Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Participation in the Faculty's scheme of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is mandatory for all Faculty members at Fellow, Member, Specialist Member and Licentiate grades.

CPD is the process by which occupational hygiene professionals keep updated to meet the needs of workers, management, and their own professional development, and embraces developing and improving the broad range of skills necessary for best practice (such as management, communication, teaching, IT and audit), as well as updating technical and scientific knowledge.

The Faculty regards CPD as a professional obligation, and is committed to the concept of CPD as a means of encouraging and upholding the highest professional standards of knowledge and performance among the qualified practitioners of occupational hygiene.

Detailed guidelines on the overall scheme and a table providing guidance on allocating CPD points are available for those who may be acting as appraisers as well as for members.