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Continuing Professional Development

Membership

Continuing Professional Development for CIBD Members

As a chartered organisation, the CIBD provides brewers, distillers, and allied industry professionals with a globally recognised mark of quality and sets standards of professionalism and performance. Chartership is about a fellowship of like-minded professionals supporting each other through professional development.  Being an individual member of the CIBD involves following the Code of Conduct and showing a commitment to your own Continuing Professional Development. Keeping your knowledge, skills and behaviours uptodate is essential to thrive in your career. It also provides trust and confidence to employers and the public.

The CPD Cycle

The 4 key stages in the CPD cycle that are important when undertaking your professional development learning activities for the year.

FAQs

The definition of CPD is very broad and we are sure that most of you are already engaging in CPD and carry out continuous improvement at work.  Ultimately, a commitment to CPD is part of being a Member of the CIBD and shows a willingness to learn and improve. We will continue to review and improve our CPD offer based on how our members are responding to our CPD offer. If you are not interested in doing CPD, you can choose to become an Associate Member and have all the membership benefits but will not be bound by any Chartership related commitments. You will also not be able to use the post nominals, vote at AGMs and stand as a Trustee.

At the moment you will be a member of a chartered institute rather than an individual chartered member- we will have to show that our members are committed to the Code of Professional Conduct and to undertake CPD for a period of at least two years, before we are able to apply to update our Charter to include individual chartered membership.  

If you are willing to share any good examples of CPD,  or if you have any questions or comments about CPD, please contact cpd@cibd.org.uk

What people are saying

There are many formal and informal options for CPD in our industry, and a cultural approach to support each other with our learning

Caroline Walker