Continuing Professional Development Sample Clauses

Continuing Professional Development. The ongoing technical/scientific development within the associated fields may require qualified staff to attend national and international conferences in order to maintain their ongoing technical/scientific competence. The employee then has the obligation of bringing back the latest developments and incorporating any new knowledge into the strategic development of their department. Attendance at the conferences is to be balanced against the operational requirements of the DHB and requires the prior approval of the employer. Forward planning and cooperation between management and staff is fundamental to ensuring CPD requirements are met. Funding and leave will be managed in a fair and equitable manner.

Continuing Professional Development. If, during the life of the Agreement, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is introduced for plumbers, all time spent in complying with the CPD obligations will be the responsibility of each plumber.

Continuing Professional Development the systematic, accountable maintenance, improvement and broadening of knowledge and skills, and the development of personal qualities necessary for the execution of professional and technical duties throughout an engineering practitioner’s career. Engineering sciences: include engineering fundamentals that have roots in the mathematical and physical sciences, and where applicable, in other natural sciences, but extend knowledge and develop models and methods in order to lead to applications and solve problems, providing the knowledge base for engineering specializations. Engineering design knowledge: Knowledge that supports engineering design in a practice area, including codes, standards, processes, empirical information, and knowledge reused from past designs. Engineering fundamentals: a systematic formulation of engineering concepts and principles based on mathematical and natural sciences to support applications. Engineering management: the generic management functions of planning, organising, leading and controlling, applied together with engineering knowledge in contexts including the management of projects, construction, operations, maintenance, quality, risk, change and business. Engineering problem: is a problem that exists in any domain that can be solved by the application of engineering knowledge and skills and generic competencies. Engineering speciality or specialization: a generally-recognised practice area or major subdivision within an engineering discipline, for example Structural and Geotechnical Engineering within Civil Engineering; the extension of engineering fundamentals to create theoretical frameworks and bodies of knowledge for engineering practice areas. Engineering technology: is an established body of knowledge, with associated tools, techniques, materials, components, systems or processes that enable a family of practical applications and that relies for its development and effective application on engineering knowledge and competency. Forefront of the professional discipline/branch6: defined by advanced practice in the specialisations within the discipline. Formative development: the process that follows the attainment of an accredited education programme that consists of training, experience and expansion of knowledge. Manage: means planning, organising, leading and controlling in respect of risk, project, change, financial, compliance, quality, ongoing monitoring, control and evaluation. Mathematical sciences: mathematics,...

Continuing Professional Development. 24.1 The employer accepts responsibility for providing the necessary resources and costs to meet the competency requirements of the Health Practitioner Competency Assurance Act. Reimbursement of fees required to enrol in a recognised Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points programme will be provided. 24.2 To assist employees in updating and enhancing their skills, subject to prior approval, the employer will meet the cost of professional development. 24.3 Each employer shall commit each financial year (commencing in the 16/17 financial years) a minimum sum of $600 per registered and employed at 1 July of the financial year to which the pool applies or the amount provided for in schedule B, whichever is greater. The total amount shall form a pool of funding for meeting approved professional development costs incurred by employees, including the registration costs of the programme referred to in 24.1 above.

Continuing Professional Development. The Official Agency shall provide appropriate training for staff performing official controls, enabling them to undertake their duties competently and to carry out official controls in a consistent manner, as per legislative requirements. The Official Agency shall identify training needs for staff performing official controls and ensure that staff carrying out official controls are kept up to date in their area of competence and develop specialised expertise, in partnership with the Authority and other Local Authorities. While the provision of training is the primary responsibility of the Official Agency, the Authority may provide training interventions where the Official Agency has highlighted areas where training is required. The Authority will endeavour to facilitate networking and collaboration with other Official Agencies to assist in improving knowledge in such areas. The Authority will provide e-learning resources and training for official control staff so as to promote a consistent understanding and application of new legislation, guidance or procedures, as appropriate. The Official Agency shall support participants in using e-learning resources, disseminating knowledge or skills acquired and encourage the application of learning gained through the Authority’s training in official control activities. The Official Agency shall ensure that contractors used in the performance of the Service Contract provide evidence of Continuous Professional Development and Compliance with this section. Where staff from the Official Agency need to travel outside the Official Agency functional area to attend training courses/meetings, this shall be facilitated by the Official Agency. The Official Agency in partnership with the Authority shall develop and implement training programmes for all staff engaged in the performance of the Service Contract. Where staff have participated in Better Training for Safer Food (BTSF) the training content shall be disseminated to relevant staff/contractors in the Official Agency and other local authorities in partnership with the Authority.

Continuing Professional Development. Refer clause 29.1 The employer shall grant professional development leave of up to 24 hours per calendar year for full time employees.

Continuing Professional Development. 24.1 The employer accepts responsibility for providing the necessary resources and costs to meet the competency requirements of the Health Practitioner Competency Assurance Act. Reimbursement of fees required to enrol in a recognised Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points programme will be provided. The employee acknowledges their professional responsibility to engage in continuing professional development activities to maintain and extend their skills and knowledge. 24.2 In line with the above, the employer shall provide a minimum period of paid leave as follows: (a) Medical Laboratory Scientists – 20 hours per annum with any unused leave able to carry over into the following year to a maximum of 40 hours in a two-year period (b) Medical Laboratory Technicians – 12 hours per annum able to be carried over to the following year to a maximum of 24 days in a two-year period. These amounts shall be pro-rated for part-time employees with other laboratory employment. The leave amounts above are minimum and do not preclude additional leave being approved by the manager to support attendance at longer conferences, or additional CPD activity that is of value to the individual employee and the service. 24.3 To assist employees in updating and enhancing their skills, subject to prior approval, the employer will meet the cost of professional development. 24.4 Each employer shall commit each financial year (commencing in the 16/17 financial years) a minimum sum of $600 per registered and employed at 1 July of the financial year to which the pool applies or the amount provided for in schedule B, whichever is greater. The total amount shall form a pool of funding for meeting approved professional development costs incurred by employees, including the registration costs of the programme referred to in 24.1 above.

Continuing Professional Development. The employer acknowledges a commitment to supporting the continued safe practice of its workforce and to supporting opportunities for the development of knowledge and skills which will benefit the patient, organisational effectiveness, and workforce. 29.1 The employer shall grant professional development leave of up to 20 hours per calendar year for full time employees that can be accumulated up to two years (maximum of 40 hours). This amount shall be pro-rated for part-time employees where they have concurrent employment as an Anaesthetic Technician.(see Schedule) For alternate arrangements at Bay of Plenty District see Schedule Three, 29.2 Grants, scholarships, reimbursement and leave practices in existence prior to this collective agreement, shall continue in place in Districts where they apply. 29.3 Professional development leave will be granted at T1 rate and can apply on weekends or off duty days 29.4 Where the employer requires employees to attend classes of instruction or examinations as part of their education the time so occupied shall be deemed to form part of their hours of work. 29.5 The employer will ensure it has sufficient funds to allow APEX members to participate in continuing professional development. 29.6 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Committee Each District shall establish a CPD Committee to identify priorities and provide advice on professional development activity for the Districts Anaesthetic Technician workforce.

Continuing Professional Development. 42.1 In order to fulfil the continuing professional development requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, registered nurses and enrolled nurses, in consideration of operational requirements, shall be provided access to appropriate training. This training may involve any combination of the following and is subject to management approval:  writing or reviewing nursing educational materials;  presenting at or attending workplace education sessions;  attendance or presentation at external conferences, lectures, seminars or professional meetings; and  undertaking relevant online or face to face undergraduate or post graduate studies which are relevant to their clinical practice. 42.2 The parties acknowledge that professional development is a shared responsibility.