The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB)
The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB)
Continuous Professional Development
In a rapidly evolving world where social and economic changes significantly impact our living and working environments and technological advancements introduce new ways of working, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is a vital tool for staying informed, expanding skills, and enhancing professional effectiveness. CPD enables members of professional bodies to maintain, improve, and diversify their knowledge and skills, fostering the personal qualities necessary for their professional roles.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is key to maintaining the quality of professional work done by Professional Engineers. The CPD should be appropriate to the area of engineering in which the applicants claim expertise. The focus of CPD should be on actively learning or refreshing knowledge and skills. CPD intends to bridge the gap between education and professional expertise, aligning with the latest IPEA professional competency profile, 13 professional engineers’ competence (EC) under five core professional competence standards. The applicant must complete at least 30 hours for PEng and 50 hours for IntPE of committed time in the immediate last year to develop his knowledge and skill in the relevant field. A list of CPD activities and their corresponding weight factors can be found below.
The BPERB allows each professional the flexibility to select from a broad range of activities. The range of activities in this CPD programme is not intended to be inclusive, but to act as a general guide. The activities that would be relevant are those that will enable one to:
- Maintain, improve, or expand technical skills and knowledge;
- Keep up to date with changing procedures and standards;
- Understand and apply advances in technology;
- Better serve the engineering profession, community, and environment;
- Enhance communication and management skills; and
- Broaden into related fields, such as those covering management, financial, or legal aspects.
The primary goal is to develop engineers’ competence and capability to apply theoretical knowledge to practical situations, devise innovative solutions to real-world challenges, uphold professional ethics, and gain a deeper understanding of their responsibilities to society.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is a commitment to lifelong learning. It encourages looking forward and identifying opportunities to learn something new, refresh existing knowledge, improve skills, or keep up with the latest developments within a particular profession or industry.
In all the cases, the lessons learnt should reflect his/her areas of current expertise or prospective field of work, and CPDs attained should be properly evidenced. A list of CPD activities and their corresponding weightages can be seen from the following Table:
CPD Activities and Weight Factor for Registered Engineer, national PEng, and IntPE holders
| SL | CPD Activities | Unit/Period of Activity | Weight Factor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Convention/Conference/Seminar/ Symposium on Technical Issues (Please submit a 100-200-word summary of the learnings) | Each Hour Attending Each Hour Presenting |
0.5 hour CPD 1 hour CPD |
| 2 | Training/ Workshop/ Short course/ Online Course/ Technical Meeting on Technical Issues (Please submit a 100-200-word summary of the learnings) | Each Hour Attending Each Hour Presenting |
1 hour CPD 2 hour CPD |
| 3 | Publications in Technical conference proceedings (Please submit the abstract) | Each paper | 6 hours CPD (equally divided among authors) |
| 4 | Publication in recognized technical journals or publishing technical books (Scopus indexed, Web of Science (Clarivate) indexed. No indexing is required for a published book. But an ISSN or an ISBN is needed.) (Please submit the abstract) | Each paper/book | 24 hours CPD (equally divided among authors) |
| 5 | MSc Engineering or M Engineering or MBA theory courses for students (Please submit the syllabus) | Each credit hour | 3 hours CPD |
| 6 | MSc Engineering or M Engineering theory courses for teachers, only for the first time offering the course (Please submit the syllabus) | Each credit hour | 6 hours CPD |
| 7 | Contribution to professional bodies (Please submit the meeting agenda) | Each hour of attending a meeting, assessment, or report preparation | 1 hours CPD |
| 8 | Self-Study (National and International Codes, Journal Papers, Books of the Relevant Field. As evidence, please submit a 300–500-word report on what you learned by self-study.) | Each Hour of Self-Study (maximum 20 hours for Registered Engineer, 40 hours for National Peng, and 80 hours for IntPE holders) | 0.25-hour CPD (Maximum 5 hours for Registered Engineer, 10 hours for National Peng, and 20 hours for IntPE holders) |
(At least 20 hours CPD for Registered Engineers, 30 hours CPD for national PEng, and 50 hours CPD for IntPE holders must be achieved per year (January-December) and submitted by February in the next year)