Renewal and CPD – Continuing Professional Development

CPD & Renewal

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Continuing Professional Development

Types of Activities

A. RATIONALE OF CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT(CPD)

The condition set forth by the Board is in conformance with Section 5(c) of Act 768 whereby the Board shall have the function to provide facilities for the promotion of education and training and to hold or cause to be held, professional development programmes for registered persons to further enhance their knowledge relating to their professions.
MBOT promotes lifelong learning through the implementation of Continuing Professional Development (CPD). In MBOT, CPD is essential to renew the certificate of registration for Professional Technologists and Certified Technicians only. CPD is counted by hours and can be obtained through CPD activities.

B. CPD CONDITION FOR RENEWAL OF PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

INTRODUCTION
Professional Technologists and Certified Technicians are required to collect a minimum number of CPD hours as stipulated in the Circular for the renewal of the professional registration. The CPD activities must be relevant to the enhancement and competency of registrants. The CPD application should cover the related Technology and Technical area and not limited to the field registered and existing programmes approved by MBOT.
The objective of this requirement is to ensure those registered as Professional Technologists and Certified Technicians will constantly improve and upgrade their knowledge and skills. The formulation of the CPD is based on the industry requirements after going through a strict verification cycle with the Board under Quality, Training & Education Committee.
RENEWAL & CPD HISTORY
Minimum number of annual CPD hours required for Professional Technologists and Certified Technicians is as per determined by the Board from time to time.

Expiry Year	Renewal	Renewal	CPD hours
2022	With or without minimum cpd hours	Minimum number of CPD hours	Ts. : 30 Hours Tc. : 20 Hours
2022 & 2023	With complete CPD hours	Cumulative of CPD hours for the renewal year 2021 and 2022, 50% reduction in CPD hours for newlyregistered in the tear 2021	Total Cumulative CPD hours Ts. : 30 Hours Tc. : 20 Hours
2022 & 2023	With complete CPD hours		Newly Register Year 2021 Ts. : 15 Hours Tc. : 10 Hours
2024	With minimum 3 activities CPD per year	The total cumulative CPD hours on the 3rd year for next renewal	Total Cumulative CPD hours Ts. : 90 Hours Tc. : 60 Hours

3. CIRCULAR RELATED ON RENEWAL & CPD (2023)

Circular	Renewal
Cicular No.1/2023	Notification of Professional Registration Renewal Starting Year 2023
Cicular No. 2/2023	CPD Hour Exemption for Registration Renewal of Professional Registrants Aged 60 and above.

4. APPLICATION CPD & RENEWAL PROCESS

5. MBOT CPD SYSTEM
Professional Technologists (Ts.) and Certified Technicians (Tc.) must record the CPD hours and renew the registration through MBOT CPD System

6. RENEWAL & CPD GUIDELINES
You may download the Renewal and continuing professional development (CPD) Guideline for MBOT Registrants