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Hi Rich, topical as I suspect most of us are trying to get our CPD records in shape at this time. The chartered professional review CPD presentation this week highlighted that it is important to not just list lots of presentations that you have attended. They made a point of highlighting that probably every day you do some sort of CPD, be it discussing some issues or learning about a new system/process. The ICE has an online CPD record system which has a long list of the CPD activities that ‘count’ so that might help tot up hours without having to attend presentations. A structured event is probably more easy to record, so a bit more time might be needed to recording a discussion on air flow with a project engineer.

Examples from the ICE:
 Learning on the job
 Peer guidance and discussion
 In-house presentations
 Attending trade exhibitions and systematically gathering information and knowledge to develop as an engineer
 Structured reading (test your understanding of the reading material)
 Work shadowing to add to your stack of knowledge and expertise for routine tasks
 Promoting engineering in primary and secondary schools
 Technical presentations
 Writing reports and writing for publication
 Preparation of CPD presentations to colleagues and other professionals
 Exposure to new situations at work which require action
 Participating in careers conventions
 Job secondment
 Regional ICE events
 Watching training films and television programmes including the Civil Engineers Channel from the Television Education Network (TEN)
 Listening to training CDs for research purposes and technical information
 Participating in ICE activities such as acting as a reviewer, a student liaison officer or joining a committee where new initiatives and ideas are discussed
 Sharing knowledge and expertise with others
 Allied professional events
 Acting as a coach or mentor for a fellow professional
 Lecturing at organised events
 Research both on the job and for further qualification
 Teaching (for those not in teaching post)
 Self-study through reading text books or study packs
 Personal learning from the internet
 Validated and accredited qualifications (not if used to achieve required educational base)
 Formal distance and open-learning courses (not if used to achieve required educational base)
 Conferences, seminars and workshops