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Course Content
NCC 2025 for Energy Assessors
A new edition is not a new star rating. Know what NCC 2025 changed, what it paused and which edition governs your job.
What changed, what paused and what it means for your modelling. The residential provisions carry across in full, the residential bar is held to around the middle of 2029, adoption is staged across the states and territories, and the real reform lands in commercial Section J and on-site solar.
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4 modules, 2 case studies, final quiz and certificate.
Introduction and objectives
Why NCC 2025 caused more confusion than it should have, and the four decisions this hour prepares you for.
What Is Retained for Residential
The 7-star minimum, the heating and cooling load limits and the Whole-of-Home budget, all carried across, and what was proposed but never adopted.
The Residential Pause
The October 2025 Building Ministers’ decision, why it was agreed, and how it changes your client conversations and your own practice.
Reading the Version Landscape
Staged adoption, the jurisdictions on each edition, transition windows, and a five step method for fixing the correct baseline.
The Commercial Reforms That Land
The Section J changes, mandatory on-site solar for certain commercial buildings, and where the reforms touch NatHERS, NABERS and Section J work.
The re-rating that was not needed and the version boundary that mattered
A Brisbane volume builder’s 7-star range, and a Melbourne Section J report lodged late in a transition.
Key takeaways
Six points to carry into the next client who asks what changed.
Final quiz and certificate
Ten practice scenarios. Pass and the certificate goes straight into your dashboard.
Intermediate. For accredited assessors working across NatHERS, NABERS and Section J, and the designers and surveyors who rely on their work. Reflects the regulatory position at production; adoption dates are staged and can change, so confirm the edition in force with the relevant building authority. It names no product or supplier.
Written for the people clients ask when a new code edition lands.
NatHERS Energy Assessor
Your clients want to know whether a compliant design now needs re-rating.
NABERS Assessor
Your commercial clients are investing to meet the new Section J and solar provisions.
Building Designer
You document to an edition and need to know which one governs the job.
Architect
Your commercial projects now carry on-site solar and stronger Section J requirements.
Building Surveyor
You decide which edition applies and whether work had substantially commenced.
Where this hour goes on your record.
National Standard of Competency for Architects (NSCA 2021) performance criteria this course aligns with:
Building codes, standards and planning advice
Project budget and statutory requirements
Environmental sustainability across the lifecycle
Sustainable environmental systems
Compliant project documentation
| If you are | How it is recorded |
|---|---|
| An accredited energy assessor | 1 formal CPD point. Your certificate, the learning outcomes, the module outline and your quiz result are kept in your dashboard, so you can show what you studied if your CPD is audited. |
| An architect | 1 formal CPD point. Aligned with NSCA 2021 performance criteria PC12, PC20, PC31, PC33 and PC46. |
| A building designer or building surveyor | 1 hour of CPD on NCC 2025 energy provisions and edition control, recorded on your certificate for your registration body or scheme. |
CPD On Demand is not a registered training organisation and courses are not accredited by any registration body. Each course is aligned with the relevant competency frameworks and gives you the records to evidence it. CPD rules differ by registration body and state, so check with yours if you are unsure.
Pairs well with.
What Changed in the NatHERS Technical Note: The Assumptions Assessors Must Update
The modelling assumptions that did change, and how to audit your templates.
Glazing Inputs, WERS and Default Values: Getting the Window Entry Right Without the Software
The window entries that decide a NatHERS result.
Blower Door Testing for NatHERS Assessors: Reading the Result and Using It in the Rating
Reading an air leakage test and using it in the rating.
Before you enrol.
Give the next client a clear answer on NCC 2025, in one self-paced hour.
$99, 60 minutes, certificate on completion.