AIPG’S CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
CPD log, among the things auditors will look for are the number of different CPD activities engaged in and the percent- ages of time logged in the various CPD activities.
A set of FAQs for AIPG’s CPD program has been drafted and will be revised and expanded as necessary as the program continues. Check the date in the header of the FAQ you are using and compare that with the date of the FAQ edition on the AIPG website,
http://aipg.org/cpd, for the latest version.
log should be easy and quick so that log entries will be made as they occur. While the required number of CPD hours may seem large, it isn’t when the partici- pant keeps track of the relevant hours. Keeping track of CPD hours is similar to keeping and turning in time sheets, a necessary part of getting paid (includ- ing preparing client bills). OneNote™, which is part of Microsoft Office™, and Evernote™, a free program, are excellent programs for keeping easy and quick track of CPD activities over the year. These programs work on your smart phone (Apple or Android), tablets and computers (PC or Mac), and synchronize instantly between each platform you use. Keeping your CPD records on your per- sonal computer is faster than having to periodically log on to a website to update your record. It addition, the new AIPG CPD log.xlsx will allow you to more easily enter your CPD information into another organization’s reporting form.
Table 1 presents a listing of CPD activities from a table kept in either OneNote or Evernote.
Table 2 presents the data from Table 1 entered into the AIPG CPD report’s Excel™ workbook. The AIPG CPD report has two additional columns on the left, one for the 2-letter CPD activity code and one for tracking professional eth- ics activities and hours. The columns have been filled out in Table 2. Note that the question in Table 1 for the activity on 3/28/17 has been categorized as SC, short courses and webinars, in Table 2; this is an arbitrary choice. Likewise, the time spend on revising the SEC’s Industry Guide 7 and the SME’s Guide for Reporting Exploration Information, Mineral Resources, and Mineral Reserves (the SME Guide) for the SME’s Resources and Reserves Committee is arbitrarily logged as SE, On-the-Job Skill Enhancement, which it
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is for those estimating mineral resources and mineral reserves.
Table 3 presents the AIPG CPD Log’s summary report section of the work- sheet. The various activities from Table 2 are organized by type of CPD activity, the total hours spent on that activity type, the number of separate events logged for that activity type, and the percentage of
Once a year reporting of CPD hours is recommended to participating Members. Reporting is only required when a person is contacted and told their CPD log will be audited.
Audit or Review of CPD Logs
An audit or review program of CPD logs is the verification part of AIPG’s CPD program. Once AIPG’s CPD pro-
time spent on that activity along with the total hours spent on professional ethics.
Table 3 shows that the 10 CPD activi- ties logged in Table 1 covered 4 of the 7 CPD activity areas, totaled 35 CPD hours, and included 6.5 hours related to professional ethics. When auditing a
gram is fully implemented following 2017, a random number of participat- ing Members will be selected for audit each year. However, once a participat- ing Member’s 3-year CPD log has been reviewed and approved, that participant will not be audited for a succeeding
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