What is Continuing Professional Development (CPD)?
CPD is a personal commitment to keeping your professional knowledge up to date and improving your capabilities. It focuses on what you learn and how you develop throughout your career. You're probably already doing it, but by formally recording your learning you'll show that you're actively committed to the development of your career. Perhaps the most important message is that one size doesn't fit all. Wherever you are in your career now, amd whatever you want to achieve, your CPD should be exactly that: yours.
We recommend you review your learning over the previous 12 months, and set your development objectives for the coming year. Reflecting on the past and planning for the future in this way makes your development more methodical and easier to measure. You may already be doing this as part of your development review with an employer.
Our CPD programme provides a focused and logical way for you keep learning as your career progresses. It benchmarks your skills against a professional standards framework, enables you to identify any gaps in your knowledge and directs you to a range of activities to help overcome them.
By recording your participation in these activities, many of which you may already be involved in, you will receive tangible proof of your commitment to ongoing development; proving to current and potential employers that you are serious about your career and about maintaining your knowledge and skills.
CPD Activities guide
CPD Plan Form
CPD Record form
CPD Reflection form
Your CPD journey will give you the status you deserve as an up to date, experienced and knowledgeable parking professional.
Every member of the IPP is expected to do 35 hours of CPD within a 12 month period, not just people who are upgrading their membership. The What Counts Towards My CPD chart shows examples of CPD activity and how hours can be allocated.