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BCFSA offers courses for both real estate licensees and mortgage broker registrants. To help determine the course options available to you, please select the industry in which you are licensed or registered.

What is the Legal Update Course?

BCFSA’s Legal Update course is a mandatory continuing education requirement for all submortgage brokers.

The Legal Update Course has two parts: a self-paced online component followed by a full-day classroom session. Real estate professionals must successfully complete the online component before attending the classroom session.

Which Legal Update should I take?

• Residential Trading Services: For real estate professionals who help consumers to buy, sell or lease residential properties.
• Commercial Trading Services: For real estate professionals who help consumers to buy, sell or lease commercial properties.
• Strata Management: For strata managers who provide real estate services to strata corporations.
• Rental Property Management: For real estate professionals licensed for rental property management provide real estate services to or on behalf of owners of rental real estate.

Note: You only need to take one Legal Update Course during your two year licence term. If you are licensed for more than one service category (Strata, Rental and/or Trading), you are only required to take Legal Update once during your licence term.

See the BCFSA website for more information about the Legal Update Course .

What is the Legal Update for Mortgage Brokers Course?

Starting January 1, 2023, BCFSA’s Legal Update course is a mandatory continuing education requirement for all submortgage brokers.

Note: You only need to take one Legal Update Course during your two year mortgage broker registration or real estate licence term. If you are registered as a mortgage or submortgage broker with more than one registered activity, and/or you have a real estate licence for more than one service category (Strata, Rental and/or Trading), you are only required to take Legal Update once during your registration or licence term.

See the BCFSA website for more information about the Legal Update Course .

What is the Ethics Course?

All licensed real estate professionals are required to complete one Ethics course during each two-year licence term. Whether you are a representative, an associate broker or a managing broker and whether you provide trading services, rental property management services, or strata management services, you’ll learn valuable information about ethical decision making in real estate in this new course.

The Ethics course has two parts: a self-paced online component followed by a virtual classroom session. Real estate professionals must successfully complete the self-paced component before attending the virtual classroom session.

Note: Managing brokers who hold a secondary licence only need to complete Ethics during the two year term of their primary licence.

See the BCFSA website for more information about the Ethics Course .

About the Residential Applied Practice Course

Please note: this course is only for first-time licensees. If you are currently licensed, you do not need to take this course.

When do students in the Residential Applied Practice Course receive a licence?

Learners who have successfully completed the Real Estate Trading Services Licensing Course and examination must complete the first two components of the new Residential Trading Services Applied Practice Course before they can receive their licence.

After successfully completing Components 1 and 2 of the course you are eligible to apply for licensing.

Once you have received your licence, you will proceed to Component 3 of the course. As part of this component, you will complete field assignments under the supervision of your managing broker.

If you do not successfully complete all components of the Applied Practice Course within the required timeframe, your licence will be revoked.

Pre-Licensing Requirements

Component 1: Online learning completed over 14 days. Learners should expect to complete assignments, participate in discussion groups, and use industry reference materials and forms.

Component 2: Two days of in-class sessions. Focus is on role play to practice working with a buyer and seller using appropriate forms and licensee resources.

Post-Licensing Requirements

Component 3: Learners complete practical field assignments which are submitted online over 4.5 months. Each assignment has clearly stated learning outcomes related to real estate services. Learners must have received their temporary licence, as they are required to be actively practising real estate in order to complete the assignments.

There is no instructor in this component as learners complete the assignments while working in a brokerage and under the supervision of their managing broker.

Component 4: Final in-class day to review Agency, Disclosure and Contracts. Learners will address future professional development to strengthen their skills.

See the BCFSA website for more information about the Applied Practice Course .

What is the Applied Practice Course for Managing Brokers?

The APC for Managing Brokers pilot is strongly recommended for those who have recently passed the Broker's Business Planning and Financial Management Licensing exam, newer managing brokers, and associate brokers interested in exploring the managing broker role. Experienced managing brokers are also encouraged to participate to further enhance their expertise.

This course is provided over seven months in a blended format consisting of e-learning, virtual classroom time as well as cohort and individual field assignments that learners complete while working in their brokerages.

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