{
  "_meta": {
    "lastReviewed": "2026-10-09",
    "note": "Summaries are for guidance. Regulators and employers change rules; always confirm with your regulator, professional body and employer.",
    "cycleLabelNote": "Optional template field cycleLabel names the period for frameworks that are not called revalidation (e.g. GDC five-year CPD cycle). When absent, copy says '<cycleYears>-year revalidation period'.",
    "sourcesChecked": "2026-10-09: NMC https://www.nmc.org.uk/revalidation/requirements/cpd/ ; GDC https://www.gdc-uk.org/education-cpd/cpd/enhanced-cpd-scheme-2018 ; CIH membership framework section 7 https://www.cih.org/terms-and-conditions/membership-framework/ ; IFE CPD guidance https://www.ife.org.uk/Portals/0/Membership/Continuing_Professional_Development_CPD_Guidance_V8.pdf ; HMPPS Probation Professional Register policy framework (re-issued 1/10/2026) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/probation-professional-register-policy-framework"
  },
  "templates": {
    "nmc": {
      "regulator": "Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)",
      "shortLabel": "NMC revalidation",
      "cycleYears": 3,
      "cpdHoursTotal": 35,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": 20,
      "bullets": [
        "35 hours of continuing professional development (CPD) over the three-year period since your registration was last renewed or you joined the register.",
        "At least 20 of those 35 hours must be participatory learning: activity involving interaction with one or more other professionals (this can include virtual interaction).",
        "450 hours of registered practice in the UK or overseas during the same three-year period, sufficiently related to your field of practice.",
        "Five written reflective accounts on your practice (at least one based on CPD or practice-related feedback, at least one on the Code).",
        "Health and character declaration; professional indemnity arrangement where you practise in a role that requires it."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "NMC – What you need to do (revalidation)", "url": "https://www.nmc.org.uk/revalidation/requirements/" },
        { "label": "NMC – Continuing professional development", "url": "https://www.nmc.org.uk/revalidation/requirements/cpd/" }
      ]
    },
    "hcpc": {
      "regulator": "Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)",
      "shortLabel": "HCPC CPD",
      "cycleYears": 2,
      "cpdHoursTotal": null,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "HCPC does not set a fixed number of CPD hours or points. You must keep a continuous, up-to-date and accurate record of your CPD activities.",
        "CPD should be a mixture of different types of learning (at least two different kinds of activity).",
        "You must show how your CPD has improved the quality of your practice and benefited service users.",
        "If selected for audit, you provide a profile of CPD from the previous two-year registration period."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "HCPC – Our CPD requirements", "url": "https://www.hcpc-uk.org/cpd/our-cpd-requirements/" },
        { "label": "HCPC – Carrying out and recording CPD", "url": "https://www.hcpc-uk.org/cpd/carrying-out-and-recording-cpd/" }
      ]
    },
    "gmc": {
      "regulator": "General Medical Council (GMC)",
      "shortLabel": "GMC revalidation / appraisal",
      "cycleYears": 5,
      "cpdHoursTotal": null,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "Licensed doctors must revalidate with the GMC, usually every five years, through a structured annual appraisal and supporting information.",
        "Supporting information includes continuing professional development, quality improvement activity, significant events, feedback, complaints and compliments, and (where appropriate) multisource feedback.",
        "CPD should be relevant to your scope of work and kept up to date across your whole practice; the GMC does not prescribe a single national hours total in the same way as some other regulators.",
        "Your designated body (e.g. NHS trust, GP practice) and responsible officer oversee appraisal and revalidation recommendations."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "GMC – Continuing professional development", "url": "https://www.gmc-uk.org/education/standards-guidance-and-curricula/guidance/continuing-professional-development" },
        { "label": "GMC – Revalidation", "url": "https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/managing-your-registration/revalidation/guidance-for-doctors-requirements-for-revalidation/revalidation-requirements-for-doctors" }
      ]
    },
    "gphc": {
      "regulator": "General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)",
      "shortLabel": "GPhC revalidation",
      "cycleYears": 1,
      "cpdHoursTotal": null,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians must renew registration annually and meet GPhC revalidation requirements.",
        "You submit records including continuing professional development (CPD), a reflective account, and a peer discussion (requirements are set out in GPhC guidance).",
        "The GPhC focuses on demonstrating ongoing learning and reflection against the standards for pharmacy professionals rather than a single fixed hours quota for all registrants."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "GPhC – Revalidation and renewal", "url": "https://www.pharmacyregulation.org/pharmacists/revalidation-renewal" }
      ]
    },
    "gdc_dentist": {
      "regulator": "General Dental Council (GDC)",
      "shortLabel": "GDC CPD (dentists)",
      "cycleYears": 5,
      "cycleLabel": "five-year CPD cycle",
      "cpdHoursTotal": 100,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "Dentists must complete at least 100 hours of verifiable CPD (learning with set aims and outcomes, evidenced by a certificate or similar from the provider) in each five-year CPD cycle. CPD years for dentists run from 1/1 to 31/12.",
        "You must also complete at least 10 hours of verifiable CPD in every two-year period, including across the end of one cycle and the start of the next, so CPD cannot all be left to the final year.",
        "You make a CPD statement each year when you renew your registration, even in a year when you did no CPD.",
        "Keep a personal development plan, link each activity to at least one of the GDC's development outcomes, and keep the evidence for each verifiable activity.",
        "If you hold more than one GDC title, you complete the hours for the title with the higher requirement."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "GDC – CPD for dental professionals", "url": "https://www.gdc-uk.org/education-cpd/cpd/enhanced-cpd-scheme-2018" }
      ]
    },
    "gdc_dental_nurse": {
      "regulator": "General Dental Council (GDC)",
      "shortLabel": "GDC CPD (dental nurses)",
      "cycleYears": 5,
      "cycleLabel": "five-year CPD cycle",
      "cpdHoursTotal": 50,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "Dental nurses must complete at least 50 hours of verifiable CPD (learning with set aims and outcomes, evidenced by a certificate or similar from the provider) in each five-year CPD cycle. CPD years for dental care professionals run from 1/8 to 31/7.",
        "You must also complete at least 10 hours of verifiable CPD in every two-year period, including across the end of one cycle and the start of the next, so CPD cannot all be left to the final year.",
        "You make a CPD statement each year when you renew your registration, even in a year when you did no CPD.",
        "Keep a personal development plan, link each activity to at least one of the GDC's development outcomes, and keep the evidence for each verifiable activity.",
        "If you hold more than one GDC title, you complete the hours for the title with the higher requirement (for example 75 hours if you are also registered as a dental hygienist)."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "GDC – CPD for dental professionals", "url": "https://www.gdc-uk.org/education-cpd/cpd/enhanced-cpd-scheme-2018" }
      ]
    },
    "nhs_employer": {
      "regulator": "Employer and statutory training (non-regulated or supplementary)",
      "shortLabel": "NHS employer CPD",
      "cycleYears": null,
      "cpdHoursTotal": null,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "Many NHS roles follow trust or ICS policies: statutory and mandatory training, appraisal, and local continuing development programmes.",
        "If you are not on a statutory regulator register (or in addition to regulator rules), your employer sets expectations for training, competencies and appraisal.",
        "Professional bodies (e.g. for managers or support roles) may publish voluntary CPD frameworks; check any body you belong to."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "NHS England – Statutory and mandatory training", "url": "https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/statutory-and-mandatory-training-programme/" }
      ]
    },
    "teachers_england": {
      "regulator": "Department for Education / Teaching Regulation Agency (England)",
      "shortLabel": "Teachers' CPD (England)",
      "cycleYears": null,
      "cpdHoursTotal": null,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "Qualified teachers must meet the Teachers' Standards; schools must provide induction for early career teachers (ECT) in England under the statutory early career teacher entitlement (typically two years, with mentor support and a structured programme).",
        "Beyond induction, CPD is largely school- or trust-led: performance management, subject development, safeguarding updates and national initiatives.",
        "Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own arrangements for teacher induction and professional learning."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "GOV.UK – Early career teachers: training and support entitlement", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-career-teachers-your-training-and-support-entitlement/early-career-teachers-your-training-and-support-entitlement" },
        { "label": "GOV.UK – Teachers' standards", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-standards" }
      ]
    },
    "fe_he": {
      "regulator": "Employer / Advance HE / professional body",
      "shortLabel": "FE and HE professional development",
      "cycleYears": null,
      "cpdHoursTotal": null,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "Further and higher education staff typically follow institutional policies: appraisal, teaching qualifications (e.g. PGCE for HE), and schemes such as Advance HE fellowship for academic practice.",
        "Technical and support roles follow employer competency frameworks and mandatory training (e.g. safeguarding, data protection).",
        "Exact CPD hours are not set nationally in one rule; your college or university HR or staff development team defines requirements."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "Advance HE", "url": "https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/" }
      ]
    },
    "civil_service": {
      "regulator": "Civil Service Learning / department",
      "shortLabel": "Civil Service learning",
      "cycleYears": null,
      "cpdHoursTotal": null,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "Civil servants access learning through Civil Service Learning and departmental programmes (digital skills, leadership, policy and operational training).",
        "Appraisal and performance discussions usually include objectives for skills and learning; some professions have additional requirements (e.g. finance, HR, digital).",
        "If you hold a separate professional qualification, you must also meet that body's CPD rules."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "GOV.UK – Civil Service Curriculum of recommended learning", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/the-civil-service-recommended-curriculum" }
      ]
    },
    "local_government": {
      "regulator": "Employer (NJC / local policy)",
      "shortLabel": "Local government CPD",
      "cycleYears": null,
      "cpdHoursTotal": null,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "Local authorities and related employers set CPD through appraisal, mandatory training (safeguarding, health and safety, equality) and role-specific qualifications.",
        "Registered professionals (e.g. social workers – Social Work England in England) must meet regulator CPD rules in addition to employer training."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "Local Government Association – Workforce", "url": "https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/workforce-and-hr-support" }
      ]
    },
    "social_work_england": {
      "regulator": "Social Work England",
      "shortLabel": "Social Work England CPD",
      "cycleYears": 1,
      "cpdHoursTotal": null,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "Registered social workers in England must record at least two pieces of CPD per registration year to renew registration.",
        "At least one piece each year must include peer reflection (reflecting on discussion with a colleague, without naming them).",
        "CPD is recorded on your online account; it can include formal training, reading, supervision, research and reflection on practice."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "Social Work England – CPD: what you need to know", "url": "https://www.socialworkengland.org.uk/cpd/what-you-need-to-know/" },
        { "label": "Social Work England – What counts as CPD", "url": "https://www.socialworkengland.org.uk/cpd/what-counts-as-cpd/" }
      ]
    },
    "police": {
      "regulator": "College of Policing / force policy",
      "shortLabel": "Police CPD",
      "cycleYears": null,
      "cpdHoursTotal": null,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "Police forces deliver ongoing professional development aligned with national curricula, licensing (e.g. officer safety training), and the Policing Education Qualifications Framework where applicable.",
        "The College of Policing does not publish a single national CPD hours or points total; expectations are set by your force and specialist roles have additional training cycles."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "College of Policing", "url": "https://www.college.police.uk/" }
      ]
    },
    "fire_rescue": {
      "regulator": "National Fire Chiefs Council / service training",
      "shortLabel": "Fire and rescue CPD",
      "cycleYears": null,
      "cpdHoursTotal": null,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "Firefighters and operational fire staff follow service training plans: operational competence, incident command, health and safety, and specialist modules.",
        "The NFCC does not publish a single national CPD hours or points total for general fire staff; development is managed by your fire and rescue service.",
        "If you are an IFE (Institution of Fire Engineers) member, for example as a fire safety officer or fire engineer, you have separate CPD requirements (e.g. 25 hours per year, at least 50% formal). See the IFE CPD guidance for details."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "National Fire Chiefs Council", "url": "https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/" },
        { "label": "IFE – CPD", "url": "https://www.ife.org.uk/Home/Membership/cpd" }
      ]
    },
    "ife": {
      "regulator": "Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE)",
      "shortLabel": "IFE CPD (fire engineers)",
      "cycleYears": 1,
      "cycleLabel": "CPD year",
      "cpdHoursTotal": 25,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "IFE members are expected to complete at least 25 hours of CPD per year, including both formal and informal activities.",
        "At least 50% of your CPD should be formal learning (e.g. courses, accredited training, academic study, mentoring). The remainder can be informal (e.g. reading, research, workplace learning), which counts at half the time spent: two hours of reading counts as one hour of CPD.",
        "CPD should be relevant to fire engineering and show clear learning outcomes. The IFE emphasises the outcome of CPD rather than simply meeting a quota.",
        "Record your CPD via mycareerpath® or the IFE CPD log template. Requirements may vary by membership grade; check the latest IFE guidance."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "IFE – CPD and membership", "url": "https://www.ife.org.uk/Home/Membership/cpd" },
        { "label": "IFE – CPD Guidance (PDF)", "url": "https://www.ife.org.uk/Portals/0/Membership/Continuing_Professional_Development_CPD_Guidance_V8.pdf" }
      ]
    },
    "armed_forces": {
      "regulator": "Single Service / Defence Learning",
      "shortLabel": "Armed Forces training",
      "cycleYears": null,
      "cpdHoursTotal": null,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "Military personnel follow career employment and training matrices: trade training, promotion courses, leadership and operational currency.",
        "MOD civilians follow civil service–style learning and any professional body requirements for their specialism."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "GOV.UK – Defence", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence" }
      ]
    },
    "courts_judiciary": {
      "regulator": "Judicial Office / HMCTS / employer",
      "shortLabel": "Courts and judiciary CPD",
      "cycleYears": null,
      "cpdHoursTotal": null,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "Judges follow judicial training and guidance from the Judicial College; court staff follow HMCTS and employer learning policies.",
        "Roles may require specific qualifications (e.g. legal advisers); CPD is tied to role and employer requirements."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "Judicial College", "url": "https://www.judiciary.uk/about-the-judiciary/judicial-college/" }
      ]
    },
    "probation_prisons": {
      "regulator": "HMPPS / employer",
      "shortLabel": "Prisons and probation CPD",
      "cycleYears": null,
      "cpdHoursTotal": null,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "Prison and probation staff complete mandatory training, role-specific pathways and ongoing competence updates set by HMPPS or the relevant employer.",
        "Staff in roles that need the probation officer qualification, such as probation officers, must be on the HMPPS Probation Professional Register and show each year that they meet its registration standards, including continuing professional development. There is no national hours total.",
        "Social workers in probation must meet Social Work England CPD rules where registered."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "GOV.UK – HM Prison and Probation Service", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-prison-and-probation-service" },
        { "label": "GOV.UK – Probation Professional Register policy framework", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/probation-professional-register-policy-framework" }
      ]
    },
    "transport_bodies": {
      "regulator": "Employer (safety-critical training)",
      "shortLabel": "Transport sector CPD",
      "cycleYears": null,
      "cpdHoursTotal": null,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "Transport organisations set competence and refresher training (e.g. rules, safety, signalling, driving standards) under industry and employer rules.",
        "Engineers may follow professional institution requirements (e.g. CEng / IEng) where chartered."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "Office of Rail and Road", "url": "https://www.orr.gov.uk/" }
      ]
    },
    "regulators_alb": {
      "regulator": "Employer / civil service profession",
      "shortLabel": "Public body CPD",
      "cycleYears": null,
      "cpdHoursTotal": null,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "Arm's length bodies and regulators usually align with Civil Service Learning or in-house programmes, plus any sector-specific technical accreditation.",
        "Inspectors and analysts often have professional standards or qualifications set by the organisation."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "GOV.UK – Public bodies", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-bodies-reform" }
      ]
    },
    "housing": {
      "regulator": "Employer / Chartered Institute of Housing",
      "shortLabel": "Housing association CPD",
      "cycleYears": null,
      "cpdHoursTotal": null,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "Housing roles follow employer appraisal, compliance training (tenancy law, safeguarding, health and safety) and optional professional development.",
        "If you are not a CIH Chartered Member, there is no single national CPD hours quota; expectations depend on your employer and role.",
        "CIH Chartered Members (CIHCM) must complete at least 20 hours of CPD a year, and CIH's code of conduct expects all members to do at least 20 hours each calendar year."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "Chartered Institute of Housing – CPD", "url": "https://www.cih.org/professional-standards/cpd/" },
        { "label": "CIH – Membership framework (CPD scheme)", "url": "https://www.cih.org/terms-and-conditions/membership-framework/" }
      ]
    },
    "cih_chartered": {
      "regulator": "Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) – Chartered Members",
      "shortLabel": "CIH Chartered Member CPD",
      "cycleYears": 1,
      "cycleLabel": "calendar year",
      "cpdHoursTotal": 20,
      "cpdHoursParticipatory": null,
      "bullets": [
        "CIH Chartered Members (CIHCM) must complete at least 20 hours of CPD per year (CIH membership framework, CPD scheme).",
        "Log and reflect on your CPD in your my.CIH profile on the CIH website.",
        "The requirement is for Chartered Members; CIH's code of conduct also expects all members to do at least 20 hours each calendar year (1/1 to 31/12). Check CIH for the latest rules."
      ],
      "sources": [
        { "label": "CIH – CPD", "url": "https://www.cih.org/professional-standards/cpd/" },
        { "label": "CIH – Membership framework (CPD scheme)", "url": "https://www.cih.org/terms-and-conditions/membership-framework/" },
        { "label": "CIH – Code of conduct and ethics", "url": "https://www.cih.org/about-us/code-of-conduct-and-ethics/" }
      ]
    }
  },
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    "datasetName": "NHS Agenda for Change",
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      "charge-nurse": "nmc",
      "midwife": "nmc",
      "practice-nurse": "nmc",
      "advanced-practitioner": "nmc",
      "mental-health-nurse": "nmc",
      "health-visitor": "nmc",
      "nursing-associate": "nmc",
      "dentist": "gdc_dentist",
      "dental-nurse": "gdc_dental_nurse",
      "physiotherapist": "hcpc",
      "occupational-therapist": "hcpc",
      "radiographer": "hcpc",
      "paramedic": "hcpc",
      "dietitian": "hcpc",
      "speech-and-language-therapist": "hcpc",
      "pharmacist": "gphc",
      "junior-doctor": "gmc",
      "registrar": "gmc",
      "consultant": "gmc",
      "gp-partner": "gmc",
      "salaried-gp": "gmc",
      "clinical-director": "gmc",
      "biomedical-scientist": "hcpc",
      "healthcare-scientist": "hcpc",
      "healthcare-assistant": "nhs_employer",
      "admin": "nhs_employer",
      "manager": "nhs_employer",
      "medical-secretary": "nhs_employer"
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    "fallbackTemplate": "nhs_employer"
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    "roleTemplate": {},
    "fallbackTemplate": "gmc"
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  "nhs_salaried_gp": {
    "datasetName": "NHS Salaried GP",
    "roleTemplate": {},
    "fallbackTemplate": "gmc"
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    "datasetName": "School Teachers (England)",
    "roleTemplate": {},
    "fallbackTemplate": "teachers_england"
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    "datasetName": "Further Education",
    "roleTemplate": {},
    "fallbackTemplate": "fe_he"
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  "he_pay": {
    "datasetName": "Higher Education",
    "roleTemplate": {},
    "fallbackTemplate": "fe_he"
  },
  "civil_service": {
    "datasetName": "Civil Service",
    "roleTemplate": {},
    "fallbackTemplate": "civil_service"
  },
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      "senior-social-worker": "social_work_england",
      "supervising-social-worker": "social_work_england",
      "housing-manager": "cih_chartered",
      "tenancy-manager": "cih_chartered",
      "housing-officer": "housing",
      "housing-support-officer": "housing"
    },
    "fallbackTemplate": "local_government"
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  "police_pay": {
    "datasetName": "Police",
    "roleTemplate": {},
    "fallbackTemplate": "police"
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    "datasetName": "Fire and Rescue",
    "roleTemplate": {
      "fire-safety-officer": "ife"
    },
    "fallbackTemplate": "fire_rescue"
  },
  "armed_forces": {
    "datasetName": "Armed Forces",
    "roleTemplate": {},
    "fallbackTemplate": "armed_forces"
  },
  "courts_judiciary": {
    "datasetName": "Courts and Judiciary",
    "roleTemplate": {},
    "fallbackTemplate": "courts_judiciary"
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    "datasetName": "Probation and Prisons",
    "roleTemplate": {
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      "senior-probation-officer": "probation_prisons",
      "trainee-probation-officer": "probation_prisons"
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    "fallbackTemplate": "probation_prisons"
  },
  "transport_bodies": {
    "datasetName": "Transport Bodies",
    "roleTemplate": {},
    "fallbackTemplate": "transport_bodies"
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    "roleTemplate": {},
    "fallbackTemplate": "civil_service"
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}