Initial professional development
Setting the bar. A new competence regime for building a safer future. The Final Report of the Competence Steering Group for Building a Safer Future, published in October 2020, defines Initial Professional Development (IPD) as: ‘The intentional workplace development of the skills, knowledge, experience and behaviours, including the commencement of the application of professional judgement, needed to acquire competence.’
See also: Continuing professional development and Recognised prior learning.
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- Fire.
- Fire engineering.
- Fire safety engineering.
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- Grenfell Tower fire.
- Hackett Review.
- Initial Professional Development for Civil Engineers.
- Raising the Bar Interim Report.
- Recognised prior learning.
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