Qualified tourist guides have a professional duty to ensure that
they consistently offer the highest quality of guiding services to
customers.
The Institute believes that Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) provides the way of updating and expanding knowledge, and of
further developing skills, so as to meet this objective.
The Institute believes it is essential that its members undertake
and keep a record of CPD. Only in this way will members demonstrate
commitment to sustaining assured levels of guiding
competence.
CPD can take different forms. The Institute has developed a draft
CPD Framework that defines and categorises different activities. At
present the South East England Tourist Guides Association (SEETGA)
is piloting the Framework together with a log to record and
evidence CPD.
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<td colspan="5"><b>Notes for the Draft
Framework</b>
<ul>
<li>Guides will be required to accumulate 40 CPD points each
year
</li><li>Points are accumulated against the CPD
Framework
</li><li>There are five categories in the Framework
(columns 1 and 2)
</li><li>The maximum points allowed in each category
are shown in column 3
</li><li>There is no requirement to accumulate points
in every category
</li><li>The points allowed for each discrete activity
are shown in column 4
</li><li>Guides may claim as many discrete activities
as they wish subject to
category maxima
</li><li>Points shown in brackets in column 4 are for
courses/activities accredited by the Institute
</li></ul>
<a href="word_docs/cpd.pdf" target="_blank">Click
here</a> for the Draft Framework in PDF
format<br><br>
<a href="word_docs/cpd_log.pdf" target="_blank">Click
here</a> for the CPD Log in PDF format</td>
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<td width="12.5%" valign="top"
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bgcolor="#E0E4F2"><b>8(10)</b> for developing a new
itinerary and tour notes. (to be: 1-1½ hour walking tour or 1-1½
hour gallery tour or ½ day coach tour.) <br>
<b>6</b> for creating tour notes and testing a new
itinerary for tour as above.<br>
<b>6(8)</b> Practical or written re-assessment
exercise<br>
<b>4(6)</b> Self-assessment exercise<br>
<b>3</b> for personal visit (min 1 hour duration) to
gallery/museum/exhibition<br>
<b>3</b> for general research, reading<br>
<b>2</b> per 1 hour TV watching, theatre, cinema,
radio, focussed internet research</td>
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Notes for the Draft
Framework
- Guides will be required to accumulate 40 CPD points each
year
- Points are accumulated against the CPD Framework
- There are five categories in the Framework (columns 1 and
2)
- The maximum points allowed in each category are shown in column
3
- There is no requirement to accumulate points in every
category
- The points allowed for each discrete activity are shown in
column 4
- Guides may claim as many discrete activities as they wish
subject to category maxima
- Points shown in brackets in column 4 are for courses/activities
accredited by the Institute
Click here for the
Draft Framework in PDF format
Click here
for the CPD Log in PDF format |
