Maintain Your NISCL-CSCL Designation

Maintaining your designation requires you to:

1. Maintain Your Membership in Good Standing

2. Complete 30 Hours of CPD

Note: Each maintenance year runs from May 1 to April 30 annually

When you renew your membership, you will be asked to attest to your completion of 30 Hours of annual CPD requirements. 

30 Hours of Professional Development

You must complete 30 CPD hours, composed of:

• 10 Leadership CPD Hours
• 20 Discretionary CPD Hours

What Counts as Leadership Hours?

Leadership learning helps you lead, influence, mentor, manage teams, or set strategic direction. You are required to complete 10 Leadership CPD hours annually and must ensure that at least half of your leadership learning (i.e., 5 hours) is completed as Structured Learning. Structured learning includes workshops, seminars, webinars, conferences and the CIPS Ethics Test. The remaining leadership hours may be unstructured learning—anything which strengthens your leadership skills, including leadership training/onboarding, mentoring activities and leadership reading and research.

What Counts as Discretionary Hours?

Discretionary learning helps you strengthen your professional technical competencies and business acumen. Examples include all NISCL workshops, in-house workshops, reading industry publications, research and self-study—anything you believe strengthens your competency!

Personal Record-Keeping of CPDs

Your CPD hours are NOT tracked online. Instead, simply track your CPD activities in a way that works for you.

Need a sample? We’ve created an Excel personal tracker you can download and complete annually to record your activities as you complete them!

Note: You will be required to submit your learning records if you are randomly selected for an audit. If you are not selected for audit, no submission is required.