Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accredited courses are further education courses for professionals, many professional bodies require that their members complete a certain number of CPD hours every year. The aim of a CPD accredited course is to help professionals keep up to date with developments within in their profession and further their abilities. Regular CPD training can enhance career prospects. CPD accredited training courses are designed to make the learning experience a conscious and proactive one.
CPD Accredited Institutions
CPD accredited training is expected by professional bodies all around the world, professional bodies ensure a great demand for this standard of training. The UK alone has over 1000 CPD accredited training institutions & professional bodies, the number of institutions that offer CPD accredited training is forecasted to rise even further.
A CPD course will combine many different teaching techniques, techniques may include training workshops, e-learning programs, lectures and conferences. The purpose of accreditation is to further an individual’s professional development. CPD is expected by most professional bodies in nearly all industry sectors around the world and many employers expect staff to maintain a CPD training log.
Vocational Training
CPD accredited training courses aim to be practical and prepare delegates for their jobs, CPD training helps professionals and their employers to ensure that qualifications and skills remain relevant and do not become outdated, CPD accredited training can be taken by individuals who want to continue to up or re-skill themselves. CPD accreditation is favoured by professional organisations as it ensures that professional training programs maintain the same standards.
Professional Bodies
Professionals will often need to keep track of their yearly CPD training in order to get insurance, maintain their ability to practice and keep their professional body membership. Regulatory bodies have been established for most professions their aim is to ensure their members offer services that meet a minimum standard, professional bodies take CPD seriously and expect their members to maintain a training log so their can ensures that minimum standards are maintained.
The Law Society
One professional organisation that values CPD training is The Law Society. The Law Society has a development centre on their website, in The Law Society development centre legal professionals can find courses to further their professional development in a manner that the professional body recognises. The Solicitor’s Regulation Authority is another professional body for legal professionals that recognises Continuing Professional Development.
Professional Body For Legal Secretaries and Executives
The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) was founded in 1892, CILEx is a professional association that currently represents over 20,000 trainee and practising Chartered Legal Executives. CILEx also encourages their members to maintain their Continuing Professional Development, like The Law Society the body has a page devoted to CPD on their website. CILEx courses are taught by lawyers and accreditation from the professional body is highly respected and widely recognised by the legal industry as the standard for the training of legal secretary, legal executive and support staff training. CILEx training covers a broad range of the practical skills that a person needs to become efficient as a legal secretary.
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