Continuing professional development (CPD) is the means by which members of professional associations maintain, improve and broaden their knowledge and skills and develop the personal qualities required in their professional lives.

The RTPI has an obligatory, monitored CPD scheme. Clause 1(a) of the Code of Professional Conduct requires that ‘Members shall take all reasonable steps to maintain their professional competence throughout their working lives and shall comply with the Council's (Executive Board’s) continuing professional development regulations as amended from time to time.’

Members to whom the CPD Regulation applies

• Chartered Fellows
• Chartered Members
• Legal Members
• Technical Members
• Legal Associate Members
• Associate Members
• Academically qualified Student Members

Requirements of the CPD Regulation

Members in the above classes are required to;

• Undertake a minimum of 50 hours of CPD activity in any two year period, AND
• Maintain a written record of CPD activity, AND
• Prepare a Professional Development Plan (PDP) at least once a year for the next two years identifying lifelong learning needs, AND
• Submit to the Institute on request and in any such form prescribed by the Institute a copy of the PDP covering the previous two years, copy of the current PDP, a written record of CPD activities and, where appropriate, an explanation of reasons for not having complied with any part of the CPD regulation.

Further information for members on meeting the CPD requirement can be found in Professional Conduct Advice Note 1 (PCAN1).

Author:

Dushy Large

Publisher:

The Royal Town Planning Institute

Date:

10-Jan-07

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