments is provided to students on the SCA e-Learning Platform.
Upon successful completion of assessments, students will receive their Certificates via email, and can download them from the SCA e-Learning Platform at their convenience.
Education Terms and Conditions can be found in our Education Handbook.
Licence Class: Class 1, Class 2
CPD Allocation: 1 Hour
CPD Category: Elective
CPD Learning Area: Legislation & Compliance
Method of Delivery: This is a Webinar (On-Demand), available to be watched and the assessment completed at your convenience, on the SCA e-Learning Platform any time before the end of the CPD Year (23 March 2021 – 22 March 2022).
Course Format:
- Recorded Webinar
- Online Assessment
Presenters:
- Kim Jonsson, CHU
- Jason Starr-Thomas, Collective Insurance Brokers
- Mason Paynter, Body Corporate Brokers
Topic Overview:
The importance of knowing your insurance obligations in your role as a strata manager
Learning Outcomes:
Participants will gain an understanding of:
- legislative obligations
- Why you need to know what is specified in your Agency Agreement
- Your role in the renewal process & what you can and cannot say
- What information might be relevant to assist with reducing your client’s premiums
- What detail to collect in the case of a claim
Assessment Delivery and Certificates
Assessments are multiple-choice. Access to assessments is provided to students on the SCA e-Learning Platform.
Upon successful completion of assessments, students will receive their Certificates via email, and can download them from the SCA e-Learning Platform at their convenience.
Education Terms and Conditions can be found in our Education Handbook.
Licence Class: Class 1, Class 2
CPD Allocation: 1 Hour
CPD Category: Elective
CPD Learning Area: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Method of Delivery: This is a Webinar (On-Demand), available to be watched and the assessment completed at your convenience, on the SCA e-Learning Platform any time before the end of the CPD Year (23 March 2021 – 22 March 2022).
Course Format:
- Recorded Webinar
- Online Assessment
Presenters:
- Facilitator – Olivera Ferguson, Strata Plus
- Panellist – Sara Rathborne, NABERS
- Panellist – Brent Clarke, Wattblock, Sustainability Winner 2018
- Panellist – Gary Sharma, National Facilities Management
Topic Overview:
- Why does sustainability matter?
- What does sustainability mean in the context of a strata scheme?
- Who is responsible for sustainability?
Learning Outcomes:
Participants will gain an understanding that sustainability ensures all resources are finite-economic, societal, and environmental, understand resourced used now should not compromise future generations, be able to identify and implement reduction in energy and materials, and demonstrate financial benefits to the strata scheme.
Assessment Delivery and Certificates
Assessments are multiple-choice. Access to assessments is provided to students on the SCA e-Learning Platform.
Upon successful completion of assessments, students will receive their Certificates via email, and can download them from the SCA e-Learning Platform at their convenience.
Education Terms and Conditions can be found in our Education Handbook.
