Keep your

Certifications
Current
through
CPD
Introduction
Welcome to the essential guide on
maintaining your certification through
Continuous Professional Development
(CPD) points.

Discover how PeopleCert Membership empowers you to stay ahead

in your field, benefitting both individual career growth and
organisational success.

For Individuals
CPD is your pathway to staying current
with efficiency, and unlocking new
career opportunities.

PeopleCert Membership is our commitment to lifelong learning

and professional excellence, equipping you with the tools and CPD
opportunities you need to take your career to the next level and
stand out among your peers!
For Employers
Invest in your team's professional
development through CPD.

Did you know that workplace training positively impacts your

employees engagement?
Investing in your team's professional development is a strategy that
boosts motivation, retains talent, and sharpens internal processes.
PeopleCert Membership provides continuous learning
opportunities and career development resources, as well as the
tools to streamline employee development processes.

About PeopleCert
Membership
Become a PeopleCert Member and turn
learning into a lifetime adventure!

Our programme is designed to support you on your learning

journey, with industry news, best practice insights, articles, exam
preparation materials, and webinars from subject-matter experts
in your discipline. In addition, you can use your subscription to
manage your certifications and digital badges and log CPD points.

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 Getting Started
Log CPD points to keep your certifications
current.

CPD points can be logged against 3 different categories:

Professional Experience, Professional Education, and Community.

Examples of activities per category are outlined below:

Keep your Certification Current

by gaining 20 points per year!*
Professional Professional Community
Experience Education
Professional practice: PeopleCert certifications Organising industry /
applying best practice best practice related
in the workplace events

Coaching colleagues in Other certifications from Contributing to

relation to best practice PeopleCert Accredited community
Training Organisations discussion forums

Mentoring individuals or Other certifications from Authoring thought

groups to support their non-PeopleCert Accredited leadership
development Training Organisations

Work shadowing Professional qualifications Attending industry

colleagues in relation from awarding bodies events
to best practice

*A minimum of 5 points in In house training Reading community

this category is required discussion forums

e-learning Volunteering to share your

knowledge and experience

Reading relevant books, A maximum of 15 points

publications, research, in this category is allowed
white papers etc.

Engaging with podcasts

and webinars

A maximum of 15 points
in this category is allowed

*To be eligible you must log 20 CPDs per year for 3 consecutive years.

To review all of your certifications information such as renewal date or CPD

status, log in to your candidate account and click on "My Certificates" tab.
Are you eligible to log CPDs?
To unlock the ability to log CPD points,
you need to be subscribed to the
PeopleCert Plus plan.

Upgrade to our monthly or annual PeopleCert Plus plan

to activate the CPD functionality in just a few simple steps!
This upgrade offers you the full benefits of the PeopleCert
Membership, enhancing your professional development journey.

How to log your CPD Points

Step 1

Log in your PeopleCert Plus account.

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Step 2: View your certifications’ status

Click on "My Certificate" to view your cetifications and check their

status (Active or Not Current).

Here's what the colours you see mean:

Green indicates that your certification is ACTIVE and you

have already logged the 20 CPD points that is mandatory
per year.
Orange indicates that your certfication is ACTIVE but you
need to log extra points in order to reach the mandatory 20
points per year.
Grey indicates that your certification is not current. You have
to log 20 CPD points that is mandatory per year.
The length of the bar depicts the time frame of a year.
Step 3: Log your CPD points

3.1 Click on the orange "Log CPD" button,

or access the CPD section from the
menu bar.
Your certifications are grouped per Product Suite and the
certifications within each Product Suite all share the same
renewal date. By submitting enough CPD points to renew
one of your certifications, all the certifications under a
Product Suite are also renewed automatically.

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3.2 Choose the specific certification you
want to update and log your points.

Click on the "Add CPD" button.

Type of CPD (mandatory):
Choose one of 3 the categories for each activity.

Points I’m claiming (mandatory):

Within Professional Education and Community, one point
equates to one hour’s worth of effort. You can record a
minimum of 30 minutes or 0.5 points, and a maximum of 15
hours or 15 points per activity. Take into consideration that
each point is rounded (i.e. if you add 5.2 this will change to 5,
6.7 will change 7 etc.).

If you add more points than required, then this message will
appear:

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Completion date (mandatory):
For the five points of Professional Experience, you will need to
list five separate activities that you undertook in your role
related to the best practice knowledge gained in your
certification, and that link to the skills and behaviours within
your certification.

Description (mandatory):
Provide details of the activity for which you are logging your
CPDs.

What did you learn (mandatory):

Free text for you to complete.

Include an attachment (optional):

Candidates can add multiple attachments for each activity
in the following file formats: .jpg, .pdf & .png.
Click Submit

If you need more CPD points to complete the year, then you will see
the following:

When you reach 20 CPD points, you will see the following
message:

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Review and edit your CPDs

You can review your past CPDs by clicking on your CPD

submission at any time. You can edit or delete your past
CPDs by clicking on the pencil icon next to each submission.
Please note that you can only edit a CPD submission within
the current CPD period.
For audit purposes, CPD submissions from previous years
cannot be deleted.

CPD activity for the past year: Candidates can click on any
entry to review their submitted activities. However, you will
have no option to edit, as the form is locked.

Thank you for considering PeopleCert Membership for your

professional growth and we hope that this guide has been
useful to support your CPD journey.

Our team is available 24/7/365 and ready to assist you with

any further inquiries at [email protected].

We're excited to be a part of your learning journey and

look forward to helping you achieve your career goals!
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