One of the reasons I changed career from a nurse to being an electrician, or rather a domestic installer, was due to all the CPD that came with being a nurse. I can absolutely say 95% of it was such irrelevant nonsense. The healthcare trust HAD to be seen to be offering it though as they use it in their statistics to show how well they train their staff. It was mandatory, we had to do it all, we had files upon files of different mandatory learning we had to complete. So, so, so many different bits of so called CPD and the vast majority was just absolute rubbish, with little or no bearing on the job. It was so demoralising to have to complete it when I just wanted to look after my patients.
Think about how silly we think completing the 18Ed is, perhaps every 3-4 years. We had to complete similar things perhaps every 2 weeks on average, and I am not exaggerating.
I think CPD could be such a good thing if it didn't get lost in all the bureaucracy and politics.
Being on this forum and discussing changes in regulations and basically all aspects of electrics is much more useful and rewarding than any CPD I have done.