Record and submit your activities

You can keep your details up to date by logging into the LBP portal and adding activities as you do them. This means that you can renew your licence once you have been notified that it is due, as long as you've completed required activities.

Submit your details online

The ideal way to submit your skills maintenance is directly in the LBP portal as and when you complete an activity, at any time during the two-year skills maintenance period. If you keep this up to date during that period, it will prevent the last-minute panic to remember everything you did when it is time to relicense. You can also upload the evidence of your activity, such as a photo of the article you read, a plan detail, or a certificate of attendance when you record your activities on the portal. This means you do not have to search for the evidence if you are audited.

You’ll need to show that you’ve completed all your skills maintenance activities. This includes:

• the mandatory Codewords articles that you’ve read and the attached quizzes
• your 2 examples of on-the-job learning, and
• the elective activities you completed.

Submit an online diary through the LBP portal

You may prefer to keep a record of your skills maintenance activities somewhere else online. This could be on another website or in an app, for example. If so, you can upload a copy of your completed skills maintenance record to the LBP portal and submit it at the same time you renew your licence. You can upload a PDF or jpg copy of:

• a completed skills maintenance document provided to you by a third party website or app, or
• a paper version you’ve completed yourself.

It’s your responsibility to make sure you’ve carried out enough skills maintenance activities — and recorded details of them — even if you do it somewhere other than in the LBP portal.

Don’t forget to keep the evidence of carrying out all of these activities somewhere safe for audit purposes.

Submit your details by post

If you can't keep a record of your skills maintenance activities online, you can keep a paper version instead. When it's time to renew your licence, you’ll need to submit:

• a paper relicensing form
• a signed record of your skills maintenance activities.

It takes a bit longer to complete the process by post, but it's useful if online isn't an option for you. You’ll need to wait for your skills maintenance record to be processed before your licence will be renewed.

Again, don’t forget to keep the evidence of carrying out all of these activities somewhere safe for audit purposes.