BPCA has put together a range of free resources that can be recorded as valuable CPD for this year.
These resources include free online learning activities, video recording and reading materials that you may find useful.
Record your CPD on BPCA Registered
- Once you have accessed the resource, log into your BPCA Registered CPD account and click on “Add CPD Points
- Complete the submission form, using the calculation 1 point per hour, eg if it takes you 2 hours to complete the activity you can claim 2 points.
- Complete the reflection section demonstrating how the resource has supported your development
- Submit the document and your points will show on your account immediately.
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Free online learning resources
Degesch America Presents - podcast
Provider: Degesch
A podcast from Degesch America Presents, featuring host Ben Harl speaking to Business Development Manager at Degesch America Blake Buckner about discuss some of the phosphine fumigation techniques used in the US. Some of this isn’t relevant to the UK, but some is well worth a listen.
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Provider: Good Things Foundation
Level: Introductory
Approximate study time: Bite-sized resources from a few minutes to a few hours
Description: Tools and resources to help you build skills for using social media, email or make working from home easier. Learn to use applications like Word, PowerPoint and Excel and know how to stay safe online. Improve your digital skills for things like creating a CV, running a webinar or using online services.
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Provider: Lloyds Bank
Level: Introductory
Approximate study time: Bite-sized lessons from a few minutes to a few hours
Build your own course with a selection of lessons on a variety of digital skills from how to master video calling, dealing with online fraud, presenting yourself online, improving your CV and working with others safely online.
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Provider: OpenLearn
Level: Introductory
Approximate study time: 48 hours
Refresh your maths skills to help with everyday life or get on in your job. From using a calculator, learning to convert fractions to decimals and understanding percentages, to measuring objects, distances and weights. Understand how to use tables, diagrams and charts. You'll get lots of practice using the maths you need in daily life.
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Provider: FutureLearn
Level: Intermediate
Approximate study time: 4 hours in total over 2 weeks
Explore how to present yourself professionally online. Find out more about different social media platforms and how the way that you conduct yourself online can impact your professional reputation. Learn about safety and privacy and the ways that your online activity might be viewed by different audiences.
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Provider: FutureLearn
Level: Intermediate
Approximate study time: 6 weeks
Boost your confidence and build the skills you need to use digital technology in the workplace. Explore jobs that need digital skills through real life case studies. Get to know what digital skills you're most likely to need in the future to stay one step ahead and develop techniques to enhance wellbeing and resilience at work.
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Provider: FutureLearn
Level: Intermediate
Approximate study time: 4 hours in total over 2 weeks
Find out about different types of online content and what makes them effective in different situations. Discover the importance of tone, style and format in your communications, and develop best practice for communicating effectively online.
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Provider: FutureLearn
Level: Intermediate
Approximate study time: 4 hours in total over 2 weeks
Learn to create and present engaging content clearly and confidently in a range of situations, like in interviews and business meetings. Explore different types of presentation software and learn techniques to convey your ideas with confidence.
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Provider: FutureLearn
Level: Intermediate
Approximate study time: 2 hours in total over 2 weeks
A course for those wanting to use social media effectively to develop their entrepreneurial skills, to enter the workplace or to change career. Learn how to use social media to establish and improve your brand, set campaign objectives and identify your target audience. Create engaging content and discover the best places to pitch it.
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Provider: Google Digital Garage
Level: Advanced
Approximate study time: 40 hours
Learn how to market goods or services online through a series of short video tutorials and knowledge quizzes. The course covers topics like creating a website and getting it known, marketing your business locally and internationally and advertising using social media. There are modules covering how to sell online as well as how to analyse the success of your marketing plan.
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Provider: OpenLearn
Level: Advanced
Approximate study time: 24 hours
Learn how to stay safe online at home and at work. The course will help you to recognise cyber threats and the steps to take to reduce your risks online. Find out about malware, viruses, trojans, network security, cryptography, identity theft and risk management.
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An Introduction to Infection Prevention and Control
Published by: Virtual College
Everyone has a part to play when it comes to infection prevention and control. Ensuring you know the most effective ways you can stop the spread of viruses could help reduce the risk of infection in your workplace.
With the recent outbreak of the coronavirus it’s more important than ever to understand the most effective ways you can help prevent the spread of infection in your workplace.
This free training course will introduce learners to the most effective methods to help prevent viruses spreading.
This course will focus on how to effectively wash your hands and why this is so important in infection control.
Learners will also be able to understand the importance of recognising if they're fit to work or if they could pose a risk of infection to others by going into work.
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Working Remotely
Instructor: Mike Gutman
Published by: LinkedinLearning
Released: 30 October 2018
A look at how to use today's cloud-based communication and collaboration tools to get work done from anywhere while remaining connected to your organisation. Watch this course to learn how to work productively, when and where you want, and achieve the freedom and flexibility you need for a more balanced life.
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Working from Home
Instructor: Dave Crenshaw
Published by: Linkedin Learning
Released: 7 February 2018
Working from home is a wonderful opportunity, but time management can be a challenge. With so many demands on your time and attention, it's a tricky balancing act to stay productive.
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Building Resilience
Instructor: Tatiana Kolovou
Published by: Linkedin Learning
Released: 15 October 2014
Everyone wants to perform well when the pressure's on, but a lot of us withdraw in times of stress or adversity. If you can build your resilience, you'll have an easier time facing new challenges and earn a valuable skill to offer employers.
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Managing Virtual Teams
Instructor: Phil Gold
Published by: Linkedin Learning
Released: 15 May 2019
This course provides managers with a clear approach for getting the most out of their remote teams focussing on the key factors that will ensure productivity, engagement, and growth, as well as a manager’s role in building trust, removing roadblocks, nurturing connections with team members, and setting clear goals.
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Videos and webinars
Man Vs Mosquito
Published by: BBC World Service
Last shown: 24 February 2020
Mosquitos are a fast-adapting, elusive enemy which humans have been trying to combat for thousands of years. As vectors of dangerous diseases, these tiny insects have killed more people in human history than any other animal. So what impact has the mosquito had on our lives? How have humans tried to halt its spread? And who is winning the battle?
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Re-engineering Mosquitos to fight disease
Instructor: Haydn Perry
Released: November 2012
In a single year, there are 200-300 million cases of malaria and 50-100 million cases of dengue fever worldwide. So: Why haven't we found a way to effectively kill mosquitos yet? Hadyn Parry presents a fascinating solution: genetically engineering male mosquitos to make them sterile, and releasing the insects into the wild, to cut down on disease-carrying species.
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Webinar: Understanding the UK Government help for businesses
SAGE is delivering a 30-minute webinar aimed at helping you to understand what financial help is available from the UK Government and how to access it.
Register through the link below.
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Talking Pest Management
Talking Pest Management is a leading worldwide source of pest control news and opinion. It is designed for business leaders and opinion formers around the globe and explores current market situations and also innovative new technologies. Our videos feature interviews with prominent industry figures to bring you market-affecting insights, with the aim of helping people make informed business decisions in our industry and beyond.
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Reading materials
Urban pest book
Published: Various
Last updated: Various
Pest guides from the Chartered Insitute of Environmental Health.
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Think Wildlife Downloads
Published: Various
Last updated: 2019
Documents created and published by the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Usage (CRRU).
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COVID-19: guidance for employees, employers and businesses
Published: 25 February 2020
Last updated: 24 March 2020
Public Health England and the Department for Business, Energy & Insubstantial strategy have provided a range of guidance aimed at assisting employers and businesses during this pandemic.
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for employers and employees
ACAS have published HR guidance for employers aimed at answering question relating payroll, working from home, social distancing requirements, absence from work etc.
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Coronavirus: Government financial support for self-employed workers
Published by: Sage
Author: Keir Thomas-Bryant
A five minute read on the support available if you are self-employed.
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Coronavirus: How to Stay Safe
Produced by: Microsoft
Description: An e-book from Microsoft providing information on how to stay safe during the current pandemic.
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