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Continuing Professional Development
Are you keeping up to date? Learning new things?
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is about maintaining and developing your competence and practice so that you continue to meet professional standards, stay up to date and can meet the challenges that come your way throughout your working life.
What counts as CPD?
CPD is any activity that helps you move forward and develop as a professional. It’s not just about training courses – any activity that helps you learn in some way can be CPD - including work based learning (perhaps you are working on a new project or in a new area) reading and research, networking with others and so on. In fact, chances are, the more advanced you are in your career, the more your learning will tend to be about learning from experience.
What requirements do I need to meet?
Under the EI Code of Conduct, all professional members of the EI are required to maintain their knowledge and skills through CPD, and to keep a record of what they are doing to stay up to date. Some types of professional registration or approval also have specific requirements which you will have to meet to retain a title you have been awarded, so it is important you check to make sure you know what the requirements are. If you are asked to submit your CPD, the annual deadline for receipt is 31 May.
How do I record my CPD?
The EI provides a range of tools to help you record your professional development and think about your learning.
mycareerpath is the EI's free to use online professional development system, which allows you to plan and log your professional experience in an easy to use electronic format. You can also use it to create reports to summarise your CPD at the end of each year or quarter.
The CPD Record Form is a simple downloadable template for recording your development. It includes guidance on what to record, how to record it and what to think about to produce an effective record and to get the most out of your learning.
We encourage members to use these tools to record their CPD, but alternative formats - for example those used by an employer or another professional body - are normally acceptable, provided that the same information is covered, including evidence of reflection. It will need to include:
- A brief description of your work role
- Your professional development goals
- Details of a range of learning activities, including what you learned and how you will (or already have) applied this
...and meets the CPD requirements relevant to the tiles you hold.
Download CPD record form Download CPD record form (ESOS)Watch our videos below for more guidance:
Feedback on your CPD
We are not always able to provide individual feedback on the CPD records submitted, though we do respond directly to as many submitters as we can. The CPD Panel also produces an annual report on the CPD records received, to help guide members. You can download the 2020 report below.
CPD guidance and resources
For more information about CPD and how to make sure you get the maximum benefit from your learning, download our guide The best you can be.
The CPD logo

You will often see this logo on the EI’s events, training courses, publications and products. The CPD logo indicates that the event, course or resource can count towards a varied programme of Continuing Professional Development and has been designed to help members in their learning and development.
We are happy to provide certificates for courses or events you attend with the EI – just email events team. Our certificates indicate the event you attended, and the number of hours of content which were delivered.