CPD Records

Record your CPD activities

The Engineering Council now requires all of its Licensed Members (incl. BINDT) to carry out a sample audit of registrants' CPD records. BINDT has decided to apply this policy to all members, whether registered or not. Note that it is not our intention to penalise members who cannot provide evidence of their CPD and there is no stipulation on the type or amount of CPD carried out.

The sample audit will be carried out annually by peer review and feedback may be given if requested. We will be looking to inform and advise our members on how they can get the very best out of their existing CPD activities and to signpost new opportunities.

CPD records may be submitted in any format, although members are encouraged to use the ‘My Career’ tool which can be found in the Members’ Area of the BINDT website (click here).

The following table gives examples of CPD activities with points allocation. The Institute’s opinion is that a realistic target for most people should be 20 points per year, unless 20 points have been achieved by virtue of a successful recertification examination, in which case the target should be 30 points.

Please note:

Activities listed in section A may also be used for renewal of PCN Level 3 Certification.
Activities listed in section B may also be used for renewal of PCN Level 2 Certification.
Activities listed in section C may be used for renewal of PCN Level 2 and 3 Certification, but the points value allocated in this CPD Scheme may vary from those allocated by PCN.

(For full details of the PCN Renewal/Recertification Scheme please consult PCN Documents CP16 and CP17.)

Section A – Conferences/Symposiums and other technical gatherings		Points per activity
1	Attend a conference or symposium	1
2	Attend BINDT (or other institute) Branch Meeting	1
3	Attend national and/or international standards committees	1
4	Attend sessions of NDT-related committees and/or working groups	1
5	Convene or chair a session at conference or symposium	1
6	Present a technical paper at conference or symposium	2
Section B – Further training and educations		Points per activity
1	Complete a certification course in NDT/CM/SHM	2
2	Complete a certification course in other technical subjects	2
3	Complete a course in other subect areas, for example health and safety (define)	1
4	Complete a non-certified course in NDT/CM/SHM	1
5	Complete a non-certified course in other technical subjects	1
6	Gain Engineering Council Registration at EngTech grade	1
7	Gain Engineering Council Registration at IEng or CEng grade	2
8	Training delivery in specialist subject (if not primary role)	1
Section C – Developing technical knowledge		Points per activity
1	Conduct interview (other than PRI or EPA – see volunteering)	1
2	Join BINDT	2
3	Onsite visit	1
4	Participate in a webinar or NDT/CM/SHM subject	1
5	Participation in recognised (online) technical forums	1
6	Present a webinar on NDT/CM/SHM subject	1
7	Publish a case study or article in an online publication	1
8	Publish a technical article in a journal or magazine	2
9	Read a review an article in a technical publication	1
10	Technical consulting, advisory project or supervisory project	2
Section D – PCN specific activities		Points per activity
1	Attendance at BINDT Branch CPD Meeting or other professional society conference	2
2	Monitoring or re-inspection of NDT appropriate to the certificate to be renewed	2
3	PCN examiner (only for PCN test centre employees)	1
4	Successful practical testing under the supervision of an appropriately qualified person of a relevant approved training specimen	1
5	Successful recertification or supplementary examination conducted by an authorised PCN test centre	20
Section E – Volunteering		Points per activity
1	Conducting a PRI	2
2	Conducting an apprenticeship end-point assessment	2
3	Observing a PRI	1
4	Observing an apprenticeship end-point assessment	1
5	Volunteering for work-based extra curricular activities	1
6	Volunteering at Institute or society activities including Branch Meetings	1
7	Assessment of a CEng or IEng application	1

If you have not yet submitted your CPD records, we would encourage you to do so as soon as possible in order for BINDT to fulfil its obligation to the Engineering Council.

In addition, we would be most grateful if you would volunteer to take part in our sample audit. This would simply involve an independent review of your CPD records, irrespective of format submitted. If you are already using the ‘My Career’ tool on the BINDT website, please grant us permission to view your records by ticking the CPD Monitoring Scheme box on your 'My Career' page.