CPD Explained
What is UK CPD Accreditation Service?
We founded the UK CPD Accreditation Service after conducting comprehensive research with industry professionals. We relentlessly studied the quality of CPD, and surveyed a huge quantity of industry professionals, professional bodies and regulators.
Continuing Professional Development helps individuals to commit to development, and to become a more compelling professional. CPD development, training and learning targets competency and increases capability. Regular CPD can enhance knowledge, the skillset and career.
What Are Benefits of Becoming CPD Accredited?
Continuing Professional Development is essential in helping individuals, industries and organisations maintain skillsets, develop further skillsets, and keep all of this knowledge up to date.
Providing CPD accredited learning allows training providers and businesses alike to become a trusted and reliable source of information. CPD accredited training courses, workshops and events allow professionals to submit the allotted learning hours into their individual CPD record.
CPD benefits the employer and the employee. Employers understand that all learning and development undertaken is of the highest level, whilst the employees enhance their skillset considerably.
CPD is constantly evolving and the standards improving. It ensures that academic and practical qualifications do not become outdated and allows individuals to up skill or learn new skills whenever they like, regardless of current education, age, or occupation.
Does CPD Offer 'Anything?'
All development and learning must deliver results and benefits to the businesses, organisations, individuals, and stakeholders involved.
All CPD must include competent levels of learning and activities – these can be delivered through a combination of innovative and traditional forms of learning.
All CPD must be delivered to the highest standard possible.
All CPD offered must be relevant – if we deem any activities irrelevant, then we will not accredit it.
All providers, coaches and associates must show proficiency in the delivery of training and development
We work proactively with all our accredited CPD providers. All accredited institutes and members must agree to work by our high standards. It is understood that any perceived breaches are investigated fully and impartially.
Who Is Responsible for Recording CPD Learning & How Is This Learning Recorded?
CPD Records
All learners are responsible for arranging and maintaining their own CPD records. Keeping these records not only helps the individual reflect on the amount of professional development over a period of time, it will also be used as evidence should the learner be required to submit evidence of annual CPD to their employers or professional.
Completed CPD
Any completed CPD should be recorded as soon as possible onto a CPD record form or register. It must be kept up to date, meet the requirements (either in subject or guided hours) of their professional body or association, highlight the provider, highlight the learning details and if possible, have the certificates attached. The certificates should always show the amount of CPD hours or points awarded for the learning.
CPD Completion
Once a CPD certified activity has been completed, the individual must update their CPD record sheet and attach the associated certificate. It is not necessary for the accredited CPD Provider to keep an ongoing learning record for each of their delegates, however, they must provide a certificate or notice of participation to the individual once the learning has been completed.
Who has the responsibility for finding the time to complete CPD?
Allocating time for CPD is the responsibility of the individual. Any individual will need to fully aware of any CPD requirements for either their organisation/industry, specific job contract or professional body obligations. The individual also needs to understand any limitations on how they can receive the CPD, how their CPD training and learning should be recorded within their own training register, and the number of guided learning hours expected within a set time frame.
Who Sets The CPD Requirements?
Most professional bodies will provide their members with any Continuing Professional Development requirements, with the minimum annual number of hours being the favoured method of highlighting what is required. These obligations will be clearly defined by the acceptable means of learning – be them classroom training, seminars, conferences, workshops, e-learning etc. Most professional bodies do allow their members the flexibility to choose their relevant subjects – however, a small minority require their members to seek CPD on a specific core subjects within the industry.