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Gaining your CPD certification is not a difficult process. We keep it as simple as possible in order to provide a rapid and easy accreditation.

All our accredited providers are provided with the following:

Guidance

Application guidance, review, and advice on CPD requirements, and any improvements that an organisation may need to make to their materials

Unlimited Accreditations

Full CPD accreditation on courses and events. There is no minimum limit on courses that we will accredited

Quality

Use of our CPD Member logo on all company marketing and advertising materials, and literature. Our accredited providers are licenced to use our CPD accreditation symbol on all approved CPD course materials and awarded certificates

Certifications

All of our providers are authorised to issue their delegates with a CPD certificates post activity – as CPD plays a pivotal role in ensuring professionals, individuals, organisations, and industries maintain their required standard of development.

Our Fees Structure

We believe that our fees structure is amongst the most competitive and fair on the market. We offer outstanding value, with full support being offered in return.

Our fee’s structure is simple – we charge a one-off registration fee, to cover the costs we incur in assessing your suitability as a CPD provider, and a one-off accreditation fee for each course accredited. Once the courses are accredited, then you pay an annual membership fee.

Unlike other providers, we do not charge the course accreditation fee on an annual basis – once we have accredited the course, it stays accredited for the duration of your membership (subject to no changes being made to the course materials or method of presentation). It is your annual membership that enables you to use our logo and accreditation status on your courses. Becoming accredited with us with save you a lot of money.

We reserve the right to audit and re-evaluate your accreditation every year, with your membership fee being due at least 14 days prior to the start of each renewal. You do not need to worry about renewing with us – we will automatically renew your accreditation each year unless we receive your cancellation 6 weeks in advance of your end date.

We are often asked how we can keep our fees so competitive. The answer? We keep things simple! Whilst our standards are high, our fees aren’t.

We ensure that all applications we receive for accreditation are subject to appropriate assessment. We ensure that all applications are assessed thoroughly against our strict standards and criteria laid down for accreditation. Our aim is to provide our members with the help and support expected, so that they can achieve their training objectives.

We once your application is passed and accreditation awarded, we issue you with the full CPD accreditation schedule and logo for you to showcase on your website, social media, certificates, and literature. We will also market you within our own social media and networks.

Filing

Once we receive and file your formal registration request our experienced team will work with you to understand what levels of development you currently offer, and the best way to progress with awarding your accreditation.

Rating

We will examine your business policies, learning materials and assess the current learning experience you offer. We will then provide you with a rating – this rating will indicate the level of input required from you to become compliant with our standards and gain your accreditation.

Accreditation

Once our standards have been met we will award you with your accreditation. We endeavour to have the entire process completed within 6 weeks, subject to the level of input required and your dedication. Contact us for more information at enquiries@uk-cpd.com

UK CPD Assessment Process

We take the assessment process very seriously. We have strict standards to be met by the potential provider, which include the course content and delivery method, business management of the provider, the learning experience the delegate will receive, and the amount of perceived guided hours the delegate will receive at the end of the learning.
We have an audit path to follow throughout the accreditation subscription. All providers will be guided by through this process. This not only provides credible learning certificates, but also speeds up the accreditation renewal process the following year.

How do we assess applications and award CPD accreditations?

Assessment

Submissions are assessed against the set standards and criteria using information provided by the potential provider. Depending upon the content and method of delivery, we will further examine the intended guided hours to be awarded, level of learning and test the detail contained in the submission.

Provider Audit

Alongside assessing the activities, we will fully review the provider themselves. This will include ethical working practices and the management systems in place. We will assist with helping form a management system should the provider need. We also verify the legitimacy of any references obtained.

Swift Service

We work as swiftly as we can to complete your accreditation assessment within the 6 weeks we try to set. This being said, we accept no responsibility for any delays that may occur. We do work as fast as we can to get our providers accredited and trading under their new accreditation.

Feedback

Should a registration be incomplete or further information be required from the provider, we will work as closely and precisely as possible with the provider to remedy any queries. We provide honest feedback on all applications – should any further assessment be required for accreditation completion, then this could delay the process slightly – however we will assist all we can.

How Do We Choose Our Assessors?

We employ strict assessment policies. We are unapologetic when we reveal that our own internal policies, processes and procedures are equally as strict.

In order for our processes to be fully understood and followed, we are extremely careful when appointing our assessors. All of our assessors are trained to the highest standards.

Experience

All of our assessors have been appointed on their experience, qualifications and skillset within all aspects of management and industry. Assessors adhere to clear guidelines and legislation in relation to all areas of data protection and confidentiality.

UK CPD Standards

All potential assessors have to sit assessments. These assessments are based on practical and written exams. All are created in accordance with our standards, documented processes and procedures, and all assessors must provide valid reasons for their decision making. They are accountable for their observations and recommendations. They have to know and understand our processes, ethics and procedures intimately.

Ethics

We do not employ any person who does not prove that their own personal ethics and values match our own. We work on honesty and integrity - anybody who cannot prove a track record in these values will not become an assessor with us. We cannot risk our reputation for anybody who does not appear to match our own ethos.

What Do We Need From You?

To assess any potential provider, once we have received your completed registration form (and providing this passes our standards), there are a number of documents that we need and requirements that need to be fulfilled. Alongside access to certain learning materials and a telephone interview, we do need several company policies and procedures. These will be scrutinised by our assessors.

Why do we need these? It is not just the learning materials that need to pass our quality checks. We must know, that as an organisation, anything that we place our name to has to operate in a lawful, ethical, and environmentally aware capacity. We must be sure that the organisation places its employees and delegates before anything else. We need to be confident that anybody who has any dealings with you, leaves your organisation with an enjoyable experience set in their mind.

There are policies and procedures our yours that we need to audit – we will discuss this with you on a personal level. Whilst the policies and procedures required may vary from client to client, we do need to be able to audit your Company Policy Register.

It is also helpful if you provide us with any information regarding other accreditations (this could speed your accreditation award up), and any other policies, procedures, or information that you feel could promote your application.

We are of course aware that not every organisation will have every single policy in place. We do have templates that we can share with you for you to create these, and our assessors can assist in designing these policies to a standard that is acceptable for our accreditation. There is no extra cost for this service.

QUALITY ASSURANCE - Our Promise To You

We provide guidance to all potential providers so that the correct evidence and documentation is submitted, and there are minimal (if any) hold-ups or rejections.

Our assessors follow strict, clear, and standardised procedures to assess submissions, provide coherent feedback, and pass or reject providers. Our assessors will work with all providers to ensure that applications receive the same standard of assessment and the appropriate outcome.

Not only do we work with our potential providers through the assessment process, we of course provide support through-out the CPD subscription and will always assist with any queries from our providers.

All applications for accreditation are documented and we maintain regular contact with all potential providers. All processes and procedures will be followed as quickly as possible to get accreditations to the appropriate providers.

Our assessors monitor our providers, and our assessors are regularly assessment and monitored. We operate regular reviews and provide critical feedback. We continually ensure that our assessors constantly make the grade.

Our commitment to our providers is to provide the highest level of service and quality. We will never let this standard slide.

Compaints & Appeals

Should an application be refused by our assessors, we will provide a clear explanation of why this happened. We will work with the potential provider to make amendments where due, review the application and ensure that it is re-submitted.

Should a potential provider have any questions, queries or appeals with their application, these will all be responded to promptly and in accordance with our procedures. We will always aim to make our communications as clear as possible.

The assessment decision of UK CPD Accreditation Service is final.

Any queries relating to this document should be addressed to the UK CPD Accreditation Service Office. For more information, see UK CPD Accreditation Terms and Conditions