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Key CPD Requirements

Engineers are required to complete a minimum of 150 hours of continuing professional development (CPD) over three years. At least 50 hours must relate to their area of practice, 10 hours must cover risk management, and 15 hours must address business and management skills. The CPD activities can include formal study, short courses, workplace learning, private study, professional service, teaching materials preparation, and other structured activities. Engineering academics must obtain at least 40 CPD hours through industry experience. Practitioners document their CPD using an online recording system on the Engineers Australia website.

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Key CPD Requirements

Engineers are required to complete a minimum of 150 hours of continuing professional development (CPD) over three years. At least 50 hours must relate to their area of practice, 10 hours must cover risk management, and 15 hours must address business and management skills. The CPD activities can include formal study, short courses, workplace learning, private study, professional service, teaching materials preparation, and other structured activities. Engineering academics must obtain at least 40 CPD hours through industry experience. Practitioners document their CPD using an online recording system on the Engineers Australia website.

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Key CPD Requirements

1. Objective
CPD activities are to extend or update a practitioner’s knowledge, skill or judgment in their area or areas of
practice and enable them to:
• maintain technical competence;
• retain and enhance their effectiveness in the workplace;
• be able to help, influence and lead others by example;
• successfully deal with changes in their career; and
• better serve the community.

2. Minimum Requirement
A practitioner’s CPD records must document a minimum of 150 hours of structured CPD over the past
three-years.

3. Specific Requirements
3.a. for all practitioners, of the 150 hours:
• at least 50 hours must relate to their area of practice;
• at least 10 hours must cover risk management;
• at least 15 hours must address business and management skills; and
• the remainder must cover a range of activities relevant to the practitioner’s career.
3.b. engineering academics and teachers must demonstrate that at least 40 hours of the CPD satisfying
the criteria of 3.a. have been obtained in an industry environment.

4. CPD activities
CPD records may include participation in the following activities, providing that they satisfy the Objective in
paragraph 1 and the Specific Requirements in paragraph 3 above:
a) formal post-graduate study leading to an award or individual tertiary course units not taken for award
purposes;
b) short courses, workshops, seminars and discussion groups, conferences, technical inspections and
technical meetings;
c) learning activities in the workplace that extend competence in the area of practice;
d) private study which extends knowledge and skills;
e) service to the engineering profession;
f) the preparation and presentation of material for courses, conferences, seminars and symposia; and
g) any other structured activities not covered by a) – f) above.

5. CPD Types and Conditions


Conditions and notes on the various types of CPD are detailed on the CPD Types and Conditions document.
6. CPD Record Sheet
A CPD Recording Sheet and summary are provided at Attachment 4 OR you can use eCPDRecord (Online
Recording System) available from the members only section of the website at
http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/cpd

7. Further Information
Further information, including Frequently Asked Questions and the CPD Policy (which allows for career
breaks and part-time work), can be downloaded from the Engineers Australia website
www.engineersaustralia.org.au/yourcpdaudit.

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