A key feature of CPD is that each professional engineer takes responsibility for their own development. You decide what training or knowledge augmentation you need, and then identify suitable solutions.  These may be available in-house from your employer, or from InstMC. 

At one level CPD involves keeping skills and knowledge up to date, in an environment where technical advances and regulatory changes are the norm.  Examples of CPD activities here may be training courses, conferences and workshops, or they may involve web-based learning and social media forums, or simply reading a relevant journal article.    

CPD is also a useful tool for planning your career progression, identifying gaps in your expertise that you can plan to fill by appropriate training and networking in order to continue along your chosen development path, from student to senior practitioner and manager.

InstMC runs a range of training courses and events through local sections and nationally that can contribute to your CPD, and you will find details on the Events section of this website. We also have two peer-reviewed journals available on line to members. There are also a set of Special Interest Groups you can join free of charge that have their own networking arrangements. 

At the early stages of a career you will probably be interested in developing your technical expertise, and you will want to attend specific training courses, networking events and workshops.

You can learn more about CPD in our Guidelines and Policy Statement