AUSIT PD points system – Instructions

  • Download the PD Credit Sheet
  • Every time you do a PD activity, fill in the PD credit sheet (“logbook”). Read carefully, ceilings apply.
  • Keep evidence, such as the receipt for a fee, or the e-mail received upon the completion of a Virtual Lecture Room test, or a certificate of attendance or completion. The paperwork is to be kept for four years, in case of an audit.
  • Inform the administrator of the number of points you have collected during the past 12 months only when you renew your membership. There is no need to send your logbook to AUSIT.
  • Ask your PD Coordinator or an Administrator when in doubt. Email or phone 1800 284 181.
  • Required points: 120 over 3 years.

Explanations

AUSIT membership stands for professionalism. Expectations to demonstrate our standards has grown stricter than ever before. Among other requirements, we must account for our participation in continuing professional development (CPD), or lifelong learning.

PD is something we do on the course of a normal work process. Many activities count as PD besides attending seminars, but previous studies, no matter their level, do not count.

In order to maintain our membershipin AUSIT, now we need to collect PD credit points.
For ordinary members therequirement is 40 per year and we have 3 years over which to collect 120 points. This means we can get 30 points in one year, 70 in the next and 20 during the third or any combination, we have this flexibility. The year starts with the date of paying the membership fee. Weadvise the Administrator of the number of PD points we collectedthe previous year at the timewhen we renew our membership. The Administrator enters the number in the appropriatefield in the database. If after three years the number is120 or more, all is well, the counter is re-set to 0 and another period of 3 years begins. If after3 years a member hasless than 120 points, he or she can not remain a member, only an affiliate.

We rely on self-assessment. Points are allocated for activities, and activities are described on the PD Credit Sheet. Additional information on the Training page of the AUSIT website can also help us decide how many points to claim, according to topic and duration.

There is nothing to prevent making inflated and false claims initially: this is a risk AUSIT leadership takes with this system. However, in our close-knit communities, any cheater will be promptly caught. We are all adult, ethical and responsible professionals fully aware of the severity of the social sanctions we can expect for transgressions. The Qualifications Committee, all Branch Committees and the Administrator have the right to conduct random audits, asking for the proof to any member’s PD point claims.