A professional status title indicates your level of expertise and experience within your role and shows the world that you are a trained and highly skilled professional in your chosen career within the sport and physical activity sector.
To help ensure that we continue to celebrate your expertise and career progression, please make sure that your CPD record and qualifications remain up to date in your dashboard – we want to make sure we acknowledge all your achievements and can help you to gain higher professional statuses as you become eligible.
How to upload CPD
A simple four steps that could gain you a professional status and the professional recognition you deserve.
1 – Log in to your CIMSPA Dashboard and click ‘My professional development’
2 – Select either ‘My endorsed CPD’ or ‘My non-endorsed CPD’
Find out if your CPD is endorsed or non-endorsed
3 – Click ‘Add new CPD’ and complete all fields
Title Of CPD – for endorsed CPD simply search our database of endorsed courses and select the course you are looking for. For non-endorsed CPD tick the ‘Not on Endorsed List’ and you will see additional fields that allow you to enter the title of the course and the provider.
Please note – certificate uploads must be in either PDF, JPG or PNG format and not exceed 5MB in size.
4 – Click submit and you’ll see a green ‘Record created successfully’ pop-up message to let you know we’ve received your CPD.
Pick the right training to help you gain a professional status and drive your career in the right direction
We want to ensure that everyone who works or aspires to work in our sector has the opportunity to be recognised for their skills. As such, we will be making sure that there are flexible and accessible opportunities for you to gain the expertise and experience necessary to gain a professional status.
By completing training aligned with professional standards and meeting the defined criteria, you will be able to gain new professional statuses that celebrate your expertise and allow you to explore more opportunities in your work.
Employers will be using professional statuses to shape job descriptions and plan for employee professional development. Getting yours will set you apart from the competition when looking for new roles and be a first step towards increased responsibility in your current role, too.
Learning opportunities to help you progress towards professional status
Careers Hub
The one-stop shop for careers; this comprehensive resource is for anyone interested in developing their career in the sport and physical activity sector.
For those just starting out, there’s details on a plethora of pathways to help you identify your future career, advice on how to become self-employed, and the best quality training provision to get you there.
The Training Academy for Sport and Physical Activity
Talking of the very best training provision, the Training Academy for Sport and Physical Activity is packed full of CPD and qualifications that are exclusively delivered by providers who have achieved CIMSPA’s highest quality assurance outcome of ‘Enhancing’ and meet the sectors relevant professional standards.
When you book a course through the Training Academy, you have the peace of mind of knowing it will always be a development opportunity of the highest quality, and will therefore help you to earn a professional status and grow your career.
Please contact our Accreditation team on 03438 360200 if you would like to talk more about the specific steps you would need to take to gain a professional status.