As a Professional Body recognised by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA), EAPASA is required to ensure that registered members undertake CPD.

In order to meet the SAQA CPD requirement, Registered EAPs are reminded to undertake their CPD and provide their Portfolio of Evidence (PoE) on CPD activities. EAPASA’s registration is effective for a period of five years and EAPs need to renew their registration at the end of that registration period. CPD is one of the requirements for membership renewal and must be submitted annually. EAPASA therefore expects 5 Annual CPD submissions within the five-year period from the Registered EAPs. The CPD submission must show activities in three key categories (1, 2 & 3), totalling a minimum of 25 points over 5 years and should be supported with a portfolio of evidence. It is important to note that CPD points must be obtained from all three Categories 1, 2 and 3, and some activities are capped to a maximum number of credits in a given year or 5-year period ( kindly refer to the CPD guidelines below). Category 1 and 3 (c) are compulsory. It is recommended that at least 1 CPD point be acquired annually for Category 1 and Category 3(c). At the end of the 5-year registration period, 5 of the points must come from category 1, another 5 from category 3 (c) and the other 15 credits can come from any of the three categories.

EAPASA has developed an online CPD system and the system is now live. EAPs are advised to log into the portal and complete their CPD points supported by the Portfolio of Evidence. The portal now allows users to record, manage, and save CPD submissions as drafts, making it easier to complete and update them at a later stage. The CPD online portal is guided by the EAPASA CPD Policy.

PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS INSTRUCTIONS: EAPs who have been manually submitting their CPD since 2021 should not resubmit their previous CPD submissions. They should just submit their CPD point allocation letters they received for each cycle that they previously submitted for. Kindly request your CPD point allocation letter from the office should you have lost or not received your letter in the past. We will arrange a workshop on how to do this. 

NEW SUBMISSIONS: For any new cycle submissions please use the new online system for CPD submissions. Manual submissions are no longer allowed. We will arrange a workshop on this as well. However, the system is quite simple to follow and those who can work on it can still use it.

The Environmental Assessment (EA) Professional Development (Category 1) is compulsory as Regulations (17.(2)(b) of Section 24H Registration Authority Regulations requires Registered EAPs to provide evidence that they have updated their skills, knowledge and understanding in the Environmental Assessment field by attending training courses, workshops and conferences etc. as part of their Continuing Professional Development (CPD). EAPASA has validated courses, webinars, workshops and conferences to enable Registered EAPs to comply with compulsory category 1 requirement. Category 1 CPD events, which are usually held through our Voluntary Associations and other Strategic Partners, are accepted as part of your submissions. Kindly note that we will soon be accepting only EAPASA validated category 1 events in line with our CPD Policy.

Note: It is not compulsory for Candidate EAPs to submit their CPD online. However, for the purposes of tracking personal progress, the candidates can still capture their information online as well. It is however compulsory for candidate EAPs to be part of the EAPASA Mentorship programme.