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NCCA BECOMES MEMBER OF THE CPD CERTIFICATION SERVICE
We are pleased to announce we have been approved to offer CPD qualification points on our courses.
What is CPD? CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and is the term used to describe the learning activities professionals engage in to develop and enhance their abilities. It enables learning to become conscious and proactive, rather than passive and reactive.
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CPD combines different methodologies to learning, such as training workshops, conferences and events, e-learning programs, best practice techniques and ideas sharing, all focused for an individual to improve and have effective professional development. There are over 1000 institutes & professional bodies across the UK, a number that is forecast to increase.
Accompanied by such growth is the acceptance that academic qualifications must offer more vocational and skills-based or ‘practical’ learning. A structured, practical and methodical approach to learning helps employers across industries to keep key staff and develop the skills & knowledge in their organisations to maintain a sustainable and competitive advantage.
Engaging in Continuing Professional Development ensures that both academic and practical qualifications do not become out-dated or obsolete, allowing individuals to continually ‘up skill’ or ‘re-skill’ themselves, regardless of occupation, age or educational level. “Why is it important to have a third party accreditation such as CPD? First of all your clients can see that you have invested your time in improving your knowledge and staying abreast of the competition. It gives our industry credibility and more importantly as the program is through the NCCA it helps to protect you as a member and assists in public awareness. It can also enable us to bring other professions such as insurance companies whose staff are looking to update their industry knowledge and gain CPD credits in the process. In my opinion this is the next stage in public awareness.”
Paul Pearce (NCCA Technical & Training Director)
