Continuing Professional Development

What is CPD?
IPENZ recognises the vital importance of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for its members. CPD plays an important role in assisting engineers to remain current and develop new competencies in engineering practice.

As a practical response towards this, IPENZ has developed its own programme of short courses.

Short courses and workshops

IPENZ offers a range of technical and essential skills courses specifically designed to develop and maintain the competencies of engineers, scientists, technologists and people in engineering-related occupations.

The key features of our CPD Events are:

Learning outcomes are linked to CPEng, ETPract and CertETn standards as well as to IPENZ 12 competencies for Professional Engineers, Engineering Technologists and Engineering Technicians
Facilitators are well-seasoned professionals in their field of expertise with a long standing relationship with IPENZ and the engineering community of New Zealand
Sessions are interactive with group work, case studies, and discussions
The aim is to develop and maintain competencies as opposed to participation only
A limited number of participants to maximise learning and interactive exercise

Click here to find out about our short courses fees

In-House courses

IPENZ offers many of its popular public short courses as in-house courses for organisations at any location on agreed dates. All courses are tailored to meet organisational requirements incorporating organisational policies, terminology and procedures as appropriate. They may be customised for the recent entrant to the workplace, the mid career professional or senior professional. Essential skills courses are designed to appeal to the wide spectrum of professionals employed by engineering firms.

The usual services provided by IPENZ for customised, in-house short courses include:

Contact by the Professional Development Manager and the facilitator to tailor the standard IPENZ course to particular needs
Delivery of the course for up to 20 participants at a venue provided by the organisation
Provision of comprehensive course materials to all participants
Collation of end-of-course evaluations with results sent to the organisation

For more information contact the IPENZ Professional Development Advisor on 04 474 8984 or email ProfDevAdvisor@ipenz.org.nz

Distance learning modules
IPENZ is working in partnership with several universities both in New Zealand and overseas to make available to IPENZ members a range of postgraduate modules by distance learning.
These modules can be studied individually at the participant’s own pace.

Distance learning courses
IPENZ is working in collaboration with a number of distance-learning providers to offer courses in a variety of learning areas across Australia and New Zealand.

Click here to find out more about our distance learning opportunities

Technical courses by expression of interest
Certain courses will be run as and when IPENZ receives sufficient interest. People can register online for these courses and as soon as enough people have registered in an area we will organise the course.

Click here to find out about technical courses by expression of interest

Fees Structure

Due to increased costs associated with the delivery of events, fees will be raised slightly from 1 October 2008 in line with the increments sustained by the Institution. We have identified new ways in which we can pass additional savings onto Members through CPD vouchers (see table below), in-house courses, and discounted referrals onto events with affiliated organisations. When compared to many other organisations [switched around] we still offer opportunities for learning at significantly discounted rates. As we progress through the year, we will continue to pass on any savings and discounts as and when they become available.

For technical courses or non-IPENZ courses, fees vary.
See Engineering Calendar for details.

IPENZ Short Courses Fees (as of 1 October 2008)
IPENZ Members - $520.00 per day event
Non-members - $605.00 per day event
Technical Interest Group members - $540.00 per day event

IPENZ concession passes are now available. Prices include GST.

Professional Development Partner (PDP) flexi-pass	10 one-day events within a 12-month expiry date	$4,400 (equivalent to $440 per day)
Non-PDP flexi-pass	5 one-day events	$2,400 (equivalent to $480 per day)
Solo voucher for IPENZ Members	2 one-day events	$880 (equivalent to $440 per day)

Click here to purchase a voucher online, or contact CPD@ipenz.org.nz (04) 474 8982.
To check on the status of a pre-paid voucher, click here

Please note that the vouchers may not be used for affiliated courses with other training providers whose fees differ from the IPENZ fee structure. Vouchers may be used for technical courses if fees for the course fall within the normal IPENZ fee framework.

Cancellations

Amendment to our cancellation policy for IPENZ courses

You may withdraw from the course at no cost up to 10 working days before the start of the course.
You will be charged the full attendance fee if you withdraw less than 10 working days prior to the start of the course.
Courses are confirmed no later than 10 working days before the start of the course. Please note that the full attendance fee will be due upon receipt of the course confirmation email.
Late registrants, i.e. those who register less than 10 working days before the course date are subjected to the same conditions.
A substitution may be sent to replace you at no added cost. Please inform us of the name and IPENZ membership details of the substitute to receive a corrected invoice. The invoice is for the non-membership rate of $605.00 (incl. GST) if the substitute is not an IPENZ member or we do not receive membership details.
All cancellations must be in writing (letter, fax or email) to the IPENZ Course Administrator - cpd@ipenz.org.nz

IPENZ reserves the right to postpone or cancel a course due to insufficient participant numbers or illness. The course may be rescheduled to a later date or if cancelled, participants will receive full refunds of registration fees only.

Last but not Least: The CPD survey…

The online continuing professional development (CPD) survey in the Members’ Area provides you with an opportunity to feed back your personal CPD requirements, and helps direct our short course, seminar and conference programmes. The feedback will be analysed on a continuous basis by our Professional Development Team and used to identify gaps in the current CPD programme.

The CPD survey can be found at
http://www.ipenz.org.nz/ipenz/members/cpdsummary/survey.cfm