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Continuing professional development (CPD) is any learning that adds value and enhances your occupational knowledge and skill.

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Continuing Professional Development, or CPD, is any learning that adds value and enhances your occupational knowledge and skill. It supports individual development and the upkeep of professional competence. This could mean honing current skills, it could mean developing them to a new level, or it could mean learning new ones. Attending relevant events, conferences and seminars, reading magazines and websites or researching new products and innovative methods can all contribute to CPD.

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About CIOB Membership

CIOB CPD Policy

As a CIOB member, you agree to complete CPD in each subscription year to comply with Rule 10 of the Rules of Professional Competence and Conduct. Retired members, holding RetMCIOB or RetFCIOB are exempt from having to undertake CPD.

Feedback from members suggests that some structure around fulfilling CPD requirements would be useful. A working group of members reviewed our approach and has developed a policy that provides clarity, guidance and support.

From 2023 all members will undertake a number of development activities with a focus on ethical practice as set out in the policy.

The CIOB remains committed to providing members with appropriate learning content free of charge, as part of their member benefits.

Various development activities will accrue points. These could be attending events, conferences and seminars, reading magazines and websites or researching new products and innovative methods, as well as upgrading your membership or doing formal courses.

CPD Monitoring

As part of our monitoring activities in 2024, you may be selected to provide a reflective account of the CPD in ethical practice that you undertook in the previous year.

CPD Scenarios

How to meet your CPD obligations throughout the year.

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Earning CIOB CPD points. Some scenarios.

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The following are some ideas for how you might be able to meet your CPD

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obligations through the year.

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Different people in different job roles may meet the obligations in different

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ways. Hopefully, there are some ideas here for you.

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If you're working,

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perhaps you're a construction manager with a housing association, and every month

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you read Construction Manager. You might do this just for interest,

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but you can make it your CPD if you take the time to reflect upon the

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articles,

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and how you could incorporate the learning from them into your practice as a

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professional. This doesn't take long.

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You're not being challenged by other people about your thinking,

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but it will earn you a small number of points each time. Just 1.

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Perhaps you're a senior manager at a construction firm, leading a seminar on

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building multi-skilled teams. To do this,

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you'd have to spend some time putting together your materials and checking

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sources about them,

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finding examples. You'd examine all the reasons for and ways of creating

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effective teams. This takes a bit more time than reading one article,

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and you'll have to put together ideas and back them up. So reflecting on it,

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we'll gain you a medium number of points. 3 each time.

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Perhaps you're a student, and you could be either part-time or full-time.

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Part-time student doing a degree one day a week,

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and working for a construction consultancy for the rest of the time,

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you could use either your studies or your work to meet your CPD requirements.

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Doing a formal qualification is a big commitment,

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and if you reflect on some of the formal learning you have done with tutors and

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other students to challenge your thinking,

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you'll gain a large number of points in one goal. 10!

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Maybe you would actually like to reflect on some of the learning you do over the

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year in your job role. Perhaps doing a 'lunch and learn'

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with your colleagues, or attending some company training. That would get you

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2 points if you reflected on it.

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Full-time students, still able to earn CPD points,

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perhaps you're doing a building surveying degree program.

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You have a teacher or a lecturer leading you through the learning,

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helping you and your classmates examine different aspects of the construction

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industry together. It's a formal qualification,

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learning lots of new ideas and concepts all the time.

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This is a big commitment and if you reflect on the ethical aspects of any part

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of this learning, either about construction or academic activities,

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you'll gain the maximum number of points for doing so. 10 points.

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Perhaps you are an academic yourself,

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you're a lecturer on a built environment program at university,

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and you undertake research and construction management.

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You could choose to reflect on aspects of your teaching or perhaps some outreach

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work you coordinate in schools

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encouraging young people to explore the construction industry.

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This will gain you a small number of points each time you did it.

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2 points. Alternatively,

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you could reflect on some aspect of your research activities or findings.

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Since this requires you to synthesize new ideas, communicate them,

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and face challenges to your work from others,

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you could earn a significant number of points each time. 5.

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And then there's extended leave.

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You and your partner have just adopted a baby and you're taking adoption leave

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from your role as a site manager.

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the construction industry. In this case,

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you should consider contacting the governance team to inform them of this,

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and to arrange reasonable adjustments,

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which may include anything up to exemption from the CPD requirement

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for the year.

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When you're ready to return to work, and to be professionally accountable again,

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you should create a one year forward CPD plan of how you're going to ensure

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your practice is current.

CPD Points and Learning

How CIOB's CPD policy can help you keep track of your learning.

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Points and learning types.

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A professional does continual learning to keep up to date.

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CIOB CPD policy helps you keep track of that learning with a point system.

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You probably already know you need to gain 10

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points in a subscription year, but how can you do it?

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You need to reflect on what you have learned and how you will incorporate that

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into your work practice. Each time you do that,

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you get points. You can reflect on little short bits of CPD

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for small numbers of points.

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You would need to do this a few times in the year.

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you'll get more points for reflecting on it. Here are some examples.

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For just one point, each time you reflect,

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you can do self-directed learning.

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That might be reading an article in CM Magazine,

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doing some research on a new product or technique you're gonna use at work,

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or maybe even watching one of CIOB's CPD webinars.

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For two points, you could do more work-based learning.

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It's a little bit more formal. It might be formal company training.

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It might be mentoring or coaching one of your colleagues.

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Perhaps it's one of the site visits that CIOB hub staff organizes CPD.

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Reflect on it, and you can earn two points.

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Three points might be earned by attending and engaging in conferences and

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seminars. That means asking questions at webinars or round tables,

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maybe by attending a workshop for MCIOB or FCIOB,

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or perhaps you take a day off, commit a bit more time,

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and go to an external short course or a training event.

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If you reflect on what you learned there, you can gain three CPD points.

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If you contribute to the discipline of construction management,

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then you can earn five CPD points for any reflection that you do.

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This might be producing new research into some aspect of the discipline.

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It might be engaging in policy development,

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perhaps with the council or even with some government bodies.

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Maybe you present at a conference, or you do one of CIOB's webinars for us.

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if you are engaged in formal learning that is a big commitment of time.

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Perhaps you're doing a degree or an NVQ.

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Maybe you're a graduate and you're doing CIOB's

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PDP program. Or the year in which you apply for your

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professional review at MCIOB or FCIOB,

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you'll get 10 points. Our certifications are similar.

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specialist roles.

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You can earn 10 points when you reflect on some aspect of your learning from that.

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here is an overview of all the different levels of points that you can gain from

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doing different activities.

Reflect and Record

Guide to completing your CPD Record form.

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Reflective learning and recording.

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on CPD and ethical practice, is the act of reflecting on your learning.

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and how you'll apply that to the future. If you do this in your work,

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then you're doing reflective practice.

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CIOB's CPD points are gained by reflecting on the learning you do

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throughout the year, and if you're called for audit of your CPD,

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it is the reflective accounts and points that will be your evidence.

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You can record your CPD any way you like,

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but any audit must be submitted on the CIOB's CPD record form.

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So we'll look at that, as it gives us a template for the reflective accounts.

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You can find it on the CPD webpage. Scroll down and download the form.

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The main part of the forum looks like this,

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and you fill in the boxes and save it to your files.

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Let's look at the different sections.

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This is just a title and what kind of activity you did.

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Was it a webinar, or a site visit, or a training course with your work?

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You get up to 100 words, but you won't need many for this part.

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The learning outcome is where you write what it was that you

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learned,

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like one main thing that you will take away from the CPD activity.

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It should be something to do with ethical practice, i.e.

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doing the right thing, and thinking about the implications and follow on from

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that. So not just improving the bottom line,

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but doing the right thing throughout your work.

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What impact will your learning have on your practice, in your job?

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Maybe you will change the way you or your company do something.

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Maybe you'll weigh up different issues before making a decision,

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like buying a product or working with colleagues. And then lastly,

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you write down the points you've gained for this CPD: 1 to 10.

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There's another video about the different levels of points.

CPD Enquiries

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is CPD?

What is CPD in Ethical Practice?

For any occupation, applying ethics in practice is the hallmark of a true professional. This means that ethics should inform your decision making in everything you do in the workplace. Therefore, any occupational or technical learning or development activities must include ethical consideration for best practice. CPD in Ethical Practice requires that members reflect upon the ethical aspects of any learning they have undertaken and how they have applied those in practice.

How is this different to my previous obligations to complete CPD?

As a member of the Institute, you currently agree to abide by Rule 10 of the Institute’s Rules and Regulations of Professional Competence and Conduct, by committing to undertake regular CPD.

This new policy simply puts a little more structure around the process and is requiring that you allocate some of that CPD time to examine ethical practice in particular as part of CIOB’s commitment to supporting ethical behaviours and culture change in the construction industry.

Why specifically in ethical practice?

How do I confirm that I will abide by the Institute’s CPD policy?

How do I record it?

What are the CPD points?

How do I earn CPD points for my CPD in ethical practice?

Can I record in hours?

Do I need to do a course to fulfil my mandatory CPD in ethical practice?

How does the CPD audit work?

From 2024, the Institute will commence an auditing process into members’ CPD in ethics. Members selected as part of this audit will be asked to complete a template detailing the CPD activity they undertook in the previous year, how these activities have helped their practice and how many CPD points this helped them earn. In addition to this, members will be asked whether they are complying with all other aspects of CPD, but you will not be asked for detailed evidence of this.

What happens if I fail to earn the necessary points?

Can I be called in the audit two years in a row?

I am a member of a CIOB board or committee. Do I need to do different CPD?

No, you should still do CPD relevant to your role and ensure you take time to include a focus on ethical practice. You will be subject to selection for audit under slightly different rules, however, with all CIOB board and committee members being selected from their own ‘audit pool’, separate from the general membership, to ensure that those representing CIOB and making decisions on behalf of other members are undertaking their obligations under the rules and regulations.

For more background on our new CPD policy, please take a look at this blog by Rosalind Thorpe, Director of Education and Standards: The CPD Policy Review.

Can I use the Portal to record my CIOB CPD points?

Why can’t I use the Portal to record my CIOB CPD points?

It's a high priority for us to improve the user experience on our Members' Portal, in particular the logging and access of CPD. We have explored using existing solutions but felt that these did not provide what is needed and potentially would deliver an overly complicated CPD logging process. This is at odds with one of our goals, which is to “deliver a modern experience to all stakeholders”. Our plan, therefore, is to maintain the current portal’s CPD functionality and, as a priority, look to provide a new Members' Portal which offers the high-quality journey we want our members to experience.

CIOB CPD Policy

CIOB CPD Policy (pdf 196 kb)

CIOB CPD Record Form

This CPD record form is available for members to log their CPD in ethical practice as they undertake continuous learning. CIOB are not prescriptive regarding how members log CPD; however, this may be a handy guide to support members. If called for audit, members will be asked to complete the CPD record form.

CPD Record Form (pdf 191 kb)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is CPD?

What is CPD in Ethical Practice?

How is this different to my previous obligations to complete CPD?

Why specifically in ethical practice?

How do I confirm that I will abide by the Institute’s CPD policy?

How do I record it?

What are the CPD points?

How do I earn CPD points for my CPD in ethical practice?

Can I record in hours?

Do I need to do a course to fulfil my mandatory CPD in ethical practice?

How does the CPD audit work?

What happens if I fail to earn the necessary points?

Can I be called in the audit two years in a row?

I am a member of a CIOB board or committee. Do I need to do different CPD?

Can I use the Portal to record my CIOB CPD points?

Why can’t I use the Portal to record my CIOB CPD points?

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is CPD?

What is CPD in Ethical Practice?

How is this different to my previous obligations to complete CPD?

Why specifically in ethical practice?

How do I confirm that I will abide by the Institute’s CPD policy?

How do I record it?

What are the CPD points?

How do I earn CPD points for my CPD in ethical practice?

Can I record in hours?

Do I need to do a course to fulfil my mandatory CPD in ethical practice?

How does the CPD audit work?

What happens if I fail to earn the necessary points?

Can I be called in the audit two years in a row?

I am a member of a CIOB board or committee. Do I need to do different CPD?

Can I use the Portal to record my CIOB CPD points?

Why can’t I use the Portal to record my CIOB CPD points?

CIOB CPD Policy

CIOB CPD Record Form