CPD
CPD: courses for 12 professions
Continuing professional development, built to task, condition and standard. 36 courses.
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Medical and healthcare
- L4 Practitioner
Plain English for ward handovers
Short, clear spoken handovers between shifts, for health workers who use English as a second or working language.
About 3 hours (180 minutes)
- L3 Foundation
Recording care notes to the standard
Writing care notes that are clear, dated, signed and fair to the patient.
About 1.5 hours (90 minutes)
- L4 Practitioner
Talking with patients and families in a second language
Respectful, clear conversations about care for nurses and carers working abroad or with international patients.
About 4 hours (240 minutes)
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Social work and social care
- L4 Practitioner
Assessing risk in a home visit
Planning and recording a safe, fair home visit.
About 4 hours (240 minutes)
- L4 Practitioner
Documenting a safeguarding concern
Writing a clear, factual note when a person may be at risk. Process only: no legal advice.
About 3 hours (180 minutes)
- L4 Practitioner
Planning a person-centred review
Running a review that puts the person's own goals first.
About 3 hours (180 minutes)
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Teaching
- L3 Foundation
Designing a lesson with measurable outcomes
Writing lesson plans where every outcome starts with an action verb and can be checked.
About 3 hours (180 minutes)
- L4 Practitioner
Evaluating learning with short checks
Quick, fair checks during a lesson that tell you what to do next.
About 3 hours (180 minutes)
- L4 Practitioner
Adapting a lesson for mixed ability
Planning one lesson that works for learners at different levels.
About 3 hours (180 minutes)
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Accountancy
- L4 Practitioner
Reconciling accounts to a month-end standard
Matching records to statements and clearing differences before close.
About 4 hours (240 minutes)
- L5 Specialist
Analysing ratios for a board
Turning accounts into a short, honest ratio summary.
About 4 hours (240 minutes)
- L4 Practitioner
Explaining a tax change to a client
Clear client communication about a rule change. Process only: no tax advice.
About 3 hours (180 minutes)
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Financial and insurance services
- L4 Practitioner
Identifying conflicts of interest
Spotting and declaring conflicts before they cause harm.
About 3 hours (180 minutes)
- L4 Practitioner
Completing a suitability record
Recording what a client needs and why a product fits. Process only: no financial advice.
About 4 hours (240 minutes)
- L4 Practitioner
Reporting suspicious activity
Knowing the signs and the correct internal route.
About 2 hours (120 minutes)
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Business professionals
- L4 Practitioner
Leading a team through change
Helping a team understand, try and keep a change.
About 4 hours (240 minutes)
- L4 Practitioner
Negotiating a supplier contract
Preparing and running a fair supplier negotiation.
About 4 hours (240 minutes)
- L4 Practitioner
Writing a one-page business case
A short, honest case that a decision-maker can act on.
About 3 hours (180 minutes)
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Engineering
- L4 Practitioner
Selecting a cable to the standard
Choosing a cable size using current rating, voltage drop and protection. Verified by a named engineer before use.
About 4 hours (240 minutes)
- L5 Specialist
Checking a protection setting
Reviewing a protection setting against the fault level and the load.
About 4 hours (240 minutes)
- L4 Practitioner
Preparing a site test record
Recording tests clearly so a third party can accept them.
About 3 hours (180 minutes)
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Building, construction and property
- L4 Practitioner
Inspecting a site for safety
A short walk-through that finds hazards before work starts.
About 4 hours (240 minutes)
- L4 Practitioner
Estimating quantities
Measuring from drawings and listing quantities with allowances.
About 4 hours (240 minutes)
- L4 Practitioner
Preparing a handover pack
Collecting the records an owner needs at completion.
About 3 hours (180 minutes)
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Telecommunications and IT
- L5 Specialist
Configuring a secure network
Setting up a small network with sensible security. Practised in a lab, not on live systems.
About 4 hours (240 minutes)
- L5 Specialist
Responding to a security alert
Following the steps from alert to closure.
About 4 hours (240 minutes)
- L4 Practitioner
Documenting a change
Writing a change request that others can approve and reverse.
About 2 hours (120 minutes)
sector
Legal
- L4 Practitioner
Drafting a clear client letter
Plain-language letters. Skills only: no legal advice.
About 3 hours (180 minutes)
- L5 Specialist
Reviewing a contract clause by clause
A methodical review that finds issues and questions. Skills only: no legal advice.
About 4 hours (240 minutes)
- L4 Practitioner
Managing a file to the audit standard
Keeping files that stand up to an audit.
About 3 hours (180 minutes)
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Scientists
- L4 Practitioner
Designing a repeatable test
Planning an experiment someone else can repeat.
About 4 hours (240 minutes)
- L5 Specialist
Analysing results with error bars
Showing results honestly with uncertainty.
About 4 hours (240 minutes)
- L5 Specialist
Reporting findings for peer review
Clear, honest reports that reviewers can check.
About 3 hours (180 minutes)
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Beauty and complementary therapies
- L3 Foundation
Taking a client history
Recording a client's needs and conditions before a treatment. Process only: no medical advice.
About 2 hours (120 minutes)
- L3 Foundation
Applying infection control
Hygiene steps before, during and after a treatment.
About 2 hours (120 minutes)
- L3 Foundation
Recording consent
Getting and keeping a clear, informed agreement. Process only.
About 1.5 hours (90 minutes)
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These courses teach process, communication and recording. They give no clinical, legal, tax, financial or engineering sign-off. A named subject expert must review every line, and you must check your own professional body's current CPD rules, before you rely on a certificate.