Mandatory CPD Recording and Auditing

Each year, 5% of Professionally Registered members (EngTech, IEng or CEng) are randomly selected for the CPD audit. This includes retired members as they may still be professionally active under IMechE's definition.

This 5% sample includes 10% of our Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) registrants, in line with our licensing requirements with the Society for the Environment. If you hold this designation, please ensure your CPD records reflect your environmental responsibilities and are kept up to date.

If selected for an audit, you will first need to select one of the following statements that best applies to you and your CPD:

1. My CPD records for the preceding year are up-to-date and available for audit.
2. I will update my CPD records for the preceding year by the stated deadline and make them available for audit.
3. I record my personal professional development with my employer and do not require additional feedback. *
4. I record my CPD with another Professional Engineering Institution, and do not require additional feedback. *
5. I have not been active in the profession over the previous 12 months (retired, maternity/paternity, career break, unemployed etc.) **

*Members who select these statements may still be contacted to provide additional information or records.

**Members who select Statement 5 have fulfilled their engagement requirements, and no further action is required on their part.

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Compliance with CPD recording is a requirement for IMechE membership and Engineering Council Professional Registration.

Members who fail to engage with the Institution’s CPD audit will be automatically included in the following year’s audit to provide another opportunity to comply.

If a member still does not engage in the second successive CPD audit, the CPD Audit sanctions process will be initiated, which may lead to the removal of membership and professional registration.

The Engineering Council’s CPD Policy places an obligation on PEIs to carry out annual audits of their registered members’ CPD activity and to apply sanctions on those that do not engage in the audit process. 

The sanctions process is a structured approach to ensure compliance with CPD Audit regulations set out by the Engineering Council.

1. Members are randomly selected to take part in the annual audit and notified via email, letter and phone call.
2. Failure to engage in the CPD audit results in automatic inclusion in the following year’s CPD audit and classification as a ‘non-engaged’ member.
3. Continued non-engagement leads to referral to the Continuing Professional Development Assessment Committee (CPDAC), who will endorse the initiation of the sanctions process.
4. A formal sanctions letter (Removal of Membership for non-compliance with the CPD audit) will be sent to the member, including:

• A final request to submit CPD records or indicate professional inactivity.
• A 3-month deadline to comply

If the member fails to respond once the 3-month deadline has passed, their IMechE membership and Engineering Council registration will be terminated. The entire process typically spans approximately 30 months.