CPD and Your Responsibility
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is described as:
"the systematic maintenance, improvement and broadening of knowledge and skill, and the development of personal qualities necessary for the execution of professional and technical duties throughout the individual's working life"
It is your responsibility, as a professional, to maintain a level of Continuing Professional (or Personal) Development (CPD) commensurate with your levels of responsibility both to your employer and the public.
Maintaining an appropriate level of CPD activity will:
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help you to exercise the highest standards of professional judgement and competence relevant to the business environment in which you operate.
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contribute to your professional development
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enhance your employability
Continued membership of IAgrE implies compliance with IAgrE’s CPD requirements. It is your responsibility to record your CPD activities. Evidence of CPD will be expected from members who wish to upgrade their IAgrE membership or register with Engineering Council and/or the Society for the Environment.
IAgrE provides an on-line CPD planning and recording tool, which can be used to record:
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Courses, conferences and seminars
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Organised visits
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Writing articles and papers
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IAgrE committee work
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Professional updating by private study & reading
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IAgrE technical meetings
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Secondments and exchanges
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Further education
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Distance or open learning
The scheme is provided by IAgrE as a service to members. It is available to all members at any grade and stage of their careers.
The IAgrE does not lay down a specified number of CPD hours or points, but requires a route to achieving enhanced professional performance. Members should consider their objectives using professional judgement as to what is required to achieve development needs, and put in place the necessary CPD activities to meet these goals.
For our younger or less experienced members, there is also a mentoring service to find a more senior member of IAgrE to assist you with your career development. To access the mentoring service, you must first
log in as a member.
IAgrE Online Professional Development Tool
This new online tool benefits young professionals and experienced members who wish to use an online method to record their professional development against set standards for Initital Professional Development (IPD) or against guidelines for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) .Recording both IPD and CPD is increasingly important for members seeking to gain registration, upgrade membership or simply progress in their career.
Click to access the Professional Development Tool
CPD Documentation (as an alternative to the Online Tool above)
It is important to keep a record of your CPD activities although the actual manner of keeping it is flexible. As an alternative to the Online Tool, you may find it convenient to keep your record of CPD progress on computer and if so, these downloads contain the Word (and pdf) files of pages that could form the basis of a CPD Record Book. If you wish to use another format, it should be simple to use a word processor to translate from the downloaded files to the style required.
The Record is divided into the files listed below: (click on the file name to download the relevant document)
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File Name/type |
.doc |
.pdf |
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cpdnote - notes on completion of the record |
cpdnote |
cpdnote |
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cpdpers - personal information about the participant |
cpdpers |
cpdpers |
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cpdrecd - record of activities under three categories, A, B and C |
cpdrecd |
cpdrecd |
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cpdachv - record of achievements |
cpdachv |
cpdachv |
You may already be using another layout and if your method includes all the required features, then please feel free to use that method.
Please note however that if you are submitting your record to IAgrE for assessment, we require records to be submitted printed out on single sided A4 paper. We will photocopy the record pages to pass to assessors. Alternatively, you may wish to submit your record electronically in a pdf format. No other electronic format will be reviewed unless previously cleared by the Secretariat.
Unless we specifically request it, please send only photocopies of certificates etc as we cannot be held responsible for loss of documents. Do not send the originals.
