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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2015

CPD means adding to your professional knowledge and keeping your skills up to date throughout your career

Professional knowledge is based on formal qualifications

Professional skills are acquired through workplace experience

CPD involves you seeking out learning and development from a variety of sources

CPD is based on the HR Competency Model

CPD is a requirement to retain your professional designation

CPD hours SABPP Professional registration level

Minimum hours of learning in any 3 year rolling cycle

Minimum hours of learning in each year

HR Professional, Chartered HR Professional, Master HR Professional

120 (30 points)

20 (5 points)

HR Associate 80 (20 points) 16 (4 points)

HR Technician 60 (15 points) 12 (3 points)

Verifiable and non-verifiable CPD activity

Assess your competency and draw up your own development plan

Keep track of your learning.Submit a claim at year-end

Compulsory ethics points to be earned each year

SABPP New CPD Policy

• Approved by the Board February 2015• Launching June 2015• Voluntary phase 2015 – 2016• Compulsory to submit claim end 2016

CPD requirements• 1 point is earned per 4 hours of learning

SABPP Professional Registration Level

Minimum hours of learning in each calendar year

Minimum hours of learning in each 3 year rolling cycle

HR Professional, Chartered HR Professional, Master HR Professional

20 (5 points) 120 (30 points)

HR Associate 16 (4 points) 80 (20 points)HR Technician 12 (3 points) 60 (15 points)

• At least 50% of points must come from verifiable CPD• At least 1 point per annum must come from ethics development

Verifiable / Non-Verifiable

• At least 50% points from verifiable– Means that there is a document or other means of confirming that

the activity was completed.

• Non-verifiable CPD is also good CPD

Verifiable CPD (1)

• Drawing up your IDP = 1 point– Based on assessment against Competency Model = additional 1

point– Can use existing IDP from your employment or IDP from other

professional body CPD

• Structured Learning (workshops, events, conferences, web-based/e-learning = 1 point per 4 hours of attendance– + 1 point overall where the course/workshop/event has been

quality assured by SABPP (this will reflect in the points allocated to the learning event by the LQA of the SABPP)

Verifiable CPD (2)

• Other = you decide how many points to claim based on hours of actual learning:– Further formal qualifications– HR technical/professional meetings attended– Research, writing and other academic activities– Learning through work (projects, process development etc.)– Being mentored/coached– Informal learning e.g. discussion groups– Giving back to the profession

• SABPP Committee work, mentoring, Candidate supervision, voluntary work for SABPP

Non-verifiable CPD - examples

• Reading (business newspapers, professional journals, blogs)

• Watching HR related DVDs, TED talks, U-tube etc.• On-the-job training• Watching relevant TV programmes• Attending in-house meetings• Having one-on-one discussion with peers on HR matters.

CPD event approval by SABPP

• Process has been in place for some years• Provider submits application to LQA department• If the criteria are met, approval is granted and programme

reference number generated• At the event/course, attendees must sign attendance

register with ID numbers• Provider sends attendance register to SABPP LQA who will

generate the CPD certificates

CPD process summary

Set up tracking system

Draw up own development

plan

Track achievement

Submit claim January

SABPP audits 5%

March/April

SABPP reports to Board May

CPD process summary

Set up tracking system

Draw up own development

plan

Track achievement

Submit claim January

SABPP audits 5% March /

April

SABPP reports to Board May

If you have an Individual/Personal Development Plan at work, you can integrate the two so you just have one Plan

CPD CLAIM FORM

YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER _______________

REGISTRATION NUMBER ___________________

MEMBER SURNAME _______________________

MEMBER FIRST NAME _____________________

LEVEL OF REGISTRATION (HRT/HRA/HRP/CHRP/MHRP [please circle which is applicable] CPD 3 YEAR CYCLE COMMENCING: 1/1/2015 Or Date of original registration, whichever is later: _________________________________ CLAIM FOR 2015:

VERIFIABLE NON-VERIFIABLE Points claimed:

Points claimed:

CLAIM FOR 2016: VERIFIABLE NON-VERIFIABLE

Points claimed:

Points claimed:

CLAIM FOR 2017: VERIFIABLE NON-VERIFIABLE

Points claimed:

Points claimed:

SIMPLE CLAIM FORM – EXAMPLE APPENDIX 2 TO THE POLICY IN YOUR PACK

Consequences of lack of adherence to CPD requirements• Failure to submit claims by deadline

– 1st offender – R250 fine after 1 months grace– Repeat offender (failure to respond to requests) – R500 fine after 3 months grace– Defaulter (failure to respond for full year) – referred to Professional Registration Committee

for possible downgrading by one level.

• Failure to submit Evidence File when requested– 1st offender – R250 fine after 1 months grace– Repeat offender (failure to respond to requests) – R500 fine after 3 months grace– Defaulter (failure to respond for full year) – referred to Professional Registration Committee

for possible downgrading by one level.

• Negative audit report on Evidence File – Referral to dispute resolution process in line with Ethics Complaints Procedure– CPD Committee to manage process and agree on remedial action / sanction.

Governance of CPD

• Board monitors through reviewing twice yearly report• CPD Committee

– Supervises dispute resolution– Monitors administration reports– Compiles twice yearly Board reports– Reviews and updates Policy

• Office – Develops and manages systems

CPD will be phased in

June 2015

Communicate to all members in HR VoiceLaunch at AGM 25th JuneMembers start personal CPD recordsSet up electronic system

September 2015

Enrol volunteers to pilot new CPD Policy and tracking systems

Continue to communicate and encourage members to start tracking their CPD

October 2015 - February 2016

Pilot volunteers, and any other members who wish to, submit annual CPD claims together with membership renewalTest sample claims and CPD Evidence FilesCommunicate that submission of CPD claims will be compulsory in 2016

October 2016 - February 2017

Compulsory submission of annual CPD claim for all members with membership renewalMarch 2017 - sample claims and audit 5% of CPD Evidence files

Frequently Asked Questions

• Will it cost me a lot of money?• Will it take a lot of time?• Do I need to do CPD if I am at the top of my profession?• How do I work out my hours of learning?• Won’t it be a lot of work to record my activities?• How will I know from the SABPP what is approved CPD

formal learning?

New CPD page on SABPP website

• Downloads– Policy– FAQs– Excel sheet to track CPD– Claim form

• Listing of SABPP approved CPD events

Volunteers for the pilot, please complete form in your pack and hand it in or leave on the table.Questions: contact Penny or Naren

Any questions?