Engineering Professional Practice

Continuing Professional Development, also known as CPD, describes the learning activities that professionals can engage in to develop, update and enhance their skills and knowledge.

Engaging in CPD ensures your skills and knowledge remain current which in turn enables you to perform effectively in the workplace, apply the most up to date solutions to problems and challenges and, enables you to enhance your performance and progress you career.

Below is a list of organisations, societies and institutes which provide a range of CDP offerings:

This list is a starting point only and you may also find suitable CPD opportunities though other channels.

It is recommended that you keep a record of the CPD activities you participate in for your personal benefit. You can download a template CPD Recording and Reflection Log here.

All engineering schools

• Engineers Australia

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

• Australian Computer Society (ACS)
• AusCert
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Computing Research and Education Association of Australiasia (CORE)
• British Computer Society
• IT Professionals New Zealand

School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

• AusIMM

School of Chemical Engineering

• iChemE

School of Civil Engineering

• Concrete Institute of Australia
• National Association for Women in Construction
• Cement Concrete and Aggregates Association
• EA structural and civil colleges
• WoodSolutions
• Timber Queensland

Environmental Engineering

• IWES for wastewater and solid waste management
• Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association Australia