Professional Year

Training and support to help you get the right start to your financial advice career

Make a better start on your financial advice journey with TAL Risk Academy’s Professional Year Program. Designed specifically for PY candidates, the program offers wide-ranging and customisable education pathways that will help you understand and achieve all your learning goals.

The PY Community offers a virtual series of events that connect Professional Year candidates with industry experts and experienced advisers to gain real-world insights into key advice topics, like advice skills and ethical dilemmas.

TAL Risk Academy also offers four learning programs, created specifically for the Professional Year to help you build your knowledge and gain key skills for the advice industry.

PY Manager – Manage & Track your Professional Year

Our new PY Manager platform makes it easy for candidates, supervisors and licensees to keep track of all the things that make up the Professional Year.

• Save time with all your PY information in one spot
• Easily track progress with a complete picture of PY activity
• Plan and log requirements with full visibility for candidates and supervisors
• Quick sign off function for supervisors and licensees with total clarity for candidates
• Key milestone reminders to keep everyone informed

Through one digital hub, you can review and manage your PY requirements, details and achievements. PY Manager means everyone has a clear picture of progress and what’s ahead.

Get in touch to find out how you can sign up.

PY Community – Professional development sessions

Each month, the PY Community presents a series of virtual events to help you learn from industry experts and leading advisers. Gain unique insight into how they reached success in advice or became an expert in our industry, as well as their thoughts on the skills that will help you get the right start in your career.  

Each session is complimentary, runs for an hour and will feature panel discussions and interviews on key topics such as:

• What makes a successful adviser?
• Life Insurance adviser skills
• Ethical dilemmas
• Super advice skills
• What can we learn from the complaints AFCA receive?

Register now to secure your spot in our next session.

Four focused Professional Year learning programs

Specifically designed for Professional Year new entrants, our PY courses offer structured training to help you kick-start your future success.