Poll: sources of CPD information

Technology never stops evolving, and neither do the engineers that work with it. The very professional competence of engineering as a whole depends to some degree on keeping up to date with new developments. And of course, engineers learn constantly, both through their work and by exposure to other sources of information. That learning now goes by the acronym CPD, continuous professional development.

CPD matters to the individual because, very quickly in an engineer’s career, it becomes the dominant learning mode. As the memories of coursework and examinations fade, they are gradually replaced in the working engineer’s mind with the content of formal training, as well as the informal lessons that come naturally from experiences in and around the job.

While that learning process may come so naturally to some engineers that they are almost unaware of it, Engineering Council UK rules established since before the pandemic aim to improve the quality of ongoing learning in engineering by making the process more deliberate.