CPD | IOSH

Continuing professional development, or CPD, is an investment in yourself. It’s a career-long process of improvement – and it works best when it’s personal to you. Our CPD programme forms part of Blueprint, our professional journey package for members. It enables you to manage your development and safeguard your professional status.

How CPD works

There are four stages to IOSH CPD. You record all your CPD activity in Blueprint. All information is secure and none of your personal details are held. Use Blueprint’s ‘Recite Me’ tool for accessibility and language options.

Assess your capability and develop your professional plan. Use the self-assessment tool to benchmark your skills (technical, core, behavioural) against our competency framework and build a personal development plan based on the results.

Undertake your planned CPD and acquire skills and knowledge.

Refresh and grow your knowledge through CPD activities. Blueprint’s resource library provides over 1,300 opportunities to support the learning for your CPD. And you may already be doing CPD without realising it – the activities below all count.

Work-based learning – for example, job shadowing.
Professional activity – for example, mentoring through IOSH Mentoring platform.
Formal learning – for example, e-learning or an IOSH CPD course.
Self-directed learning – for example, reading an industry article in IOSH magazine.
Other activities that develop transferable skills – for example, volunteering.

Log and provide evidence of your CPD. You can log any CPD activities – not just the resources we provide – in your record on Blueprint.

Apply your knowledge and skills and reflect on what you have learned and put into practice.

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Job role

Health and Safety Compliance Officer for Social Care

Requirements by IOSH membership grade

CPD is mandatory for the following grades:

Technical Member
Certified Member
Chartered Member (plus IOSH Ethical Practice in OSH e-learning and assessment)
Chartered Fellow (plus IOSH Ethical Practice in OSH e-learning and assessment).

You will need to complete 30 hours of CPD every 12 months, starting from:

the date you joined IOSH, or
your membership renewal date.

You won’t need to complete the full CPD requirement if you’ve been in your grade for less than six months. Your full 12-month CPD cycle begins from your next renewal date.

We recommend that all members use our CPD programme to support their career development, even if it’s not currently required for your grade. It’s a great way to keep your career moving forwards and improves your ability and credibility as a health and safety professional.

Support and guidance

What happens if I don’t complete my CPD?

If members retained their grade without showing their commitment to CPD, it would devalue other members’ efforts and achievements. It would reflect poorly on the standards we expect of our members.

We do spot-checks called CPD audits to make sure members are meeting the requirements.

If a Technical Member, Certified Member, Chartered Member or Chartered Fellow doesn’t comply with their CPD obligations, they will risk being transferred to Affiliate Member status. This is a grade that does not require CPD.