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BIID CPD ANNUAL REQUIREMENT: DEADLINE 30TH APRIL 2020

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If you became a BIID Registered Interior Designer before 1st April 2019, you will be aware that you are required to undertake 20 hours of CPD learning within the membership year (1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020). All education for this year must be undertaken by 31st March 2020 for it to be counted, you then have until 30th April 2020 to record and submit your hours to the BIID.

The minimum requirement for Registered Interior Designers is 10 hours of structured learning and 10 hours of unstructured learning to be completed in each membership year. A guide to what is considered structured and unstructured can be found on our website.

There are three ways to record your CPD activity throughout the membership year:

  1. The Education Tracker on The BIID Knowledge Hub. This is a simple tool to log any education you have undertaken. Once completed, click 'Export Summary Report' to generate a PDF version of your activities.
  2. The BIID CPD Record Template. If you do not have this template, please email the office for a copy or overwrite your copy from last year’s recording cycle.
  3. Using your Own Template. Complete and save your own template with the following details of each activity: date completed, education name, category and hours (please complete all fields).

Once you have logged your hours in one of the above formats, send through to Learning and Events Manager, Hayley McLennan hayley.mclennan@BIID.org.uk   

If you are struggling to fulfil some of your structured hours, the BIID Knowledge Hub has over 20 hours of free, online structured learning available at the click of a button. Another great way to add hours to your tracker is to access the live CPDs on the CPD Providers Directory, many of whom can deliver their CPDs nationwide.   

Submitting your CPD hours is straightforward and needn't be time consuming. You've probably done the necessary amount without even knowing! However, if you are still unsure about your requirements for logging CPD or if you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@biid.org.uk or by telephone 020 7628 0255.

Exemptions 

  • Associate members of the BIID who are undertaking the Professional Pathway as a route to BIID Registered Interior Designer status are not required to submit CPD hours.
  • Retired and non-practising designers are also exempt from the requirement.
  • If you became a BIID Registered Interior Designer midway through the membership year, your annual CPD requirement will be required in next year’s recording period 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021.
  • Extenuating circumstances, for example a long-term illness, will be considered on a case by case basis. Please inform the office at your closest convenience of your circumstances.

This policy came into effect on 12/10/2016 - the previous BIID CPD requirement was measured in points rather than hours.

Please note:
Your hours are to be gained individually and cannot contain activities undertaken by your design team 
International and regional BIID Registered Interior Designers are also required to gain the full 20 hours of learning
The BIID encourages members to source their learning activities from various external sources