Continuing Professional Development
Managing your CPD has never been easier
Most professionals find themselves spending more time planning and plotting their CPD journey, rather than actively engaging in learning and development. Sound familiar?
Benchmark
Yourself against SAICA's post qualification competency framework in terms of your career path.
Compliance
Using our tool will make compliance with SAICA’s output based CPD policy easy to manage.
Training
Access carefully curated technical and professional skills content from various service providers.
Subscription
Use our CPD compliance tool and training access solution for an annual subscription fee.
The CPD Management Tool
Approaching CPD has never been easier
What is your approach to CPD? Conscious and proactive, or passive and reactive? Your journey should be structured, practical and methodical. But is it?
The CPD Management Tool
Upskill have collaborated with Learner Tracking Systems for the development of a FREE online CPD Management Tool. The tool will take you through the CPD journey and is built on an output-based CPD Policy framework. You will be able to use our tool to plan, act and reflect on CPD and to keep record of all your CPD related training. All this in one place. The CPDManagement Tool will integrate with the Upskill platform for easy access to training.
Collaborating with purpose
Upskill and LTS have joined forces! Together we are invested in your development. By combining years of industry related expertise, finding personalised development opportunities while keeping record of your CPD has never been easier!
100% free of charge
The CPD Management Tool will be 100% free of charge. Using the CPD Management tool with no limitations on functionality, will be 100% free. Anyone can use our tool to take better control of their CPD. You only pay for training you want to purchase in the Upskill platform.
Relevant and appropriate training
The CPD Management Tool integrates with the Upskill platform and will recommend suggested training based on your identified needs. You will then have the option to purchase training from the Upskill platform.
Who can use our CPD Tool
The CPD Management Tool is created on the application framework of an output-based CPD Policy and version 1 of our tool is ideal for members of SAICA. The tool can also be used to manage personal CPD. Our tool will be updated for use by other professional bodies as soon as those professional bodies applies output-based CPD.
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Our CPD Management Tool will offer
Seamless integration for best user experience
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The CPD Management Tool
LTS has been around for almost 20 years and is one of the industry leaders when it comes to the solutions they offer. Use the free online CPD Management Tool from LTS to effectively plan, act and reflect on your CPD as required by an output-based CPD policy framework. The CPD Management Tool is ideal for members of professional bodies that applies an output-based CPD policy framework.
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The Upskill Platform
The Upskill Platform is an online e-learning market place ideal for professionals and students. Our training is ideal for CPD and Upskill will be the exclusive content partner for the LTS CPD Management Tool. The Upskill Platform will integrate with the CPD Management Tool and will suggest CPD training to you based on your personal needs. Upskill will also offer annual CPD subscription packages.
Content for Continuing Professional Development
Upskill will offer various content offerings through our On Demand Master Classes or Live Events on either pay as you go or subscription packages. Leave your details and get notified when our subscription packages for 2022 go on sale.
Type of content we offer
We offer training content that is available to users On Demand or users can enrol for our Live Events.
How to pay for content
You can pay for content as and when needed or you can purchase annual subscriptions at discounted prices.
Ideal for CPD
Our courses are ideal for CPD and where necessary, accredited by professional bodies. Not all bodies require accreditation.
Our On Demand courses are pre-recorded in our in-house studio. The content is packaged containing various learning elements, including video, and once you enrol to these On Demand courses, you can access their content up to 12 months from the date of enrolment.
We host regular Live Events directly on the Upskill Platform. These training sessions take place in real time directly in the Upskill course player. All Live Events are recorded and all learners that enrolled for the Live Event, will automatically get access to the recording for 12 months.
You can pay for training courses, Upskill Master Classes and Upskill Live Events using our payment gateway. You can also pay via EFT and our team will manually enrol you.
We offer various subscription packages across our On Demand courses and Upskill Live Events. We offer annual Master Class subscription packages and our exclusive Upskill Live Events Annual Pass that gives you access to all our Upskill Live Events.
You can pay for training courses, Upskill Master Classes and Upskill Live Events using our payment gateway. You can also pay via EFT and our team will manually enrol you.
Our course landing pages will indicate to the user what CPD accreditation is applicable, if any. We are accredited with the South African Institute of Taxation (SAIT) and The Financial Planning Institute of Southern African (FPI) as a recognised CPD provider.
Not all professional bodies require accreditation and if you are unsure if the content you are interested in would qualify for your professional body, please let us know and we will assist.
Our CPD Management Tool creates
Shared value through collaboration
We have partnered up with Learner Tracking Systems for the development of a free CPD Management Tool for anyone to use to manage their CPD on an output-based CPD policy framework.
How can we help you
Frequently asked questions
How is the subscription master classes packaged and delivered for me to consume?
The Upskill Master Classes included in the various subscription packages are all pre-recorded in our in-house professional recording studio and neatly packaged in byte sized videos in an index-based learning format. You can then consume this content from the day the course becomes available on the Upskill platform for the entire year (as and when you have time available).
The masterclasses are not live webinars nor are they recorded webinars. The masterclasses, over and above the videos included, will also include other course materials like course notes, cheat sheets, quizzes and self-assessment questions. Here is an example of one of our videos.
The masterclasses are not live webinars nor are they recorded webinars. The masterclasses, over and above the videos included, will also include other course materials like course notes, cheat sheets, quizzes and self-assessment questions. Here is an example of one of our videos.
Can I complete training outside of the Upskill environment and record that in the CPD Management Tool?
Yes you can. You will be able to use the CPD Management Tool as your online CPD "Briefcase". You will be able to import your own training. Any training done on the Upskill platform will automatically update your profile in the CPD Management Tool.
Do you offer a white label CPD Management Tool to personalise the interface for internal use?
Yes we do. If you want to use the CPD Management Tool within your company, we can apply your corporate identity colour palette and logos to the CPD Management Tool to give it a personal touch.
The CPD Management Tool will always be integrated with the Upskill Platform for easy access to content. If you want, you will also be able to use the Upskill platform to deliver internal training to your staff.
The CPD Management Tool will always be integrated with the Upskill Platform for easy access to content. If you want, you will also be able to use the Upskill platform to deliver internal training to your staff.
What if I don't buy a subscription package can I consume other content on Upskill?
Absolutely. The Upskill course library will integrate with the CPD Management Tool and all the available training in the Upskill course library will list within the CPD Management Tool.
The user can then enrol to any training as and when needed and pay for the training on a "as needed" basis. You can also buy any other training that is not included in a subscription packages on top of your subscription package to compliment your learning.
The user can then enrol to any training as and when needed and pay for the training on a "as needed" basis. You can also buy any other training that is not included in a subscription packages on top of your subscription package to compliment your learning.
When will I be able to buy the CPD Subscription packages?
The Masterclass Subscription packages for 2022 will go on sale at the end of August 2021 and you will be able to buy them up until December 2022.
We will also be offering “early bird” discounts so leave your details and make sure you are notified first.
We will also be offering “early bird” discounts so leave your details and make sure you are notified first.
When will the CPD Management Tool be available for me to use?
The CPD tool is now live and available. You can access the free tool here>>
Can any professional body use the CPD Management Tool to manage CPD?
The CPD Management Tool is built on an output-based CPD Policy Framework. The tool will take the user through the whole process of planning, acting and reflecting on professional development.
The first release of the CPD Management Tool is built using the post qualification competency framework of SAICA, as outlined in SAICA’s CPD Policy. Future updates to the CPD Management Tool will include more professional bodies as long as they apply an output-based CPD Policy framework.
The CPD Management Tool also allows the user to manage personal development goals. Version 1 of the CPD Management Tool is therefore ideal for members of SAICA and anyone else that wants to use the tool to keep record of CPD activities.
The first release of the CPD Management Tool is built using the post qualification competency framework of SAICA, as outlined in SAICA’s CPD Policy. Future updates to the CPD Management Tool will include more professional bodies as long as they apply an output-based CPD Policy framework.
The CPD Management Tool also allows the user to manage personal development goals. Version 1 of the CPD Management Tool is therefore ideal for members of SAICA and anyone else that wants to use the tool to keep record of CPD activities.
Will you offer bulk enrolment discounts if I want to buy subscriptions for my staff?
Yes we will. Upskill will offer bulk enrolment discounts on al our courses in our course library, our bundled offerings as well as selected Master Class and Upskill Live Events subscription packages. As soon as our subscription offerings become available for sale, we will let you know what discounts are available. Just make sure to leave your details.
What evidence will I have of completed courses for CPD purposes?
The Upskill Platform will automatically issue you with a certificate of completion if you meet the exit level criteria for the course.
This will require you to compete, for example, 10 self-assessment questions in the form of true/false or multiple choice questions for which you must obtain at least 60% and will have 3 attempts to do so. Only once you have met these requirements, will the Upskill Platform issue you with a certificate of completion.
If you are using the CPD Management Tool, the information of your completed course will automatically update your CPD dashboard with all the relevant information relating to the course. Just one more reason to also use the CPD Management Tool.
This will require you to compete, for example, 10 self-assessment questions in the form of true/false or multiple choice questions for which you must obtain at least 60% and will have 3 attempts to do so. Only once you have met these requirements, will the Upskill Platform issue you with a certificate of completion.
If you are using the CPD Management Tool, the information of your completed course will automatically update your CPD dashboard with all the relevant information relating to the course. Just one more reason to also use the CPD Management Tool.
Will I be able to use the CPD Management Tool to print a reflective plan?
Yes. You can use the CPD Management Tool to generate a reflective plan in the event that you are require to do so for reporting purposes.
Who can use the CPD Management Tool?
The CPD Management Tool is available for anyone to use and is absolutely free of charge. We also offer "white label" options should you want to employ the CPD Management Tool internally.
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