CPD & PDP

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 • Stand for Continuing professional
development
• CPD is an investment that you make in
yourself.
• It’s a way of planning your development
that links learning directly to practice.

What is CPD? • It refers to the process of tracking and

documenting the skills, knowledge and
experience (Day and Sachs, 2004)
Why is CPD important?
• CPD can help you keep your skills and knowledge up to date and
prepare you for greater responsibilities
• It can boost your confidence, strengthen your professional
credibility and help you become more creative in tackling new
challenges.
• Expanding Knowledge and Skills

(John, 2020)
How to use CPD?
The process is simple

Decide your development needs

Undertake the learning way that best suits you

And then reflect on what you have learnt

(CPDUK, 2022)
Why is CPD important for Civil Engineer?

CPD enables the
employability and Can help engineers to
Improve their skills
mobility of individual learn new software's
engineers

It enhances their career

in the fast-moving world
of technology and Helps in improving the
Learning new skills
strengthens their job interview and CV.
professional satisfaction
and well-being
(Liew, 2010)
Key features of CPD processes
• Plan a documented process
• Be self directed, driven by you not your
employer or employee
• Focus on learning your experience
• Set your goals and objectives
• Include both formal and informal learning
Types of CPD for students
Active learning (Attending training courses, professional events)

Passive learning (watching training videos, tutorials, podcasts)

Self directed learning ( reading books, articles, journals, news)

 What is PDP?
• Personal development plan
• PDP is a plan that is used to document
our goals. (short term goals and long term
goals)
• It’s a document used to outline the
strengths, change, learn and
weaknesses.
• PDP can help motivate us to keep
moving forward.

(Rogers, 2021)
The PDP cycle

The process of PDP is cyclical in nature phases: Review, Preparing for

Action, Action and Outcomes. (University of Derby, 2010)
Importance of PDP
It helps us to achieve our life objectives, goals and brings our vision
into reality.

Having a PDP helps us to stay focused and motivated in achieving our

personal goals.

It helps us to get Clarity, Confidence, resilience, Goalsetting’s, Self-

esteem, Work-life balance, and knowledge.

(Cpd, 2022)
How PDP helps Civil engineers
Allow engineers to understand their learning process
(Goals)
Know the objectives of the learning process
Plan
Evaluate their own learning

(PHDpro, 2019)
Difference Between CPD & PDP
 PDP is about how we plan our personal learning and how we can
develop our Goals, communication and social skills in support of
our careers and professional development and helps you to plan
your CPD. (university of Derby)

 CPD is to learn something new and fresh its al about our learning,
and focuses on acquiring the knowledge and skill that can
improve your efficiency at work, but also about the relationship
between what we learn, the needs of teams and the impact on our
teammates. (university of Derby)
 How professional bodies (ICE and ISTRUCTE)
supports CPD & PDP?

They keeps online They ask students to They provide membership for students
seminars for the record it to reflect how to help us to gain CPD by working
students to know about they are growing their with the institution, by taking courses,
the topic related to civil knowledge and skills. by watching recorded lecture and
engineering. conferences, by reading ‘The
Structural Engineer’ and other
institution publications.

(ICE and Istructe, 2023)

Portfolio of evidence  Attendance certificates
 Assessment and /or certificates
for short courses including online
learning
 Journal articles, read or written
 Minutes of meetings
How PDP can help CPD?
Personal development is the foundation for professional development.

Showing a commitment to your personal development shows you are open to

professional Development and want to learn and growth.

PDP can directly affect your CPD.

How can we expect to be a successful person if we can’t effectively navigate

our own performance?
(Studylib, 2020)
(Studylib, 2020)
Reference
• Rogers, C. (2021) The importance of a personal development plan,
Engineering & Technology Jobs. Engineering & Technology Jobs.
Available at:
https://engineering-jobs.theiet.org/article/the-importance-of-a-personal-devel
opment-plan

• Cpd (2022) The importance of a personal development plan, The CPD

Certification Service. The CPD Certification Service. Available at:
https://cpduk.co.uk/news/the-importance-of-a-personal-development-plan
• Day, C. and Sachs, J. (2005). EBOOK: International Handbook on the
Continuing Professional Development of Teachers. Google Books. McGraw-
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