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One of the competencies I was aware that I was weak on prior to turning up at phase 3 was E4 – CPD. It’s not that I hadn’t done any CPD during phase 2; I’d done a reasonable amount through blogging, conducting Carillion online training packages, weekly informal educational periods with my mentor and reading journals. What I didn’t feel I’d done well enough was attend formal events; simply I found the pace of life during phase 2 too hectic to achieve what I wanted to.
During the three months I have been at phase 3 I have already managed to attend 4 formal CPD events. And have got more pencilled in, which I feel will be more than enough to cover off my requirements for professional review. The next stage will be to make sure they are all formally recorded. Although I am finding phase 3 a lot more stable than phase 2, I’m still finding it difficult to attend evening CPD events. I’ve found trying to strike the balance of doing CPD in the evening, army evening work, family life and social commitments difficult. Time is my critical resource, things slip and often evening CPD events have to drop off the radar. I am lucky that my current employer if fully supportive and arranges for companies to come in and deliver CPD on a regular basis during the day which is helping, however, a resource that I haven’t utilised enough previously and am starting to do more of are webinars. Many of these webinars are accredited to institutions and there produce certificates that making recording them formally even easier. A few that I’ve come across so far are:
Colt – Ventilation, smoke management
BSRIA – various
https://www.bsria.co.uk/information-membership/events/webinars/
British Safety Council – Upcoming event with regards to environmental standards
https://www.britsafe.org/events/2016-webinars
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