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Know your Institute

You may have noticed the term CPD Partner – what is one of It is most definitely not too late for all readers to submit their
those you may ask? 2020 CPD activities, and you are most seriously and genuinely
encouraged to do so. It is November and if nothing else,
A CPD Partner is an organisation that the Institute recognise as Covid has presented the industry with so many opportunities
a provider of recognised activities, and as such if you can put a to participate in so many activities, you will already be able
score against an event they have provided, we will DOUBLE the to demonstrate your Continued Professional Development of
points. earning 36 points.

As an example, you attend an Association of Security For SyI members of all categories, double opportunity, either
Consultants Business Group. These events are of 4 hours use the App or complete the spreadsheet.
duration. Activity you would enter against ‘ASC - Attending ASC
Business Club or CONSEC’ and you get 2 points for each hour Please lead from the front, we are the leading security member
instead of the usual 1, so 8 points. organisation, the CPD Toolbox is considered as the best to go
to, so please take 15 minutes out of your day, and fill it in. For
Even reading this magazine ‘Read the Quarterly SyI magazine SyI Board Directors, SyI Fellows and those on the Register of
& any special editions will earn you 1 point, don’t forget to Chartered Security Professionals, there is no option. It is a
register it – now! requirement to complete 36 points. So please get filling in the
form!
The devil is a little in the detail though, you do need to
demonstrate activity in more than one activity line! Sorry, Concluding, CPD is fast becoming a MUST HAVE.
reading 36 magazines will not cut the mustard!!
The Institute has revamped the whole process to make it slick
Those of you who have sharp eyes will have noticed the number and easy for you to use.
36. That is the total number of points you need to earn, each
year, with the year commencing 1st January. Please do make use of it, and if each and every one of us do so,
then individually we are moving the whole security profession
Those with the calculator out, will already have worked out that up a notch in the eyes of those unbelievers.
is just 3 points per month. You have already seen how you can
earn 8 for a mornings learning. To make things even easier for you, you will find the CPD Points
Look Up List on the right-hand page - which details just some of
Haven’t got the time – no excuse. the activities you could have completed in the last few months
to earn CPD points.