Examples of CPD activities submitted by

Chartered Geographers

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CHARTERED GEOGRAPHER Continuing Professional Development Record

Activity Details (Location, dates, reference, role e.g. presenting or attending) Hours/points
EXTERNAL
Conferences, seminars, courses
(maximum 5 hours per day for
conferences)
presenting papers Esri International User Conference, San Diego, July- presented a poster in the 3
Map Gallery
AGI GeoCommunity - Written Paper & Presentation 5
Westminster briefing presentation on INSPIRE 5
leading/facilitating discussions Leading Urban Photographic walks, for Thames Discovery Programme, 15
throughout year
AGI SIG, London, June, as SIG membership secretary I facilitated the 3
discussions
Facilitator. Irish INSPIRE Stakeholder Meeting 2
AGI Cymru, Cardiff (Part of organising team) 7
Leading focus group discussions on the future of Ordnance Survey large- 20
scale topographic content 4 events
attendance relevant to The Institute of Economic Development (IED), Hull Gateways to the Future, 5
professional expertise Annual Conference - October
Earth Sciences in the 21st Century 2 day workshop January: Geological 10
Society
Attended open data masterclass run by UCL / Nottingham with presentations 5
from Talis, ESRI, OS and Cabinet Office. Undertook hands-on training with
opensource GIS
EuroSciPy: Annual European conference for scientists using Python, July. 10
Web Seminar - ArcGIS 10: A new perspective on GIS 1
AGI GeoCommunity (attending) 5
ESRI UK Annual Conference 7
Post Graduate Certificate in Management - Managing People workshop 10
 Crossing Thresholds career development programme for women in the civil 20
service Jan-Nov
Oracle Spatial Advanced Training 10
Bing Maps Showcase Event 5
MapAction training 4
AGI Northern Group Committee meeting 2
Open Street Map Conference 8
Lectures given City University MSc Course Disaster Management 2
GIS and Social Data presentation to 200 yr 9 geography pupils 2
th
Lecture provided to 6 form students at a local college, on Flood Risk 5
Mapping
Publications Reading professional journals/websites to keep up-to-date with latest 6
developments in the field of GI and GIS
Books Book review in Geomatica; refereed 4 papers for Survey Review 14
Papers, chapters Two short papers in edited books and one paper in an e-journal 25
Publication in Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 15
peered reviewed journal
Reports Author/contributor/peer reviewer to reports related to ongoing and new 25
commissions associated with consultancy activities
Consultancy
Advice Durham University Institute of Hazard Risk and Resilience Advisory Council 5
Meeting
Advice to academic colleagues visiting from Japan related to Geography 10
Education in UK
Provided advice to government and business leaders hoping to develop 5
renewable wind energy projects in Vietnam
Mentoring Mentoring of new staff in terms of developing their own CPD portfolio 10
PhD Supervision currently supervising one PhD Student 5
Mentoring of junior staff in Environmental Consultancy both as role in senior 1
management of companys environmental team and on a project-by-project
basis.
Mentoring junior GIS staff in Remote Sensing 1
Expert witness Evidence submitted to House of Commons Transport Committee 3
Specialised map developed to show a Judge the restrictions to be placed on a 3
known violent football supporter
Interviews (BBC Look East and Radio Norfolk ref Iceland eruption) 4
Chartered Geographer
Mentoring Meeting with post graduate student re advice on career options and training 1
options

2
 Advice / assistance given to colleague starting chartered geographer status 2
process
Assessment Assessment of applications and attendance at Initial Assessors meeting 5
Promoting the Scheme Referee to four CGeog applicants 1
Promotion through AGI Council and AGI Cymru 2
Assisted several colleagues with advice relating to Chartered Geographer 1
status and promoting the scheme
Preparing and delivering a talk and writing accompanying documents 4
INTERNAL
Seminars, courses
Leading, chairing Having attended an interesting training day on open source GIS and spatial 2
data at UCL. I put together a summary with examples for the staff of the
conservation science group to make them aware of data and software they
can access for their research.
Training of 1 staff member in use of MapInfo Professional GIS (delivering) 1
Delivery of Introduction to GIS training courses x 3 9
GIS Internship Mentoring 10
Lecture on GIS internally to IT Project managers 3
Attendance for training Applied Hydrology - 2 day refresher course, providing the understanding of 10
basic hydrology and applying it in practice to our day to day work.
Training on Blackboard 9 VLE software 2
Project Management Level 2 Training 5
Environmental Management Systems Refresher 5
Flood Risk Management in Ireland Lunchtime Presentation 1.5
Internal web conference "Applying Geography" 1
3 day Senior Management Leadership of Change course 15
Leading field trips Change in the City, Bristol, two days 10
Research
Data collection Field visit to Lake District to undertake repeat measurement of landslide scar 5
evolution using monumented cross sections
Project managed the installation of two new hydrometric flow gauges 25
Analysis Provided GIS research design advice and wrote initial python code to start 4
analysing large global dataset.
Assisted with Evidence project looking at Validation of Probabilistic Flood 5
Models, testing the methodology using local case studies and reviewing
outputs.
Internal communications
Web site development Created ESA land training course website Krakow Poland 20
Update GIS intranet page 1

3
 Review and testing of upgraded software for internet and intranet mapping 35
services
Established Twitter feed as a way of engaging and informing students on 5
course-related issues
Oversaw redesign of company website 3
Reports Write Business Development Strategy 15
Development of geopolitical boundaries updates for clients, based on internal 20
research.
Resource development Advanced land training course web pages programme, lectures, practical 30
session manual, datasets access to software tools
Development of resources, particularly those concerning the teaching of 5
geography
Production of new Environmental Assessment Forms (EAF). This document 10
is presently being reviewed prior to be being accepted and released for public
use.
Publications
Articles, reports Internal report about the development of new police patrol strategies - GIS 20
based analysis and subsequent report written to contribute to the new fiscal
arrangements for policing the area
Laser scanning special report for rail industry magazine 1
Author of Update to Policy Assessing and Mitigating Visual Impacts 10
Papers, lectures Presentation on the use of GIS for flood modelling 1
Preparation of book chapter on Stabilisation 20
Lunchtime presentations delivered to colleagues on GIS applications and 3
basics