How to Achieve CPD Hours
How to achieve CPD hours easily? The table below is an example that helps you plan your CPD activities.
| (a) Verifiable CPD activities* | No. of events offered in 3 years | CPD hours (programme offered by the Institute in 3 years) | No. of events recommended to attend per annum to meet CPD requirements | Proforma CPD achievement per annum | No of events recommended in a 3-year cycle | Proforma CPD achievement in a 3-year cycle |
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| Annual update conferences | 9 events | 31.5 | 1 | 3.5 | 3 | 10.5 |
| CPD seminar | 380 seminars | 760 | 3 | 4.5 | 9 | 13.5 |
| CPD workshops | 175 workshops | 875 | 1 (1 half day workshop) |
3.5 |
3 (2 half day + 1 full day) |
14 |
| E-seminars |
21 e-seminars |
63 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| E-manager | 300 courses | 900 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| e-Series | 18 courses | 27 | 1 | 1.5 | 3 | 4.5 |
| Authorized supervisor (note 1) |
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| QP facilitator (note 2) |
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| Sub Total (a): | 2656.5 | 19 | 60.5 | |||
| (b) Non verifiable CPD activities | No. of events offered in 3 years | CPD hours (programme offered by the Institute in 3 years) | No. of events recommended to attend per annum to meet CPD requirements | Proforma CPD achievement per annum | No of events recommended in a 3-year cycle | Proforma CPD achievement in a 3-year cycle |
| Reading A Plus magazine | 36 issues | n/a | 12 (1 hour p.m.) | 12 | 36 (1 hour p.m.) | 36 |
| Free learning resources available in Institute website (note 3) |
coursewares | n/a | 12 (1 hour p.m.) | 12 | 36 (1 hour p.m.) |
36 |
| Newspaper reading e.g. SCMP (note 4) | n/a | n/a | daily | 5 | daily |
15 |
| "Networking" and "Observation, feedback and reflection" (Note 5) | n/a | n/a | 5 | 15 | ||
| Sub Total (b): | 0 | 34 | 102 | |||
| Grand Total (a + b): | 2656.5 | 53 | 162.5 |
* Please refer to Institute's CPD Learning Resource Centre for details.
Note 1: Member can claim a maximum of 20 CPD hours per year as an Authorized Supervisor / External Authorized Supervisor/ Counsellor of an Authorized Employer.
Note 2: Member can claim 2 workshops of total 14 contact hours and actual preparation time for each module in one QP session as CPD verifiable hours.
Note 3: Free learning resources includes IAS Plus (Deloitte), CAS Plus (Deloitte), KPMG's Virtual Library, KPMG's Faculty Portal, EY resources for IFRS, PwC's Ideas and Insights, etc. Please click here for details.
Note 4: Member can claim a maximum of 5 non-verifiable CPD hours per year for newspaper reading.
Note 5: Member can claim a maximum of 5 non-verifiable CPD hours in total per year for "networking" and "observation, feedback and reflection" together (not 5 hours individually) in addition to any networking time included in verifiable CPD events such as conference, seminars, etc. with effect from 1 December 2013.
