A random sample of members from all the membership categories (except Student members, as they do not have access to the CPD scheme), representing a percentage of the total number of registered members, will be selected for audit. Auditing occurs on an ongoing basis throughout the year.

You will be audited on the non-CISI CPD activities that are logged on your record. You will be required to submit supporting evidence for all non-CISI CPD activities and will be audited on the appropriateness of this evidence based on the supporting evidence examples.

The CISI audit team will contact you by email and inform you that you have been selected for auditing. All of the information required and the evidence guidelines will be included in this email.

We recommend evidence is attached for to all non-CISI CPD activities however it can also be done at a later time within the CPD year. Please see the evidence guidelines for the relevant supporting evidence necessary for logged non-CISI CPD activities.

Members are required to provide the CISI with a minimum of 35 hours of evidence for audit. The evidence provided must meet the minimum requirements of the CPD scheme. The CISI will only audit and count the maximum amount of CPD permitted in each category (e.g. within the CISI CPD Scheme, if more than 30 hours of Active evidence is provided, only the first 30 hours will be initially audited). Members can select the evidence they wish to present for audit, as long as it meets the CISI scheme requirements. Please note that if some of the submitted audit pack is found to not meet the requirements the CISI may need to contact you for additional evidence.

Yes, although we will only review the additional evidence if problems are found. Please view our supporting evidence guidelines before sending your audit pack if you do have concerns over the suitability of content.

Members using the CISI CPD log to upgrade to Chartered status are required to have passed up to six consecutive CPD years and are therefore recommended to keep supporting evidence dossiers of all of the non-CISI CPD activity for each of those years. All members are strongly advised to keep at least three years supporting evidence dossiers, regardless of whether they intend to apply for a membership upgrade or not.

Once your previous year's log has been selected for audit you will be able to continue to log any CPD earned in your current CPD year for the duration of your audit.

Not at present, but if you fall under the RDR (Retail Distribution Review), in future you will be subject to audit if selected.

Yes, members who have previously been audited are not exempt from future audits. However, members will only be audited once in a 12-month period.

The CPD scheme users' logs undergo regular auditing to ensure the quality of CPD logged is in line with the high standards required. If logs were not regularly audited, the scheme would not hold any credibility.

Please see the supporting evidence examples for more information.

Evidence should be attached to each CPD entry within the year that has been selected for audit. Once you are happy that all required evidence has been uploaded, you can then submit the log for auditing and, from there, we would undertake the initial review.

You will be given 35 days to submit your evidence from the time we notify you by email that your CPD log is under audit. Your audit deadline date will be included in the email confirmation.