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CPD uPDaTE NEWS CPD update
The Endorsement of CPD activities is carried out by SkillsActive, the Sector Skills Council for Active Leisure & Wellbeing.
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEvEloPmEnT AND WHy IT IS IMPORTANT By Dottie Calderwood, CPD Compliance manager
CPD can be defined as: “a range of learning activities through which professionals maintain and develop throughout their career to ensure that they retain their capacity to practise safely, effectively and legally within their evolving scope of practice.”
When you first join the Register the status awarded to you is often referred to as your “licence to practise”.
As well as optimising any potential career opportunities, CPD proves to clients and the Register that you take your personal development seriously and that your skills and knowledge are current.
Initial registration with the Register will earn gratis or ‘free’ points from the submission of level entry qualifications to help kick start members CPD record in their first year.
Member CPD requirements are: l 24 points required over a ‘rolling’ 2 year period l Minimum 4 points in any 1 year for continued membership l Maximum 8 points carried forwards/backwards into adjacent years to make a total of 12 points in any 1 year.
I have served what some people would call a ‘life sentence’ in the Armed Forces worldwide and qualified as a Chartered manager before leaving 4 years ago. Deciding on a second career was easy as I always had a passion for keeping fit and so on my ‘retirement’ from the forces, I qualified as a personal trainer and continue to work freelance alongside my REPs role as CPD Compliance manager.
The role of CPD Compliance manager allows me to combine my organisational and managerial skills alongside exercise and fitness skills. It also allows me the opportunity to work alongside and with our members, by
listening to what they have to say, answering a myriad of queries, offering encouragement and giving support where necessary to assist with their CPD requirements.
The following is an overview of CPD and why it is important to you as a member.
There is no upper limit to the number of points you can achieve but you must complete a minimum of 4 CPD points every year and an aggregate of 24 points CPD credit points in any two-year period.
Thereafter at the time of annual re-registration or renewal date, members will need to demonstrate that they are “fit to practise” by achieving at least 4 CPD points for continued membership.
Additionally, there must be no breaks in registration periods, otherwise members will be unable to carry forward points from the previous year and the CPD record will revert to ‘zero’.
Where to find information about endorsed CPD activities… Members can log onto the REPs training portal to access a full range of current and
HERE ARE SOME USEFUL TIPS:
l Answer 4 questions from the REPs Journal CPD technical articles which are located in the Members Area of the website under CPD. They are free and worth 1 CPD point per article (maximum of 4 points per year) l Do an online CPD assessment for a fee £17 worth 8 points (until end of 2009) available through the REPs members area.
endorsed CPD training courses and log points within the members area of our website. All CPD points values are set by SkillsActive.
How to log CPD activities… To log CPD activities is quite simple. l Go to the REPs Website at www.exerciseregister.org and click on the members’ login icon. l Enter your membership number and password – Members will need to register for this service and will need their registration number, postcode and a memorable password. REPs do not
issue passwords this is for members to do. l Click on ‘CPD/log your CPD’ in the menu. l Follow the instructions to record CPD activities. An extensive schedule of endorsed training with short-cuts will help you to fill in the online CPD log.
and finally… As said earlier, my role is to support you. If there is a problem or if any member is struggling with CPD, please feel free to contact me either by telephone 020 8686 6464 or by email – cpd@exerciseregister.org.
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