3.2 Create and justify a personal development plan
3.3 Describe opportunities for training and development and explain the relevance of those choices
When I think of Continuous Professional Development, learning springs to mind. This learning development should equip you with the knowledge and skills that allows you to perform in your current job role and also prepare you for future job opportunities.
Continuous professional development can be as informal as, reading a newspaper, journal, or even watching something on the TV, or as formal as attending a course. It's always a good idea to keep a record of what you have done, however small this may be - thus using it when it comes to your Annual Review of Pay (ARP) with your management, you can reel all your progress off to them and hopefully get that reward you were looking for!
At your ARP you should also have clear goals set by your management, this will involve telling you what you may need to improve or learn to achieve in your future continuous development.
A few questions to ask yourself before having your Continuous Professional Development Evaluated could be -
Where am I now?
Where do I want to be? What new skills, knowledge and attributes will I need to get there?
How might my work change in the next few years?
How can I achieve my goals?
These four questions allow you to have a clear and direct plan on how you can improve and move forward with your career or even your personal life.
For my own Continuous Professional Development, over the past year I have achieved and learnt a great deal and moved forward in the film world. I have done this through being with Indigo Film & Television - when I started it took me much longer to progress on work and found certain tasks tedious. However if I hadn't of been willing to learn and progress I would not have got the positives out of this great opportunity.
I learnt about Distribution and how this process worked including updating avails and pitch documents for territories worldwide, also it greatly improved my telephone and professional manner which means a great deal to people.
Below is my Continuous Professional Development plan for this year -
Where am I now?
Currently working for Cyclops Vision, an independent production company, as well as doing an Advanced Apprenticeship in Creative and Digital Media at City of Westminster College and working part time at Waitrose.
Where do I want to be? What new skills, knowledge and attributes will I need to get there?For my development I would like to become more confident and experienced in Final Cut Pro, this will allow me to take on more challenging tasks in my workplace. I would also like to learn how to breakdown on budgets and understand what needs to be done without having to ask.
How might my work change in the next few years?
This question isn't so easy to answer, due to the fact the industry is constantly changing and adapting to peoples needs. But I would hope I was out of Waitrose and doing something full time in something that I enjoyed in film production. Towards the end of this year the company I work for will be entering production on there up and coming low budget feature film - this is a very exciting step in the right direction for me.
How can I achieve my goals?
I feel the best way to achieve my goals is by talking to others within the industry, this will allow me to digest what I need to learn and improve on. Another thing will be out of work learning, that could involve working on short films with friends or doing a film camera course, allowing me to learn more technical information on the equipment I will eventually use.
Opportunities available for me to further my learning involve DIVA, this company set up the Apprenticeship Scheme in Partnership with the City of Westminster College. The Advanced Apprenticeship in Creative and Digital Media has taught me alot so far, including what to expect in the industry and how to develop my learning further by acquiring new skills.
My part time job also allows me to progress to a higher position at the company thus offering me opportunities to become a wine specialist, horticulture specialist, cheese specialist, fish specialist and meat specialist. These opportunities are really one of a kind, as not many people work for a company that will pay for them to get pissed up on wine while getting a Connoisseur qualification out of it?
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