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EC UK Quality Assurance Committee on CPD requirement

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Quality Assurance Committee on CPD requirement



Published: 01/11/2018

 



All Engineering Council registrants are committed to maintaining and enhancing their competence, which means undertaking Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

From 1 January 2019, licensed members will be required to sample their registrants’ CPD and sampling activity will become part of the licence review process.
Professionally active registrants who persistently do not respond to or engage with requests for CPD records from their institution risk removal from the Engineering Council Register.


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    David,

    I think you will find that all the EC is asking for is the PEIs to do random sampling to verify that their registered members are in fact doing CPD as per the post award requirements of UK Spec. How the PEIs do this verification is down to the individual institution. However the EC can ask the PEI to submit the evidence from their sample so they need the evidence to be able to submit it to the EC if requested.

    The UK Spec requirements for CPD are as follows (with apologies for the formatting which is due to the copy/paste):
    CPD Code for Registrants
    Engineering Technicians, Incorporated Engineers and Chartered Engineers should take all necessary steps to maintain and enhance their competence through Continuing Professional Development (CPD). In particular they should:
    1 Take ownership of their learning and development needs, and develop a plan to indicate how they might meet these, in discussion with their employer, as appropriate.
    2 Undertake a variety of development activities, both in accordance with this plan and in response to other opportunities which may arise.
    3 Record their CPD activities.
    4 Reflect upon what they have learned or achieved through their CPD activities and record these reflections.
    5 Evaluate their CPD activities against any objectives which they have set and record this evaluation.
    6 Review their learning and development plan regularly following reflection and assessment of future needs.
    7 Support the learning and development of others through activities such as mentoring, and sharing professional expertise and knowledge.

    If you are not doing the above then you are no longer meeting UK Spec, and the question arises "should you retain your registration"? However, as far as I can see, everything you have discussed above can be counted as CPD and can be recorded as such.

    Not doing the above doesn't mean you are no longer competent to carry out some kind of engineering work, but does call into question your commitment to engineering and therefore the validity of your registration.

    Alasdair

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    David,

    I think you will find that all the EC is asking for is the PEIs to do random sampling to verify that their registered members are in fact doing CPD as per the post award requirements of UK Spec. How the PEIs do this verification is down to the individual institution. However the EC can ask the PEI to submit the evidence from their sample so they need the evidence to be able to submit it to the EC if requested.

    The UK Spec requirements for CPD are as follows (with apologies for the formatting which is due to the copy/paste):
    CPD Code for Registrants
    Engineering Technicians, Incorporated Engineers and Chartered Engineers should take all necessary steps to maintain and enhance their competence through Continuing Professional Development (CPD). In particular they should:
    1 Take ownership of their learning and development needs, and develop a plan to indicate how they might meet these, in discussion with their employer, as appropriate.
    2 Undertake a variety of development activities, both in accordance with this plan and in response to other opportunities which may arise.
    3 Record their CPD activities.
    4 Reflect upon what they have learned or achieved through their CPD activities and record these reflections.
    5 Evaluate their CPD activities against any objectives which they have set and record this evaluation.
    6 Review their learning and development plan regularly following reflection and assessment of future needs.
    7 Support the learning and development of others through activities such as mentoring, and sharing professional expertise and knowledge.

    If you are not doing the above then you are no longer meeting UK Spec, and the question arises "should you retain your registration"? However, as far as I can see, everything you have discussed above can be counted as CPD and can be recorded as such.

    Not doing the above doesn't mean you are no longer competent to carry out some kind of engineering work, but does call into question your commitment to engineering and therefore the validity of your registration.

    Alasdair

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