How to prepare for PDE exams

Confirm your eligibility

The PDE candidate should first confirm whether he/she is eligible to write the PDE exam by checking the following:

a) Current Full Status or Principal Property Practitioners who haven't passed the PDE exams yet will be eligible to write the PDE exam, as long as they are currently registered with the PPRA and are not disqualified or blocked.

b) (i) Candidate Property Practitioners (previously referred to as Intern Estate Agents) should have the following in place:

The 12-month Internship period should be completed.

The Intern Logbook should be complete, submitted, and being found competent by the PPRA. This will be indicated by a letter sent from the PPRA to the candidate, and the qualification status will be ticked green next to 1 Year Internship on MYEAAB.

The Candidate Property Practitioner should have obtained the FETC Real Estate NQF4 qualification certificate, or External Verification Confirmation letter from their service provider with a Services Seta LA number to confirm this. This should be updated on MYEAAB and indicated with a green tick under Qualification Status on MYEAAB.


b (ii) Principal Property Practitioners who have been registered as Principal for 2 years or longer should be in possession of all the above, PLUS should have obtained the NC Real Estate NQF5 qualification certificate, or External Verification Confirmation letter from their service provider with a Services Seta LA number to confirm this. This should be updated on MYEAAB and indicated with a green tick under Qualification Status on MYEAAB.

They should also be currently registered with the PPRA and are not disqualified or blocked.

Enrol in the exam

Once the above has been confirmed the candidate will be able to enrol online via the MYEAAB portal after being logged in: Registration | Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (theppra.org.za). Enrolment dates are available on the PPRA website: PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION EXAMINATION (PDE) | Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (theppra.org.za).

How we help you

Compliance Realtor will assist you in preparing for the exam by offering online, pre-recorded courses for the PDE-4 Preparatory Workshop and the PDE-5 Preparatory workshop respectively.

Once enrolled, the candidate will receive access to all the necessary video recordings, training notes and summaries needed for the preparation as well as for the exam itself. On-going support will be available up to the actual exam, and afterwards until the results are available.

Feel free to contact us should you have any questions

Updated on: 01/02/2023