Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
About Continuing Professional Development
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) refers to the acts and processes through which one acquires HR-related knowledge and skills beneficial to continuing practice.
Under the membership scheme in 2010, the fulfilment of CPD requirements will be one of the criteria for HKIHRM membership renewal.
Validity of CPD Activities
Fellow, Professional and Associate Members have to acquire the required CPD hours within a membership year (1 April - 31 March of the following year) in order to renew their membership.
For example:
| Period of Valid CPD Activities |
Valid for Renewal Year |
| 1 April 2023 - 31 March 2024 |
2024/2025 |
| 1 April 2024 - 31 March 2025 |
2025/2026 |
| Onwards |
Onwards |
Requirements of CPD Hours
| Fellow Member |
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| Professional Member |
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| Associate Member |
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CPD requirements for Fellow, Professional and Associate Members who join the Institute during a membership year will be as follows:
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Admission Date
(During a membership year)
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Mandatory CPD Requirements
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| 1 April - 30 June (Current Year) |
Full CPD hours as specified above |
| 1 July - 31 Decemeber (Current Year) |
50% of CPD hours as specified above |
| 1 January - 31 March (Next Year) |
20% of CPD hours as specified above |
CPD requirements for members who have upgraded to a higher level of membership during a membership year will be based on the CPD requirements for the lower level of membership for the year when upgrading is effective.
Update Your CPD Records
From now until 31 March of the following year, you can update your CPD activities in the current membership year via the form as below. After updating, members cannot change or update their CPD records for the said period.
You can fill in your CPD Records via the following form：Update Now
How to count CPD?
CPD activities include:
Structured Programmes
- Formal participation in a training course (not necessarily offered by HKIHRM)
- Every 0.5 learning hour (counts as 0.5 CPD hour) is the minimum CPD hour unit
- Activity duration > Based on time specified on the activity's publicity / printed materials
- Tea Breaks lasting for 31 minutes or more and Lunches / Dinners cannot be counted, unless they are Lunch / Dinner Seminars
Example:
- Training Programmes
- Seminars and Workshops
- Conferences
- Being Speaker / Facilitator / Trainer of training or educational activities
- Being Mentor / Mentee of HKIHRM Mentorship Programme or organised by other institutions
Unstructured Tasks covering self-directed studies
- CPD hours > Based on the actual time engaged in the activity / learning
- Every 0.5 learning hour (counts as 0.5 CPD hour) is the minimum CPD hour unit
- Maximum of 50% of the required CPD hours can be acquired from the following examples of activity
Example:
- E-learning
- Distance learning
- Reading HR books or journals
- Participating in selected HKIHRM survey and polling which are applicable to acquire CPD hours
FAQs of CPD
| Can excessive CPD hours be carried forward to next year? |
- No. Excessive CPD hours cannot be carried forward to next year.
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| I am involved in some in-house training sessions as a speaker in my company. Is it a kind of activity to be counted as CPD activity? |
- Yes. Delivering training presentations to groups within or outside the company is counted as a CPD activity.
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| What is the outcome if I failed to fulfil the CPD requirement? |
- Membership cannot be renewed if you failed to comply with the requirement of CPD hours.
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Do I need to submit my CPD records?
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- The Institute adopts a trust system with respect to the CPD requirements. You are required to submit your CPD records to us and we will also carry out a random check of a certain percentages of members on or before 31 December of the current year. Those selected members will be required to submit their CPD records together with copies of evidence for the CPD activities.
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The Institute should have kept my training records when I enrolled to the Institute's training programmes. Does it mean that I do not need to keep my CPD records?
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- No. It is members' obligations to keep their CPD records according to the Institute's guidelines. HKIHRM will only provide a platform to facilitate your record keeping.
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