CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

CPD — YOUR PATH TO GROWTH

CILT defines Continuing Professional Development as the systematic maintenance and development of knowledge, skills and competencies throughout your professional life. It is more than a formality: a CPD Plan is a required part of applications for MILT, CMILT and FCILT membership.

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Where are you in your career?

Using the same calculation as the membership calculator, answer a few questions to get an indicative membership grade here.

HOW CPD WORKS

THE CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT CYCLE

Every CILT CPD Plan is built around three questions. Each objective should be SMART: specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound.

Tools supporting the whole cycle

The official CILT International toolkit provides three tools, used throughout the cycle rather than at just one stage.

WHAT COUNTS AS CPD

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Activities need not be narrowly specialised: language skills, general management skills and learning for a career change also count. Click a card to see an example.

CPD THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER

CPD AND CILT MEMBERSHIP GRADES

Commitment to CPD is a key indicator when progressing through CILT membership grades, from MILT to CMILT and on to FCILT.

TRY IT YOURSELF

CPD MINI-PLANNER

Complete five short steps to draft a personal CPD Plan, using the same structure (Objective / Year 1 / Year 2) as an actual membership application.

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READY TO START YOUR CPD PLAN?

Your actual CPD Plan is submitted with your CILT membership application. Find a course that counts towards your CPD or apply for the appropriate grade.

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