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WOS CPD and IPD Information Facesheet

This document provides guidance on the CPD (Continued Professional Development) process for health and safety practitioners. It outlines the key components of a CPD plan including a development plan, reflective statements on activities, and a guide to the IPD (Initial Professional Development) process. The development plan involves assessing strengths/weaknesses and setting goals. Recorded activities should be reflected upon to demonstrate learning. Reflective statements consider objectives, approaches, results, and lessons learned. The IPD guide summarizes the required elements and performance criteria for assessment.

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WOS CPD and IPD Information Facesheet

This document provides guidance on the CPD (Continued Professional Development) process for health and safety practitioners. It outlines the key components of a CPD plan including a development plan, reflective statements on activities, and a guide to the IPD (Initial Professional Development) process. The development plan involves assessing strengths/weaknesses and setting goals. Recorded activities should be reflected upon to demonstrate learning. Reflective statements consider objectives, approaches, results, and lessons learned. The IPD guide summarizes the required elements and performance criteria for assessment.

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CPD Guidance

Content:
 Development Plan
 Reflective Statement
 Activities
 Guide to the IPD process.

Development Plan

Your development plan is an overview of your continued professional development. It will


contain an honest assessment of where you are in your career and how you plan on moving
forward. It gives you the opportunity to test the limits of your competency.

When planning your development, we recommend that you look at least three months ahead
as we recognise that plans can change as circumstances alter.

Assessing your current level of professional development is a good way to start your
development plan

To do this, you need to:


 use a range of methods and techniques to assess your knowledge, skills, experience
and performance; these should be based on valid and reliable evidence from your
current professional role, including formal appraisals where appropriate

 consider and review the nature of your current practice and career path

 evaluate past goals and achievements

Useful questions to consider include:

 what are my main health and safety duties, and what do I need to do to continue to
carry out these duties to a high standard?

 do I have sufficient skills in areas other than health and safety?

 where do my strengths and weaknesses lie?

Your Development Plan should be reviewed and updated on a regular basis to check that it
is still fit for purpose, and update it if not. For example, have you changed roles between the
times you last reviewed it? When doing this regular reviewing, add any new goals or
objectives you want to achieve for the next three months

No matter how long you spend planning your development, it is likely that unplanned activity
will form a significant part of the CPD in any year. The important thing is to recognise this for
what it is and to capture it as you go along.
When you first log in, the system will prompt you to create your development plan if you do
not already have one.

Activities

For your CPD, we need to see examples of what you’re doing to maintain your skills and
your knowledge. These examples are called activities.

You’ll need to demonstrate that your activities have meaningful reflective statements. This
means that you’ll not only describe what you’ve done, but also reflect on how useful it’s been
to you in your development.

Remember:

- 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 H&S legislation


- Reading IOSH Magazine articles
- Making a presentation at a meeting or seminar
- Attending meetings held by IOSH membership Networks.

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.
Reflective Statement

When recording or updating an activity once you have completed it, you must add a
reflective statement to the notes section to discuss what you have gained from the activity.

Self-reflection is a very personal attribute; there is no correct or incorrect way to undertake


this type of exercise. Reflective practice can help you gain a valid insight into why
something went well, or conversely did not go well

The act of reflection helps you to maximise the benefit from your development activities and
recording those reflections provides evidence to demonstrate that development has taken
place

When writing your reflective statement consider

 your professional objectives in undertaking the activity


 your approach and the reasons for it
 details of your completed activity, including, where relevant, the contribution of others
 the results of the activities and the extent to which your objectives were achieved
 an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the approach you took, and learning
points for the future
 Explain how it may, or how you think it may impact upon your future role as a
professional health and safety practitioner

Take time to organise and structure your writing.

There is no set length for a reflective statement, but it should be proportional to the size of
the activity and what you have gained from it.

Tip - Reflection is best done before you forget the critical details.

Good questions to answer in your reflective statement.

1.What ………….what was the activity?

2.Why…………… why did you do it?

3.What……………what did you learn from it?

4.How…………….how will you use or apply the knowledge gained going forward?
Guide to the IPD process.

The Criteria - Summary


Element 1 – Promoting and developing a positive safety culture in an
organisation, and its integration with other management functions
Performance criteria, select one from:
1.1 Using appropriate management techniques to initiate, develop or promote policies
1.2 Engaging individuals and groups in the promotion and development of a positive safety culture
1.3 Overcoming the potential barriers to full effectiveness
1.4 Making a presentation at a meeting or seminar

Element 2 – Undertaking work-based projects to develop or implement positive


health and safety policies in an organisation
Performance criteria, select one from:
2.1 Analysing the impact of health and safety requirements on inputs, processes and outputs
2.2 Using goals and performance targets to design or develop a positive health and safety policy
2.3 Identifying or using appropriate management techniques to implement a positive health and safety
policy
2.4 Engaging individuals and groups in developing and implementing a positive health and safety
policy

Element 3 – Developing or implementing effective communication systems for


health and safety information
Performance criteria, select one from:
3.1 Identifying, selecting and evaluating available and current sources of health and safety information
for dissemination internally and externally
3.2 Producing in-house publications on health and safety
3.3 Developing and implementing communication systems between different areas of your
organisation
3.4 Developing or implementing effective communication with contractors

Element 4 – Assessing the health and safety risks of an organisation


Performance criteria, select two from:
4.1 Appraising assessment and control standards, legislation and guidance
4.2 Identifying and evaluating health and safety hazards
4.3 Applying appropriate tools and techniques for measurement or investigation
4.4 Identifying actual and potential loss events and making recommendations
4.5 Identifying human factors which contribute to risk
4.6 Developing or implementing a risk assessment and control strategy from design to disposal

Element 5 – Managing the health and safety risks of an organisation


Performance criteria, select two from:
5.1 Devising or implementing health and safety risk control or reduction measures
5.2 Developing and applying safe systems of work
5.3 Developing or implementing health and safety active monitoring systems, including gathering and
analysing appropriate data
5.4 Analysing loss events using effective methods of investigation
5.5 Developing or implementing health and safety emergency response systems and contingency
plans and procedures
5.6 Developing or implementing and using health and safety audit systems and formulating reports

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