Bookkeeping is a regulated profession and ICB members are committed to the continuing development of their professional skills, ensuring they maintain their status as the US's leading bookkeepers.
Continuing Professional Education is defined as the systematic maintenance, enhancement and continuous improvement of the knowledge, skills and ability, often termed 'competence', that one needs to work as a professionally qualified bookkeeper. There are two strands to CPE:
- Update CPE, which ensures professional competence and prevents technical obsolescence within the member's field of work.
- Developmental CPE, which provides new knowledge, broadens skills and opens up career opportunities.
It is the responsibility of the individual member to develop and maintain the competence demanded by their role and the needs of those to whom they provide a service. CPE is self-monitored.
The purpose of CPE:
- Meet the demands made of members for knowledge, understanding and skills in keeping with the newest legislation, practice and technology.
- Provide members with the opportunity to extend those technical interpersonal and managerial skills which they seek to aid their career progression.
- Maintain the confidence of employers and the general public in the standard of the ICB qualification and professional ability of ICB members.
Types of CPE:
- Short courses
- Seminars and workshops
- Articles and case studies in the ICB online newsletter and other professional journals
- Directed reading
Structured & Unstructured CPE:
ICB recommends that members undertake a minimum of 30 hours per year of which 15 hours should be structured.
Structured CPE
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Unstructured CPE
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- Internal training courses
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Books
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- External training courses
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Articles/journals/ICB newsletter
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- Attendance at seminars/workshops
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Financial press
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Manuals
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- Studying and achieving necessary qualifications
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- Discussion with colleagues
- Making presentations
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Unstructured learning can in many situations be most effective and more efficient than structured training in terms of time and cost.
Members attending ICB seminars/workshops are credited with CPE points.
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