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Event registration and CPD

Alex Barrett
Bearing in mind the new CPD recording requirements, and the fact that we enter the number of CPD hours applicable when we enter a new event on the system, shouldn't we tie in registration for an event (and actual attendance) with the career manager record? If I register to attend an event listing 2 hours CPD value, and am ticked off as having attended, it should automatically feed the event title & hours into my Career Manager record.


It would help encourage members to register rather than just turning up on the day. Implementing it would probably blow a few fuses in the IET IT department.


I've just been asked to handwrite & post a CPD certificate, which the recipient will then have to record. Time to get up to date? We are a technology institution, this shouldn't be out of our reach.
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    Alex Barrett:

    I had always discounted actual 'at work' study although I guess this isn't logical. As a designer the bulk of my job is learning new devices, tools & protocols, so I would imagine I fulfill my annual minimum CPD requirement every couple of weeks. There can't be many engineering jobs that fall under the CPD threshold, and most retired engineers I know take a very keen interest in engineering & technology.  





    Hi Alex,


    Absolutely: let's face it, that's how most of us learn most of our new knowledge. We had a very useful briefing on this at my PRA training in February, every time you've learnt something new relevent to an engineering role - however you've done it - that's CPD. I'm sure like me there are occasions when you've learnt far more from a chat around the coffee machine at work than at a two hour seminar!


    I had a classic one a while ago when sadly I had to chair a formal disciplinary hearing, and then spent a very long evening reading through past employment tribunal cases to ensure our response was going to be in line with them. Altogether that was a good 10 hours CPD by itself - although I hope I never have to use it again. CPD doesn't have to be directly technical.


    I'm actually a bit cynical about people claiming CPD for attending an IET evening lecture - we've seen students turn up to them, sit at the back and play with their phones through it, and then ask for a CPD record to be signed off. (I know some IET members who refuse to sign in those circumstances - which I guess could be a problem with the system you're proposing, although it would be no different to where we are now.) Whereas learning a new programming language, that's definitely CPD.


    Cheers,


    Andy

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    I'm actually a bit cynical about people claiming CPD for attending an IET evening lecture - we've seen students turn up to them, sit at the back and play with their phones through it, and then ask for a CPD record to be signed off.


    At least we will know they actually attended, which is some degree of verification. We get very few students at our general events, but our events aimed specifically at our universities have been very lively.

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    Students who pull that are only cheating themselves. I think they'd get found out in the long-run!
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    All true, I was really just emphasising how important work experience is.


    Cheers, Andy

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