Requirements, certificates and logs

Many professions, such as accountants and lawyers, are required to complete a minimum number of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) or Continuing Professional Education (CPE) hours per year.

Industry associations have different requirements and criteria around CPD/CPE, but in general the learning activity has to be relevant to your individual professional development objectives and should be verifiable.

Please check with your particular industry association’s website for their specific CPD requirements and criteria.

Accountants

• Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ)
• CPA Australia

Lawyers

• Law Council of Australia
• ACT Law Society
• Law Institute of Victoria
• Law Society of New South Wales
• Law Society of Northern Territories
• Law Society of South Australia
• Law Society of Tasmania
• Law Society of Western Australia
• Queensland Law Society

If you are a member of another professional or industry association, please refer to that associations’ CPD requirements.

Although each professional association has slightly different criteria around CPD, CCH Learning webinars and events are generally considered verifiable as we provide the following:

• Registration confirmation email
• The ability to record a list of attendees
• Interactive Q&A sessions
• Webinar/Event workbook
• All webinars are recorded, so, if required, they can be assessed for CPD relevance if your CPD log comes into question
• Webinar recordings contain a multi-choice CPD Quiz

What qualifies for CPD is very subjective and depends on each individual’s professional learning plan and objectives.

CA ANZ, CPA Australia and the Law Societies of Australia CPD models are based on similar cycles of planning and learning:

Planning (What to learn) – Action (The CPD activity) – Evaluation (What was learned) – Reflection (What further learning is needed).

CCH Learning Australia is not formally accredited with any association, however all of our webinars and workshops generally qualify towards CPD hours.

The key thing to consider when looking at potential CPD activities is whether the learning outcomes will meet your individual learning needs.

For live webinars, attendees must attend for at least 80% of the webinar to gain a completion. Usually within 1 hour of the end of the live session the completion will be marked in the system and the certificate will be available for download.

For E-learning recordings, simply view the recording, complete and pass the accompanying CPD quiz and you will receive your CPD certificate.

Workshop attendees will receive notification the day after the workshop that their certificate it available for download from the CCH Learning platform.

Information regarding your attendance is recorded through our learning management software. Individuals can download their CPD log through the CCH Learning platform.