DVSA update: Have you recorded all of your CPD for 2023?

With less than 2 weeks of the year left, now is a good time to make sure that your continuing professional development (CPD) records are up to date.

CPD is any development activity that has helped you:

• learn something new
• refresh your existing knowledge
• improve your skills
• keep up-to-date with the latest developments

You might have:

• been to meetings, events or webinars
• taken training courses – either online or in person
• had help to improve your driver training skills from a registered trainer
• watched videos, listened to podcasts or read blog posts, magazines and books
• job-shadowed someone else

You can download a template to record any CPD you have done.

Have you got these on your list?

Some things you might have forgotten to record include:

• attending DVSA’s mock test webinar in June 2023, or watching the recording after
• attending DVSA’s top 10 faults made during the driving test webinar in August 2023, or watching the recording after
• requesting your ADI driving test data report and analysing which areas your pupils have made faults in
• ordering and reading Practical Teaching Skills for Driving Instructors (you can get 35% off until 31 December if you use code FO35)

As you’re reflecting on what you’ve done in 2023, think about topics you’d like to focus on in 2024. You might want to explore:

• driving laws, rules and techniques
• driving and vehicle technology
• digital and technology skills
• personal growth and wellbeing
• finance and business management
• disabilities, learning difficulties and neurodiversity
• data protection
• health and safety
• safeguarding

When you’re considering what development to do, think about:

• existing skills that you want to improve
• new skills that will help you in your current role
• new skills that will help you develop and specialise in particular areas you’re interested in

joining a local or national ADI association if you’re not already a member