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Celebrating 10 years of Engineering Continual Professional Development (CPD) in Dublin

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CPD starts in partnership with Engineers Ireland.

Dublin City Council were the founding supporters

Full-time CPD Coordinator Appointed

Senior Management approves the creation of

the pilot programme (June 10th)

Programme starts (1st January)

DCC are accredited

DCC are finalists in Engineers Ireland CPD Public Sector Award

CPD Development Team established

DCC are winners of the Engineers Ireland CPD

Public Sector Award

DCC are finalists in Engineers Ireland CPD

Public Sector Award

CPD Timeline

CPD is a Project which encourages engineering staff to acquire new skills and abilities, keeping their knowledge base up-to-date,and increasing their personal capabilities and career satisfaction. Dublin City Council (DCC) were the first City Council and thethird Local Authority in Ireland to achieve the prestigious Engineers Ireland CPD accreditation. In turn, engineers use these skillsfor the benefit of the city and communities.

Continuous ProfessionalDevelopment (CPD)

CPD Development Team - (l-r) Leah McKenna, Gerry O’Connell, Victor Coe, GrainneMcDermott, Brendan Keane, John Tierney, City Manager, Angela Ryan, Tom Leahy andTony Maguire

CPD Site Visit to DCC Water Plant Ballymore Eustace (Photo by Owen Lloyd)DCC Engineering staff CPD Hours

DCC CPD Administration

Full Time CPD Co-ordinator

CPD Development Team

CPD emails are sent out regularly

Monthly internal lectures are arranged

Lectures are stored on DUBNET(our intranet)

Site Visits are arranged

Individual CPD hours are kept

Pilot Training Intranet page

CPD is closely linked to PMDS (Performance Management Development System

DCC - winners of the Engineers IrelandCPD Public Sector Award 2009