Continuing Professional Development (CPD) enables you to future-proof your career through a programme of life-long learning. Like many professionals, AIA members are required to complete CPD as a condition of membership.
CPD is programme of learning that enables members to develop their skills and knowledge in a rapidly changing profession, ensuring that AIA members remain up-to-date with the latest legislation, guidance, standards and best practice throughout their careers.
To meet our CPD requirements you must:
Verifiable CPD should be relevant to your work, specific to your role and there should be evidence that you have completed the course of learning. This may include courses of study, attendance at events such as the AIA's programme or conferences and seminars or e-learning.
Non-verifiable CPD would include general learning which is difficult to evidence, such as reading or self study.
AIA recommends logging CPD activities regularly as soon as they are completed on your AIA Online CPD Record and safely storing evidence of verifiable CPD for each rolling 3-year period, in case you are selected for a review.
Only if you are fully retired and undertake no accountancy work will you will be fully exempt from the CPD requirements. A waiver of the requirements may be applied based on personal circumstances, but if either of these apply to you please contact AIA Membership Services to discuss the exemption/waiver process.
Members should make a CPD Declaration via the AIA website for each reporting year here.
All members should maintain evidence and be able to supply it for review when requested. Failure to certify CPD compliance or provide evidence of compliance may render a Member liable to disciplinary proceedings and, in the case of a Member in Practice, ineligible to renew a Practising Certificate.
You can find more in-depth information about our CPD requirements and how to approach your CPD planning in our useful CPD Guide.
CPD Guide
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) enables you to future-proof your career through a programme of life-long learning. Like many professionals, AIA members are required to complete CPD as a condition of membership.