Creating and Maintaining an
Effective CPD account
CPD Workshop Contents
• Who should complete CPD?
• Creating and maintaining your Development Plan
• Creating ‘Planned’ Activities
• Updating ‘Planned’ Activities once you have started them
• Completing ‘Started’ Activities
• Entering an activity that you have already completed but
not previously logged in CPD
• What is an activity?
• Live CPD Walk through
• CPD Planner
• Support & Guidance
CPD Workshop
• Poll Question
• Do you have an active IOSH CPD record?
• Yes
• No
• Yes but not recently updated (last 3 months)
• I am not a member of IOSH
Who should complete CPD?
• Maintaining a CPD account is mandatory for the
following:
• Technical Members.
• Graduate Members.
• Chartered Members.
• Chartered Fellows.
• Maintaining a CPD account is voluntary for the
following:
• Affiliate
• Associate
• Student
• However, we recommend that you start your CPD journey as soon as possible
irrespective of Grade as this will assist in mapping your journey through the
membership grades.
Creating and maintaining your Development
Plan & CPD Activities
How to start/log CPD
Logging into ‘MyCPD’
- Go to ‘MyIOSH’ section on www.iosh.com
- Log in
- Select ‘MyCPD’
- Click on ‘Update your CPD online now’
If you’ve forgotten your password, click on ‘Forgot password’ on the ‘Log
in’ page and follow the on-screen
instructions.
Creating your Development Plan
If you have not created a development plan to date then –
The first activity you will be asked to set up is your development plan. In the yellow box, click ‘Add new
activity’
Creating your Development Plan
• Next, complete the section below:
• Title – type in ‘Development plan’
• Status – select ‘Started’
• Start Date – enter the date you are setting up your development plan
• End Date – set a date three to six months from your start date
Creating your Development Plan
In the ‘Notes’ section, provide the following:
• 1 Duties and responsibilities – a summary of your job description and tasks
• If you’ve completed the online ‘Self-assessment’ tool – IOSH Blueprint, you can upload the development
plan you created if you think that it captures your development needs for the next three to six months. You
will then not need to complete points 2 and 3
• 2 Objectives – the activities you plan to carry out over the next three to six months
• 3 Personal development, i.e. strengths and weaknesses, and areas you want to
improve
Creating your Development Plan
• Put a tick under section ‘A’ only and click ‘save’
• NOTE : The development plan is the only activity that should be under
section A.
Maintaining your Development Plan
• You should review it on a regular basis to reflect any changes in your
role.
• When you reach the end date in your development plan, simply set a
new end date that is three to six months on from the previous end
date.
• Keep any old notes in there,
• At the end of your previous text in the notes section –
• Write…Development plan xx/xx/xxxx – xx/xx/xxxx (for the next 3-6
months)
• Update your job role and any new aims and objectives you may have
and save it again.
Maintaining your Development Plan
• Uploading evidence
• you can upload documents to your development plan via the upload
files function, e.g. Word documents such as your IOSH Blueprint
development plan, CV, company job role profile
Creating Planned Activities
1. Log into “My IOSH”
2. Click on “My CPD”
3. Click on “Update My CPD”
4. Click on the Add new activity tab
Creating Planned Activities
5. Enter the following details:
• Title
• Status – set to PLANNED
• Start date
• End date
Creating Planned Activities
6. Enter brief details on what the learning intention will be in the notes
section
Creating Planned Activities
7. Assign the activity type by clicking on the respective buttons opposite
B, C, D then click save
NOTE: Never click on A for any normal activities. This is used for
development plans only
Creating Planned Activities
This activity will now be saved in the PLANNED ACTIVITIES section of
your CPD records
Updating Planned Activities once you have
started them
1. Log into “My IOSH”
2. Click on “My CPD”
3. Click on “Update My CPD”
4. In PLANNED ACTIVITIES, click on the Activity you want to update
Updating Planned Activities once you have
started them
5. Change the status from PLANNED to STARTED and ensure that the
dates are still relevant to the activity
Updating Planned Activities once you have
started them
6. In the Notes section, provide updates as to what you have done to
date in relation to this activity.
Click Save at the bottom of the screen to save the update that you
have just entered.
Note: if this activity has a long period between start and end dates you can add as many
updates as you wish by inserting the update date between each update.
Completing ‘Started’ Activities
1. Log into “My IOSH”
2. Click on “My CPD”
3. Click on “Update My CPD”
4. In STARTED ACTIVITIES, click on the Activity you want to update
Completing ‘Started’ Activities
5. Change the status from STARTED to FINISHED and ensure that the
dates are still relevant to the activity
Completing ‘Started’ Activities
6. In the notes section you need to write a short reflective statement about what you did in the activity.
You should cover the following points
• What the activity was
• Why you carried out the activity and what it entailed
• What you felt you gained by completing this activity
• How you intend to use the knowledge or experience gained by completing this activity.
Completing ‘Started’ Activities
7. Upload any evidence you have to support the completion of this
activity using the upload button
Completing ‘Started’ Activities
8. check the activity type still applies to the activity by clicking on the
respective buttons opposite B, C, D then click save
NOTE: Never click on A for any normal activities. This is used for development plans only
This activity will now be saved in the COMPLETED ACTIVITIES sections
of your CPD records
Entering an activity that you have already
completed but not previously logged
1. Log into “My IOSH”
2. Click on “My CPD”
3. Click on “Update My CPD”
4. Click on the Add new activity tab
Entering an activity that you have already
completed but not previously logged in CPD
5. Enter the following details:
• Title
• Status – set to FINISHED
• Start date
• End date
Entering an activity that you have already
completed but not previously logged in CPD
6. In the notes section you need to write a short reflective statement about what you did in the
activity you should cover the following points
• What the activity was
• Why you carried out the activity and what it entailed
• What you felt you gained by completing this activity
• How you intend to use the knowledge or experience gained by completing this activity
Entering an activity that you have already
completed but not previously logged in CPD
7. Upload any evidence you have to support the completion of this
activity using the upload button
Entering an activity that you have already
completed but not previously logged in CPD
8. check the activity type still applies to the activity by clicking on the
respective buttons opposite B, C, D then click save
NOTE: Never click on A for any normal activities. This is used for development plans only
This activity will now be saved in the COMPLETED ACTIVITIES sections
of your CPD records
What is an activity?
• An activity is anything you undertake that you feel updates, maintains
or provides you with knowledge
• The activities you undertake should work towards the goals set out in
your development plan, or should be an important unplanned piece of
CPD
• Once you’ve undertaken an activity you should reflect on it and review
how effective it is in achieving your goals
• It is this reflective statement that forms the greatest part of CPD
Did You know?
• CPD isn’t all about receiving new training and attending conferences.
There’s a large variety of different activities you can include, such as:
- Familiarising yourself with new or existing health and safety legislation
- Reading SHP articles
- Making a presentation at a meeting or seminar, just like I am today 👍👍
- Attending meetings held by IOSH membership groups, just as you are
today 👍👍
• You can even include activities that don’t relate to health and safety,
but are vital to your career development nonetheless, such as:
- managing budgets
- building communication, presentation and negotiation skills
- managing the performance and development of others
- building technical skills in related areas.
Live CPD Walk through
Lets now take a look at what we have been working through in this workshop
looks like in reality
https://www.iosh.co.uk/MyIOSH.aspx
CPD Planner
Many of our members find it useful to create a CPD planner to help them manage their CPD record. This gives
them a structured approach to their CPD. An example of an annual CPD planner is shown below.
- Record your activities
- Divide you working year into four quarters
- Set aside 40 minutes at the end of each quarter to upload your CPD activities for the previous three months
If you would like a copy of the Planner, please email [email protected] with ‘CPD Planner Request’ in
the subject line.
Support & Guidance
At the top of your CPD page you will find a tab that links to various useful
Guidance documents
Support & Guidance
Within this Area you will find Links to supporting documents and advice
Support & Guidance
5 Steps to Successful CPD
1. Put between 30 and 45 minutes in your diary at least every 3 months
2. Update your development plan for the next three to six months
3. Create new activities to match your plan
4. Reflect on the activities you planned last time and how they met your
development objectives—then repeat the whole process every three to six
months.
5. Create a folder on your desktop where you can store potential evidence for your
activities as this will assist when updating / completing activities.
In order to be considered compliant, please ensure that you update your
CPD at least every six months.
Thank you - Any Questions?
• Please note:
Should your question not be posed to the speaker today. We will be providing answers to all direct
questions via our event feedback which will be published on our “recent events” page shortly and
notified via Committee Mailer.
