RICS Books : CPD Zone - Continuing Professional Development

Continuing Professional Development - part of the new Life Long Learning culture - is essential for all professionals who seek career development and success at work. RICS Books presents a range of products and services that are recognised as valuable sources for CPD - ones that can positively contribute towards the fulfilment of personal and professional development aspirations.

Detailed below are:

isurv and CPD
Individual e-CPD programmes on DVD from Einstein Network
College of Estate Management (CEM) Study Packs
NEW Guide to Building Pathology - Training DVDs

isurv and CPD - www.isurv.co.uk

Using isurv can count towards your CPD requirements as a member of RICS. Whether you wish to carry out structured reading as part of your CPD requirements or to help you run an internal training event or provide background material for a discussion group, isurv is an ideal tool. The breadth of coverage ensures that there will always be content that is relevant to your needs, the depth of coverage ensures that you will always learn something new and because it is online you can choose what you want to learn and when you want to learn it!

The “Surveyors Channel” is one of a range of services developed by Einstein Network – the specialist producers of video based CPD. Previously available as part of an annual subscription-based service, we are now able to offer individual CPD video programmes on demand, on DVD.

The range of individual programmes now available aims to keep viewers abreast of current issues within the UK property profession. They identify and investigate topical surveying, legal, regulatory and technological issues, provide invaluable debate and discussion across a variety of subjects and provide you the choice and flexibility to learn at a time that suits you.

Each programme presents c.15-25 minutes of video content, with location reports and in-depth interviews with leading experts, plus downloadable study notes.

View the full list of DVD's on the dedicated Einstein page

CEM Study Packs

Produced by the College of Estate Management, these packs provide another option for either home or office-based learning. The range is supplemented annually with new titles and others are regularly updated in order to keep practitioners up-to-date with the ever-changing requirements of the property and construction industry.

View the full list of study packs on the dedicated CEM page

A NEW & INNOVATIVE TRAINING RESOURCE

Mike Parrett's Guide to Building Pathology

From the author of the bestselling book 'Diagnosing Damp' this is a unique set of six, one-hour training DVDs dealing with the real investigation of building failure. It is a huge resource of groundbreaking information covering many aspects of building construction, failure and remediation relating to dampness and flooding.

For more information and to view a short trailer demo from the series visit www.buildingpathology.net

The series is available as a full set - at a specially reduced rate - or as individual programmes and full details of coverage and content can be viewed by clicking on the links below:

Among the vast array of information, these DVDs:

Cover modern & period properties - listed buildings.
Provide whole building examination - from the roof to the drains.
Help avoid common mistakes and misconceptions.
Provide best practice in diagnosis and remediation.
Offer advice on specifying top quality contractual work.
Show how to beat the cowboys!
Examine related legal issues and the giving of specialist evidence.

There are many differing views and an extraordinary amount of misinformation and bad practice surrounding building failure and remediation. This series of training DVDs looks to break through all this and provide a vital training resource containing tips, techniques and eye-opening information for Surveyors, specialist legal practitioners and any other property professionals with a vested interest in the construction, failure and remediation of buildings.

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