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CPD Accreditation by Industry

Sector-by-sector accreditation for training providers, coaches, event organisers, and employers. The CPD Group accredits learning across every UK industry — with the rigour each sector demands.

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The CPD Group provides CPD accreditation for training providers, coaches, event organisers, and employers across all professional industries and sectors. Whether you deliver learning in healthcare, financial services, construction, technology, legal, HR, or any other field, The CPD Group's accreditation confirms that your activities meet recognised professional development standards and qualifies delegates to earn verifiable CPD credits.

This page provides an overview of CPD accreditation in the major professional sectors that The CPD Group works with. For training providers, understanding the sector-specific context of CPD is important for positioning your accredited activities to the professional audiences most likely to need them. The CPD Group is the first and only UK accreditation body certified by The CPD Register, and works with over 13,000 approved providers across every sector below.

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Sectors we accredit

Sector 1

CPD accreditation for healthcare training providers

Healthcare is one of the most CPD-intensive sectors in the UK. Doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, allied health professionals, and health and social care workers all have CPD obligations set by their respective regulatory bodies. For training providers delivering healthcare CPD, accreditation from The CPD Group confirms that courses and learning activities meet the quality standards required for healthcare professionals' revalidation and regulatory CPD records.

The CPD Group accredits healthcare training courses, clinical skills workshops, patient safety programmes, compliance and governance training, professional development webinars, and healthcare conferences. Accredited activities are listed on The CPD Register and delegates receive verifiable CPD certificates for their revalidation portfolios.

Clinical skills workshops Patient safety programmes Compliance & governance Healthcare webinars Healthcare conferences Revalidation CPD

Sector 3

CPD accreditation for financial services training

Financial services professionals operate in one of the most heavily regulated CPD environments in the UK. FCA requirements, combined with the CPD frameworks of bodies including ACCA, CIMA, the Chartered Insurance Institute, and the Chartered Banker Institute, create significant demand for quality-assured financial services CPD. The CPD Group accredits compliance training, regulatory update programmes, technical finance courses, investment and wealth management CPD, and insurance sector training.

Compliance training Regulatory updates Technical finance Investment & wealth Insurance sector FCA-relevant CPD ACCA / CIMA / CII

Sector 4

CPD accreditation for HR and L&D professionals

Human resources and learning and development professionals have their own CPD requirements through CIPD membership, as well as a natural professional interest in quality-assured development. The CPD Group accredits HR-focused training covering employment law, talent management, recruitment and selection, diversity and inclusion, wellbeing, performance management, and coaching skills. L&D professionals who deliver training can also apply for trainer accreditation to carry a recognised personal credential.

Employment law Talent management Recruitment & selection Diversity & inclusion Wellbeing Performance management Coaching skills
L&D professionals: explore Trainer accreditation

Sector 5

CPD accreditation for technology and IT training

The technology sector demands continuous upskilling. Cybersecurity, data science, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, software development, and digital transformation are all areas where professionals need structured, current learning. The CPD Group accredits technology CPD courses, IT certification preparation programmes, cybersecurity awareness training, and digital skills development for professionals across all levels of seniority.

Cybersecurity Data science Artificial intelligence Cloud computing Software development Digital transformation Certification prep

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Free Provider registration. Per-activity assessment against the A.C.C.R.E.D.I.T.E.D Framework.

Sector 6

CPD accreditation for construction and engineering

Chartered engineers, surveyors, building services professionals, and construction managers all require structured CPD. The CPD Group accredits technical update courses, health and safety training, building regulations and standards programmes, sustainability and net zero courses, and leadership development for engineering and construction professionals.

Technical updates Health & safety Building regulations Standards programmes Sustainability / net zero Leadership development

Sector 7

CPD accreditation for education and training

Teachers, lecturers, education leaders, and training professionals themselves benefit from CPD accreditation. The CPD Group accredits teaching methodology courses, safeguarding and child protection training, SEND provision development, school leadership programmes, and continuing education for further and higher education professionals.

Teaching methodology Safeguarding Child protection SEND provision School leadership FE / HE continuing ed

Sector 8

CPD accreditation for coaches and coaching businesses

Executive coaching, life coaching, business coaching, and career coaching are significant professional development activities. The CPD Group accredits coaching programmes as CPD activities, enabling coaching clients to earn CPD credits for their sessions. Individual coaches can also apply for trainer accreditation to carry a personal CPD Group credential, providing clients with independent assurance of their professional standing.

Executive coaching Life coaching Business coaching Career coaching Coach programmes Trainer credential
Coaches: explore individual Trainer accreditation

Sector 9

CPD accreditation for other professional sectors

The CPD Group accredits training and learning activities across all professional sectors, including marketing and communications, media and publishing, real estate and property, facilities management, logistics and supply chain, environmental and sustainability, social care, charity and not-for-profit, and many more. If your sector is not listed, contact the team at thecpd.group/contact-cpd — we accredit learning across all industries.

Marketing & comms Media & publishing Real estate / property Facilities management Logistics / supply chain Sustainability Social care Charity / not-for-profit ...and more

Sector-aware accreditation that delegates trust

Every activity assessed individually against the A.C.C.R.E.D.I.T.E.D Framework. Listed on The CPD Register. Recognised across every UK professional sector.