To meet the growing learning needs of busy, knowledgeable construction professionals the Chartered Institute of Building has launched a new CPD portal for CIOB members.
The online system hosts a wide variety of CPD content on many subjects and in many formats including video, PowerPoint presentations, textual and magazine articles, all available to the CIOB membership community worldwide.
Bridget Bartlett, deputy chief executive at the CIOB, said: “Members have been calling for online access to CPD content so we are delighted to deliver this solution. Not only is it accessible online it’s also accessible on the move for mobile users.”
She added: “This is the beginning of our CPD journey online and we fully expect it to get bigger and better as members get involved. This is not only an opportunity to learn, it’s also an opportunity for members to share their expertise with others by taking part and producing their own content for review. This platform wouldn’t have been possible without our publisher Atom Publishing and our thanks and appreciation go to them for making it possible.”
Key benefits of the new CPD portal are:
- very simple to use with users able to select suggested training on their homepage or search for training under different categories or by using keywords
- CIOB members only need to register once, the training tracker records all training taken on the Portal and allows external training to also be added, creating one central place for users to record all their training documentation
- Individual training certificates are provided on the completion of each training module and a full summary training report can also be generated
- Users can study on the move with mobile and tablet apps and benefit from a host of compelling content
To access the portal visit www.construction-manager.co.uk/cpd/
A great idea but how does link up with CIOB’s own CPD page where members have to log their CPD’s?
The member CPD log at the new portal http://www.construction-manager.co.uk/cpd/ is designed ultimately to replace the manual log available from the CIOB CPD area. The new portal is entirely owned and sanctioned by the CIOB and has been developed and approved in collaboration with CIOB. We suggest that you continue to use the manual log if you so wish or transfer its data to the new CPD portal where it will be instantly accessible and downloadable for future CPD audit purposes, should the need arise.