CPD for Real Estate and Property Training Providers
If you train agents, surveyors or letting professionals and you're not sure your certificates will satisfy RICS or Propertymark's own CPD records, that feeling is completely normal — it isn't a sign you're missing something. RICS, ARLA Propertymark and NAEA Propertymark each set specific annual CPD requirements for their members, but none of them accredit the training providers or courses themselves. What actually matters is whether your certificate gives a member something they can drop straight into their own CPD portfolio if it's ever reviewed.
What CPD accreditation actually means for a real estate and property training provider
RICS requires 20 hours of CPD a year for members, with at least 10 of those classed as formal learning. ARLA Propertymark sets a mandatory 12 hours a year for letting agents, and NAEA Propertymark expects a similar level of ongoing development from estate agents — all under the broader NFOPP qualifications framework that Propertymark schemes sit within.
None of these bodies accredit the training providers delivering that CPD. What they require is that members can document and evidence what they've completed — valuation, lettings compliance, property management, surveying, planning or conveyancing content that reflects genuinely current legislation and practice, recorded against clear learning outcomes.
That's a meaningful distinction for independent trainers, many of whom are practitioners themselves — chartered surveyors running valuation workshops, compliance specialists delivering lettings law updates. The subject knowledge is rarely the gap. What's often missing is a certificate format that gives RICS, ARLA or NAEA Propertymark members something they can actually present if their records are reviewed.
Open CPD offers a simple 3 step process for you
Run your valuation, lettings compliance or planning course as you already do.
Log in, set up the course profile, outcomes, hours, delivery mode, and accredit with one click.
Branded CPD certificates and digital badges are generated instantly for every learner.
What RICS and Propertymark members actually check
A surveyor or letting agent compiling their annual CPD record isn't looking for a training provider with a recognisable badge — they're looking for a certificate tied to a specific course, provider and date that they can present if RICS or Propertymark ever reviews their portfolio.
A permanent, checkable verification record gives them exactly that. It carries a unique identifier that can be validated independently, which matters more to a member's compliance than any logo, and gives the provider's course visibility to other professionals doing the same searching.
Each certificate resolves to an achievement page anyone can open, no login, no PDF attachment.
Your logo and course name lead. Certificates are powered by Open CPD, issued by you.
Once issued, the record is stored immutably and stays tamper-proof, the date and detail cannot drift.
How this plays out for real estate and property training providers
Independent property trainers are often former practitioners — chartered surveyors, compliance specialists, planning consultants — delivering specialist courses on valuation, lettings law or development appraisal that no generic provider matches. The gap has never been subject knowledge. It's giving RICS, ARLA or NAEA Propertymark members a certificate they can actually use when their records are checked.
There is no RICS- or Propertymark-endorsed accreditor for training providers, and you do not need one
RICS, ARLA Propertymark and NAEA Propertymark set CPD requirements for their own members, not approval schemes for the training providers who teach them — there's no accreditor whose logo makes a property course count. Open CPD doesn't duplicate a membership requirement that doesn't exist; it gives your course a verifiable certificate that RICS and Propertymark members can use directly as their own compliance evidence.
Accredit your first property training course this week
Ready to see exactly how the structure comes together — aims, skills, outcomes, and the verification record that ties it all together? [How It Works](https://open-cpd.com/how-it-works/) walks through the full mechanism. Or [start now](https://open-cpd.com/opencpddemo/) and set up your first property course profile in minutes.