CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development which in short is a record of what you experience, learn and then apply. CPD helps you keep up-to-date with developments in your field of engineering after you have gained your undergraduate qualification which can also grow your professional networks and contacts. Also, it is essential to maintain Chartered Status by Engineers Australia.
The mentioned 6 things must be considered while writing CPD for Engineers Australia Skills Assessment:
- CPD must be in chronological order along a list format with: Title; Date; Duration; Venue;
- It must include the detailed information about title, date, time period, location and other relevant information
- CPD must include details of: Formal post-graduate study; Conferences at which you have delivered papers or attended; Short courses, workshops, seminars, discussion groups, technical inspections and technical meetings you have attended; Preparation and presentation of material for courses, Conferences, seminars and symposia; Services to the engineering profession (volunteer work, board or committee volunteering, mentoring, etc.); Private study (includes books, journals, manuals, etc.);
- CPD must be in one A4 page. No exceed than one page.
- Inside the CPD, it only contain the information about what you did but not the how you did.
- It is not necessary to include certificates from each course.
- Your CPD records must document a minimum of 150 hours of structured CPD over a three-year period.
CDP SAMPLES
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SAMPLE 1
| S.N. | Title | Duration | Organization | Location |
| 1. | Intermediate (Pre-Engineering) | Name of the organization | Pakistan | |
| 2. | Bachelors of Electronics Engineering | …-2013 | Name of the organization | Pakistan |
| 3. | Self: Basic MS Office | 1 month | Name of the organization | Pakistan |
| 4. | Self: PCB design Training | 2 months | Name of the organization | Pakistan |
| 5. | Intern: Mobile Switch Control Engineer | 1 month
(2011) |
Name of the organization | Pakistan |
| 6. | Design Engineer | 2013 | Name of the organization | Pakistan |
| 7. | MS Manufacturing Systems Engineering | 2017 | Name of the organization | Malaysia |
| 8. | Production Operator | 2018-
Present |
Name of the organization | Australia |
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SAMPLE 2
| S.NO. | ACTIVITIES | DURATION | ORGANIZATION | VENUE |
| 1. | Industrial Visit | 2 days
(2012) |
Name of the organization | India |
| 2. | Internship | 2 weeks
(20…) |
Name of the organization | India |
| 3. | Industrial Visit | 2 days
(2014) |
Name of the organization | Calicut, India |
| 4. | Course: Proteus, Eagle and OrCAD | 2 weeks
(2014) |
Name of the organization | Pampakuda,
India |
| 5. | Training: MATLAB | 2 weeks
(2014) |
Name of the organization | Pampakuda,
India |
| 6. | Presentation: Verilog HDL based Direct Signal Synthesizer | 2 days
(2015) |
Name of the organization | Pampakuda,
India |
| 7. | Electronics Engineer | June 2015-
June 2016 |
Name of the organization | Cochin,
Kerala, India |
| 8. | Training: Embedded System | 5 days
(2015) |
Name of the organization | Cochin,
Kerala, India |
| 9. | Seminar: Digital Electronics | 2 days
(2015) |
Name of the organization | Cochin,
Kerala, India |
| 10. | Course: VLSI | 5 days
(2015) |
Name of the organization | Cochin,
Kerala, India |
| 11. | Training: SQL and Scriptting | 1 week
(2015) |
Name of the organization | Cochin,
Kerala, India |
| 12. | Training: Java | 5 days
(2015) |
Name of the organization | Cochin,
Kerala, India |
| 13. | Training: Quality Management System | 2 days
(2015) |
Name of the organization | Cochin,
Kerala, India |
| 14. | Presentation: Attendance Recording System | 1 day
(2016) |
Name of the organization | Cochin,
Kerala, India |
| 15. | Presentation: Low-Cost Home Security System | 1 day
(2016) |
Name of the organization | Cochin,
Kerala, India |
| 16. | COURSE: IoT Sensors and Devices | 7 weeks
(2016) |
Name of the organization | Online |
| 17. | Master of Electronics Engineering and Management | July 2016-
June 2018 |
Name of the organization | Geelong,
Australia |
| 18. | Course: Active Optimal Devices | 10 weeks
(2018) |
Name of the organization | Online |
| 19. | Self-study: Magazines | 2018 | Name of the organization | Online |