What is CPD?
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is the means by which professionals – including Chartered Surveyors – maintain the knowledge and skills necessary for their work and the services they provide.
CPD is important:
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To improve your professional competence for your own benefit and that of your clients, employers and the general public
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To enable you to demonstrate how you have sought to maintain your competence in the event of a claim or allegation
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To comply with SCSI regulations
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To gain knowledge needed to move into a new area of business
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To gain a skill needed for promotion, such as management expertise
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To keep abreast of new developments in your area of expertise and of new advances technology
The attainment of CPD should involve a structured approach to learning, encompassing knowledge, skills and practical experience.
CPD can involve any relevant learning activity, whether formal and structured or informal and self-directed. Download CPD and Training – Your Commitment to Maintaining the Highest Professional Standards to see the Society’s guidance documentation relating to CPD.
Download CPD and Training – Your Commitment to Maintaining the Highest Professional Standards to see the Society’s guidance documentation relating to CPD.