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1 What is CPD?
For many engineers, the most convenient method of
Broadly speaking, Continuing Professional recording sufficient detail for audit will be through
Development (CPD) includes any activity that brief entries in their professional diary. However,
extends or updates your knowledge, skill or judgment you may prefer to maintain a spreadsheet in
in your area(s) of practice and enables you to: accordance with the layout of the attached pro-forma
be more productive sheet so that your records are easy to produce when
requested for audit.
understand and apply advances in technology
Six main types of CPD activities are discussed below
face changes in career direction
for which different time weighting factors apply.
better serve the community. Engineers in academic positions must also show that
Professional engineers undertake CPD activities in they undertake a minimum of 40 hours of industry
order to maintain and extend their knowledge, skills involvement in any three years.
and judgment. One of the main functions of CPD is The weighted hours of CPD for any given activity are
to equip you for your planned career path. CPD obtained by multiplying the actual hours spent on the
should not normally be undertaken on an ad-hoc activity by the relevant time weighting factor. For
basis, although there will always be exceptions as the example, participation in a formal short course, for
job dictates, but it should be planned along with work which there is some form of assessment, attracts a time
and career path. weighting factor of 2 (see Section 4). Hence, if 16
For an activity to qualify as CPD it must be related to hours were actually spent on the short course, this
your career as a professional engineer. For many would convert to 32 weighted hours.
engineers CPD activities will include both technical
and non-technical topics. Non-technical topics 3 Types of CPD
include management, accounting, law, economics, The six major types of CPD are:
and foreign languages in which you carry out
A Formal Education and Training Activities
business. If you are undertaking non-technical CPD
you should also maintain and update your knowledge B Informal Learning Activities
in your area(s) of practice. Over a three year period it C Conferences and Meetings
is expected that a substantial proportion of your CPD D Presentations and Papers
should be in your area(s) of practice. If the non-
E Service Activities
technical CPD you are undertaking is of significant
content (eg a law degree), then you must still F Industry involvement (per academia)
continue to undertake some technical CPD in your If you believe you are undertaking other types of
area(s) of practice and be able to indicate future CPD CPD that comply with the general definition in
plans on completion of the non-technical CPD. Section 1 above, you should make a submission for
Functions that you routinely perform as part of your this to be recognised. In your submission you should
employment are not normally claimable. For instance state how you think it has complied with the intent of
university lecturers cannot claim, under Presentations CPD and explain the content of the activity and how
and Papers (see Section 7 ) the lectures they present it was provided.
as part of their employment. On-the-job learning is
claimable (see Section 5), but you must be able to 4 A - Formal Education and Training Activities
demonstrate how the activity contributed to your (time weighting factor = 2)
knowledge, skill or judgement and how it was Such activities include formal face-to-face education,
acquired. distance education and short courses. They may be
external to your employment or conducted in-house,
2 CPD requirement for Chartered status but will always include time spent in preparation
(current year) and registration on NPER and/or follow-up, either through lectures and/or self
study and will always involve some form of
The CPD requirements for maintaining current year assessment.
endorsement for Chartered status and registration on A special case relates to the undertaking of the entire
NPER are identical in scope. On an ongoing basis, course work for a higher degree or post graduate
you need to undertake at least 150 weighted hours of diploma, either by the face-to-face or distance modes,
CPD activities during any three-year period, keep which will cover the CPD requirements for the rolling
records of the activities and make the records three-year period containing the course. However,
available for audit when required. you should continue to record other relevant CPD
Time (hours)
Ref Date Type CPD activity / topic / provider actual weight weighted
factor hours
1 2002 A Seismic Design of Building Structures (one unit) UNSW 48 2 96
MEngSc
Type A Sub-total 96
Time (hours)
Ref Date Type CPD activity / topic / provider actual weight weighted
factor hours
If you have recorded your CPD in another format, please submit that with your statement of experience. Your record must be comprehensive, and include,
as a minimum, the details as shown on this pro forma.