CPD hub: develop your skills

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Free CPD resources, exclusive to NICEIC-certified businesses

As an NICEIC-certified business, you’re up there with the industry’s most trusted and qualified tradespeople. As your certification body, it’s our job to help you keep it that way. Continuing professional development (CPD) is an integral part of being a successful NICEIC-certified business. Find out about the CPD requirements for you and your business, the benefits, and CPD resources available to you.

Since 2020, the EAS has required all electrotechnical certification bodies, including NICEIC, to ensure their certified businesses are completing continuing professional development and recording CPD. Your assessor will ask to see your CPD records to ensure that you and your staff are all putting time aside for learning and development.


The Wire webinars

Our popular, CPD-accredited webinar series for the experts, by the experts. Learn from the best in the business from the comfort of your own home or workplace.

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In-person and online training

We offer a range of training courses and qualifications designed to help you upskill, grow your business and attract new customers.

Training courses

Pocket Guides app

Packed with 37+ technical guides, calculators, links to our technical helpline and other resources, our Pocket Guides app is perfect for fact-checking on the job – and getting in some CPD.

Download the app

Connections magazine

NICEIC’s exclusive quarterly trade magazine, packed with technical expertise, industry news and advice on running your business. And reading it counts as CPD! Sign in to your portal and head to the 'technical support' tab.

Sign into the portal

Events

Our programme of in-person, technical seminars, and online events is designed to help electrical professionals stay connected with the industry, build their knowledge and keep up with the competition.

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The Circuit e-newsletter

Our monthly newsletter for all NICEIC-certified businesses (sent to your QS / PDH), keeping you in the loop on key regulatory and policy changes, technical updates, and the latest news from NICEIC headquarters.

Bespoke training

We help businesses with their bespoke training needs, ensuring our courses are tailored to your unique training requirements.

Book your bespoke training

Technical helpline

Need some technical advice on an installation? NICEIC’s technical helpline is on hand. Exclusive to NICEIC-certified businesses.

Live Technical Q&A

Once a month, NICEIC opens the floor to your technical questions on Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. It’s your chance to get your electrical questions answered live on air by our expert team.

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"The main benefit to being an NICEIC-certified business is that you’re seen as a trusted company which builds customer confidence. Furthermore, it gives our employees access to great learning materials such as The Wire webinars and other continuing professional development (CPD) resources which helps us all to keep upskilling."
- Bramham Electrical Ltd
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CPD with NICEIC - your questions answered

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is the process of developing and maintaining competence; a set of recognised skills needed to reliably perform your job.
CPD is the key to developing you and your professional career. It helps you stay up to date with current requirements, industry regulations, green and emerging technologies, and other new developments. It can also help you improve your skills and progress into new roles, and generally support your development throughout your career.

CPD will help you:
  • Keep up to date with industry changes
  • Keep pace with changing technology
  • Develop new skills and help to retain existing skills
  • Provide evidence of competence when it’s required.
Any activity from which you learn or develop professionally can be considered eligible for CPD, though you should ensure these complement your role and enhance your knowledge and skills. CPD can include a wide range of activities, such as:
  • Work-based learning – for example, reflecting on experiences at work, or considering feedback from colleagues or customers.
  • Professional activity – for example, being involved in a professional body like NICEIC, attending an industry event, or giving a presentation for work colleagues.
  • Formal education – for example, going on formal course.
  • Self-directed learning – for example, reading articles or books (including reading Connections magazine or watching NICEIC technical seminars and webinars), or carrying out research when installing a new product or equipment.
Yes, businesses certified on NICEIC’s electrotechnical schemes (including the Approved Contractor and Domestic Installer Schemes) must show written evidence that CPD is being undertaken by all employed persons engaged in electrotechnical work.
Recording your CPD can be as simple as writing it down in a spreadsheet. Make sure you include details such as:
  • What you did
  • When and for how long you did it
  • What you learned
  • Any follow-up activities that may be needed to fully benefit from the activity
  • Any other comments you feel may be relevant.
Our editable CPD record sheet contains helpful prompts to ensure you write down all the information you need.
We do not prescribe a set number of hours of CPD that must be undertaken to maintain certification. What matters is that all employed persons (including sub-contractors) are doing CPD, that they are recording it, and that the Qualified Supervisor is able to produce evidence of this on assessment.
Our editable CPD record sheet can be used to help you get down all the important details of your CPD activities and have them ready to present at assessment.
You may have seen the term ‘CPD-accredited’ in communications about our various CPD events and activities. It means the CPD has been validated by an independent external body and deemed to meet the highest possible training standards. All of NICEIC’s CPD-accredited training sessions, webinars and events have been validated by the CPD Certification Service.