Keep Track of Your SACPCMP CPD Points

Keep track of your SACPCMP Continuous Professional Development (CPD) points and avoid being deregistered at the end of your CPD cycle.

CPD helps professionals keep their skills and knowledge current and relevant, ensuring that they can effectively perform their roles in a rapidly changing environment. This entails ongoing learning and development.

The SACPCMP CPD policy requires that all CPD activities be competency based to improve performance, provide guidance to the professional and provide detailed descriptions for category achievements.

The SACPCMP CPD cycle runs over a 3-year period from 1 April to 31 March. All CPD activities must be done with skills development providers that are registered with or recognised by SACPCMP. Any formal qualifications must be SAQA aligned, and the Skills Development Provider (SDP)  must be registered with the Council for Higher Education or the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations. Until phased out, any unit standard based training must be done by a SDP who is accredited by the relevant SETA. It is important to note that Unit Standards and legacy qualifications are being phased out and will no longer be available after 2027.

One CPD point is equivalent to 10 notional hours and this is the estimate time an average delegate needs to invest in a course, module or unit standard to meet specific learning objectives. SACPCMP has provided a guideline for programme durations where the point allocation may be unclear or are not aligned to SAQA.

All registered professionals need to ensure that they meet their SACPCMP CPD requirements for a 3-year period. It is important to note that these requirements are not the same for each registration category and that the competency-based subjects also differ. However, the CPD categories and activities are the same across the different registered professionals.

There are 4 categories that each professional needs to cover, with a certain number of points per category per year as outlined in the table below.  The CPD cycle applicable to the registered persons runs from the beginning to the end of the SACPCMP's financial year (1 April to 31 March)

Any registered person who does not comply with the above requirements of the cycle within the three years may result in deregistration.

How to load CPD activities to the SACPCMP website

• Use your registration link
• Navigate to your online profile
• Locate the CPD section
• Use the provided upload function to submit your supporting documents

In conclusion, CPD point compliance is important for maintaining a professional status, ensuring competence and staying up to date with the industry standards.

Mandisa Khumalo | Learning and Development Manager