Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is essential for leisure industry professionals to maintain and update their knowledge and skills after qualification.
CPD programmes provide professionals with the latest developments in this rapidly changing industry, and give them opportunities to update personal and professional skills.
Gaining CPD Through Online Learning
STA offer a variety of comprehensive online learning programmes to augment the skill-set of teachers, lifeguards and STA tutors through STA Online.
Many of our online learning programmes offer CPD; explore the full range of online learning programmes STA provides through STA Online.
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Gaining CPD Through Face-to-Face Seminars
Professionals may also attend face-to-face seminars to gain Continuing Professional Development. The CPD value of face-to-face seminars is dependent upon the length of the seminar – the values are:
- Under 4 hours
- ½ Point
- 4+ hours
- 1 Point
A broad range of face-to-face aquatic seminars for leisure professionals to gain CPD can be found on the STA Search facility. The available topics are based on the specialist areas of knowledge of the seminar speakers.