Examine the need for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and its role
within the workplace and for higher level learning.
It is the process of upgrading skills and knowledge in order to remain professionally active.
Continuing Professional Development helps to enhance individual qualities and boost the
energy required in the working lives. It is the process for focusing yourself objectives for
development. CPD is all about where you want to be in near future and how you plan to
get there.
Depending upon the professional role and discipline the need of continuing professional
development also changes. CPD is career-long commitment for being professional. CPD is
not maintained only by academic qualification it can be gained through trainings,
workshops, and practical skills. For example, while using MS Word we may not be able to
do what we actually want and we seek help and use YouTube and website for reference
and we gain knowledge about the things that we previously don’t know. This enhance our
skills and helps in personal development and generate positive feelings.
Since last six months I have been working in an IT company and facing lots of challenges
and to handle that challenges and problems there need to be use of CPD. It helps to
enhance our skills, knowledge and develop confidence which is the most important for
professional development.
There is no age boundary for CPD and no limitation as it is an ongoing process. Being
worker in IT Company it is important to develop CPD as it helps to build our confidence
level and enhance personal development too. CPD is not only important for the company I
work but it is more beneficial for me in real time as it is overall wellbeing. CPD will make
you feel more valued in the company and motivates you to work harder than before. In my
personal experience I feel that investing in CPD is always worthy as it teaches the thing
that are related to our life. The main objective of CPD in my workplace is to make staff
independent and to secure better future. There is various step for CPD and among them
most important are listed below as it helps to identify and set goals.
