{"id":11127,"date":"2018-04-08T21:08:51","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T21:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/?p=11127"},"modified":"2020-04-27T21:36:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T21:36:44","slug":"what-is-continuing-professional-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/what-is-continuing-professional-development\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Continuing Professional Development (CPD)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Continuing Professional Development (CPD)<\/strong> is a commitment by members to continually update their skills and knowledge in order to remain professionally competent.\u00a0Landscape <a href=\"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/what-constitutes-professional-behaviour\/\">professionals<\/a> always strive to be the best they can and maintain a professional interest in the wide variety of issues which affect this profession. This commitment ensures that members continue to develop their professional knowledge and practice.<\/p>\n<p>All corporate members of the LI must complete a minimum of <strong>25<\/strong> hours of CPD every year.<\/p>\n<h4>What counts as CPD?<\/h4>\n<p>There are quite a few activities that are acceptable as recordable CPD. Apart from the typical lunchtime office presentation that a representative\/sales person from a supplier is invited to provide a 1-hour presentation on the company&#8217;s products and profile, there are many other activities that are also considered CPD.<\/p>\n<p>These can include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seminars<\/li>\n<li>Lectures<\/li>\n<li>Online research on a topic<\/li>\n<li>Webinars<\/li>\n<li>Podcasts<\/li>\n<li>Personal study<\/li>\n<li>Mentoring<\/li>\n<li>Site visits on completed projects or even during construction<\/li>\n<li>Magazine articles reading<\/li>\n<li>Attending courses<\/li>\n<li>Attending LI events or from other organisations<\/li>\n<li>In-house lunchtime presentations<\/li>\n<li>Discussions with other professionals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Updates in 2020<\/h4>\n<p>As of 2020 the Landscape Institute is switching over to a new submission system and there are also some more changes for its members that are summarised below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Online submission (with a grace transitional period of whatever method practices and individuals had for recording CPD)<\/li>\n<li>The CPD will run according to the LI sessional year which is from 1 July to 30 June the following year.<\/li>\n<li>25 hours remain but the quality of the topics changes;\n<ul>\n<li>At least 10 hours per year of &#8216;formal&#8217; events requested (workshops, presentations as per above)<\/li>\n<li>At least 5 hours per year of topics on climate change and sustainability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>New Waiver Policy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"title-h5\">READ MORE<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscapeinstitute.org\/member-content\/cpd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Professional development (Landscape Institute)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is a commitment by members to continually update their skills and knowledge in order to remain&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,7],"tags":[174,173,154,171,172],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is Continuing Professional Development (CPD)? 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