CPD Requirements for HR Professionals: The CIPD Rules
The CIPD sets no CPD hours but requires three CPD records a year and audits a random sample of members. What passes an audit, how to write a record, and the legal duties HR should cover.
The CIPD sets no CPD hours but requires three CPD records a year and audits a random sample of members. What passes an audit, how to write a record, and the legal duties HR should cover.
NMC revalidation needs 35 CPD hours every three years, at least 20 participatory. All eight requirements with the real figures, what participatory means, and where online learning honestly fits.
No statutory CPD for estate agents in England, but a real AML training duty supervised by HMRC, and a 20-hours-in-three-years training rule for letting agents in Scotland.
Solicitors have had no CPD hours requirement since November 2016. What continuing competence asks for, the strengthened renewal declaration, and the obligations that sit outside legal knowledge.
Dental nurses need 50 hours of verifiable CPD per five-year cycle, with at least 10 hours in any two years. What verifiable means, the PDP and annual statement, and which topics the GDC recommends.
No single certificate is required, but warehouse employers must train staff on starting, when risks change and in the equipment they use. The four laws behind it, why lift trucks differ, and refresher triggers.
There is no single accountant CPD requirement. ACCA’s 40-unit route, ICAEW’s three categories, CIMA’s outcome-based approach, and the separate AML training duty under the Money Laundering Regulations.
Social Work England requires at least two pieces of CPD a year, one with a peer reflection, recorded by 30 November. Why it is not measured in hours, how the rest of the UK differs, and how a course fits.
A CSCS card is not a legal requirement, but CDM 2015 requires competence and a site induction. What the law actually says, where CSCS fits, and the training topics that matter most on site.
No law sets CPD hours for assessors or internal quality assurers. The difference between the regulated qualification and CPD, the two kinds of CPD you must keep, and what an external quality assurer checks.