• Training and Development (T&D) ensures that your capabilities remain up to the standards of others in the same field.

· T&D ensures that you and your knowledge stay relevant and up to date, making you aware of the changing trends and directions in your profession.

· It helps you maintain and enhance the knowledge and skills needed to deliver professional service to your customers, clients, and the community. 

T&D also assists in making a meaningful contribution to your team, enhancing your effectiveness in the workplace, and helping you advance in your career. This assists you to advance in your career and move into new positions where you can lead, manage, influence, coach and mentor others.

· It helps you stay interested and interesting, opening you up to new possibilities, knowledge, and skill areas.

· T&D can lead to a deeper understanding of what it means to be a professional and can advance the body of knowledge and technology within your profession. 

· The importance of continuing professional development should not be underestimated – it is a career-long obligation for practicing professionals. Sometimes it is mandated by professional organisation to provide capacity to its employees. Simultaneously it is a personal responsibility of professionals to keep their knowledge and skills current so that they can deliver the high quality of service that safeguards the public and meets the expectations of customers and the requirements of their profession.

T&D can lead to increase confidence in individual professionals and their profession as a whole.