Continuous Professional Development
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CPD Defined
When setting up CPD (Continuous Professional Development) you are defining a goal of a Start and End Date with a targeted amount of hours for a particular Job within the company. You can Configure CPD Settings here and then assign them to Jobs. Based on this, when an Employee is linked with a Job, and you enter training records, the system will show you what the annual requirement is from a CPD perspective. It will also track the actual CPD hours that have currently be taken, when you record Training Type as CPD. You can show this information in a Users Dashboard. The CPD Hours Settings allow you to record the requirement for a period and this period will be used for the current required calculations. Example: Taken v Required.
Non-Team-Dashboards Users
Adding New CPD Settings
- Select Maintenance on the left hand side from the navigation area.
- Select the CPD Settings Folder.
- You will see a list of CPD records, if this if this list is empty then no CPD records have been setup at this point in time.
- Select the [Add new record] button.
- Select from the drop down the Job Name that you are applying the CPD setting to.
- Select the Start date in the CPD Start.
- Select the End date in the CPD End.
- Enter the CPD hour Target.
- Select the [Save] button.
Mandatory fields are marked with Red Asterisk, the record will not be saved unless mandatory fields are filled in first.
CPD Fields Explained
| Field Name | Description |
| Job Name | Mandatory Field. Select the Job the CPD Setting applies to |
| CPD Start | Mandatory Field. Select the Date the CPD Setting should start from (Calculations) |
| CPD End | Mandatory Field. Select the date the CPD Settings End |
| CPD hour Target | Mandatory Field. Type in what the annual requirement is for this Job. This will be shown in training records, and can also be shown in a users Dashboard |
Team-Dashboards Users
Adding New CPD Settings
1. CPD Settings can be created, edited and deleted via the Key System Settings Widget on the Activation Hub.
2. Select CPD Settings. The options available are:
- Create - allows Users to create a new CPD Training Requirement for each Job, including:
- Job Name
- Annual CPD Target (in hours).
- CPD requirement timeframe (select preference):
- Calendar year
- Financial year
- Current (Indicates if the CPD Training Requirement is Current or not).
- View - allows Users to view the CPD Training Requirement for each Job
- Edit - allows Users to edit the CPD Training Requirement for each Job.
- Delete - allows Users to delete the CPD Training Requirement for each Job.
Mandatory fields are marked with Red Asterisk, the record will not be saved unless mandatory fields are filled in first.
CPD Training requirements appear on the CPD Tab of the Training Widget. CPD Hours are translated to CPD Points and can be found on Employee Training Records.
CPD Fields Explained
| Field Name | Description |
| Job Name | Mandatory Field. Select the Job the CPD Setting applies to |
| Annual CPD Target | Mandatory Field. Specify the annual CPD Training Requirement for this Job. This will be shown in training records, and can also be shown in a users Dashboard. |
| Annual CPD Target Timeframe | Mandatory Field. Select the annual CPD Training Requirement Timeframe for this Job. This is the timeframe in which the Employee holding that Job needs to complete the CPD Training Requirement. The options are:
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| CPD Start | Mandatory Field. Select the Date the CPD Setting should start from (Calculations) |
| CPD End | Mandatory Field. Select the date the CPD Settings End |
Please also refer to these links for details relating to CPD Setting and their relationships to other parts of the system:
- Applicant Skills
- Vacancy Skills
- Vacancies
- Searching for Skills
- Employee Skills
- Job Skills
- Employee Training Records
