Introducing eMPDS

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Introducing e-MPDS

• The IMechEs Monitored Professional Development
  Scheme

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Introducing e-MPDS

• Promotes better and more consistent application
  of UK-SPEC
• Ease of monitoring, regardless of engineering
  discipline
• Removes administrative burden of paperwork for
  companies
• Assists company performance review, shows
  progression
• No company investment in IT infrastructure or
  software
• Easier monitoring more frequent less reason
  to fall behind
• Delivers better value for money for company
  training costs

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Creating e-MPDS Records

• Use the system in its simplest form
• - Go straight to Reports tab Cut paste 500
• words, press save
• - This simple format is recommended if you are
• falling behind
• OR use the optional tools
• - Submit a Plan then Submit Evidence
• These auto-map to Quarterly report Annual
  Report
• checksheet
• OR
• Use a combination of both methods from
• time to time

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Go to IMechE homepageLog in for access to e-MPDS
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e-MPDS link Create your password allow 2 working
days for e-MPDS link to activate After logging
on e-MPDS link is on the left side of your page
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Submit Plans-Evidence-Reports each quarter
Developing Engineer
Submit a Plan (Optional) This sets the date for
the quarterly report period
Submit Evidence (optional)
Submit Quarterly Report (compulsory)
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Mentor
Review and Accept Report
Review and Accept Evidence
Review and Accept Plan
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Each Year (normally) Assessment to score UK-SPEC
competences (within 2 months of due date)
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Go to EC UK-SPEC 1.Click on competences for
examples 2.This will help to guide you 3.Creates
further understanding of competence in your
workplace
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Mentors Record 1.Check the list of those you
are mentoring 2.Use the help pages for the
MPDS Toolkit, Guidance notes etc 3.Download the
user guide from Getting Started
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Mentors record 1.View ALL records of those you
are mentoring 2.Set the MPDS Year 3.OPTION set
expected levels of competence achievement each
year
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Competences

• Competences are developed through 4 levels
  during
• Initial Professional Development (IPD)
• Level 1 Aware
• Level 2 Familiar
• Level 3 Skilled
• Level 4 Expert
• Progress against each competence is evaluated by
  the mentor
• during IPD and by the Panel at Professional
  Review interview.
• CEng and IEng require a minimum score of 3
  competences at
• Level 3 and 2 competences at Level 2, with all
  competences
• weighted equally

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Developing Engineers Record 1.Check My Status
for IEng/CEng 2.Go to help for tips 3.Your
Notice Board tells you when plans and evidence
are returned 4.Go to EC UK-SPEC for examples of
competences 5.Ask your mentor to insert your MPDS
Year
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Plans 1.Create an Action Plan add Yr/Qtr 2.Set
quarterly date 3.Set objectives
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PLAN - Add UK SPEC Use drop down menu These are
competences you plan to achieve
this quarter Click ok to finish This plan is now
auto sent to your mentor
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Mentor approves Plan 1. Auto email advises
mentor the plan has been submitted 2. Read plan,
ensure SMART 3. Accept or return for revision
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Submit Evidence against Plan 1.Use a title you
will recognise easily 2.Give a brief outline only
3.Add UKSPEC from the menu selector 4.Dont
upload sensitive items 5.Include several
activities to reduce the sign off time by the
mentor
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Evidence auto-maps to checksheet This gives
at-a-glance gap analysis. Useful if a
new mentor is appointed. Useful for
other managers to view progress If not
scoring evidence, an x appears x competence is
relevant but not scored 0 competence not
relevant to this activity
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Create Quarterly Report Objectives from your Plan
will auto-generate Summary of evidence will
auto-generate
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Quarterly Report 1. Start Quarterly report 2.
Objectives from the Plan and UK-SPEC competences
from evidence are auto mapped to the ¼ report 3.
Auto sent to mentor for approval
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Quarterly Reports These are compulsory and must
be signed off by the mentor within 8 weeks of
the due date
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Assessment Report 1.Compulsory and must be signed
off by mentor with 8 weeks of due date 2.Evidence
auto generates from all Quarterly reports 3.Auto
sent to the mentor to complete the assessment
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Practical tips for e-MPDS

• BEng or non-accredited degree?
• - decide if you are going IEng route to
  registration
• - or, decide if you are completing Further
  Learning whilst on MPDS for the CEng route to
  registration
• - lodge your Further Learning Plan immediately!
• Download a copy of UK-SPEC
• - if applying IEng route, email MPDS_at_imeche.org
  to change your competence chart in e-MPDS

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Practical Tips for e-MPDS

• Update your contact details with IMechE
• Advise IMechE of changes to mentors or transfers
  from your workplace
• Use a common sense approach
• read the user guide and FAQs before commencing
• develop an understanding of UK-SPEC
• create items in order (eg a plan before creating
  evidence)
• dont upload commercially sensitive evidence
• dont overload the mentor with lots of items of
  evidence
• scoring evidence is optional
• use the help pages within the online system
  

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The CEng competences

• A. Use a combination of general specialist
• mechanical engineering knowledge and
• understanding to optimise the application of
  
• existing and emerging technology
• B. Apply appropriate theoretical and practical
• methods to the analysis and solution of
• mechanical engineering problems
• C. Provide technical and commercial leadership

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The CEng competences

• D. Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills
• E. Demonstrate a personal commitment to
• professional standards, recognising
• obligations to society, the profession and
• the environment

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The IEng competences

• Use a combination of general specialist
  mechanical
• engineering knowledge and understanding to
  apply
• existing and emerging technology
• B. Apply appropriate theoretical and practical
  methods to
• design, develop, manufacture, construct,
  commission,
• operate, maintain, decommission and recycle
  mechanical
• engineering processes, systems, services and
  products
• C. Provide technical and commercial management

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The IEng competences

• D. Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills
• E. Demonstrate a personal commitment to
• professional standards, recognising
• obligations to society, the profession and
• the environment

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Benchmark Routes
Professional Development 4yrs
BEng(H)
CEng
Further Learning
Professional Development 4yrs
MEng
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Benchmark Routes
Professional Development 3yrs
HNC/HND/ FD
IEng
Further Learning
Professional Development 3yrs
Bachelors Degree/ SVQ4/NVQ4
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e-MPDS Questions ?

• Q A session

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e-MPDS Questions ?

• Q A session
• Followed by Further Learning session
• - For those without the exemplifying
  qualifications for CEng set by the Engineering
  Council
• for all scheme administrators
• for all mentors, or
• those who may mentor people in the future

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Understanding Further Learning

• Further Learning is in addition to your usual IPD
• - explore opportunities - broaden business
  knowledge, then prepare a report on your learning
  outcomes
• Option Upload reports in e-MPDS as way to save
  evidence
• - DO NOT add the UK-SPEC competences
• - Mentor assesses FL report as evidence for
  meeting academic requirements only (ie NOT
  scoring for competence)
• - Assessment is about your further knowledge
  understanding of a subject area

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Further Learning - Assessment

• Criteria for assessing work based learning
• - Technical and non-technical understanding
• - Development of principles and ideas
• - Application of principles
• - Use of theory and use of analytical methods
• - General broadening of knowledge and
  understanding

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Further Learning - Assessment

• For example
• - By producing a series of reports to show
  learning outcomes
• understanding theory and principles
• technical reports to show analysis and outcomes
• presentations to peers to disseminate your
  knowledge and understanding

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Further Learning _ Assessment

• work based learning - assessed by
• - Senior personnel in the company Technical
  Specialists persons with academic experience (eg
  visiting industrial lecturers) CEng or IEng
  Mentors
• - Applying the criteria for the assessment of
  learning outcomes as per previous slide

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Further Learning for CEng

• If devising an individual route to meet FL, x2
  Key Requirements need to demonstrate additional
  learning against QAA Level Statements
• 1) Broadening of knowledge
• identify wider aspects of technical learning that
  may be available at work
• through secondment, seminars, lectures, courses
• plan these activities in a Further Learning Plan
• record achievement of wider knowledge deeper
  understanding by formal reports, peer review etc
• all reports to be formally assessed by your
  Mentor or an appropriate senior person in the
  company

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Further Learning for CEng

• 1) Broadening of knowledge cont
• project management exploring or researching
  ethical and legal issues cost optimisation
  quality management make or buy decisions
  product marketing involvement in customer and
  supplier relationships etc
• additional courses/seminars at universities and
  colleges
• voluntary work and projects (eg engineering in
  schools) will demonstrate some transferable
  learning and skills
• identify, plan, record and have these activities
  assessed

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Further Learning for CEng

• 2) Deepening of Knowledge in Engineering
  Scientific areas
• this is a key component - must be clearly spelled
  out
• for most recent graduates, it is gained through
  University MSc modules (for few individuals, this
  may be gained through deep involvement in
  assessed work-based projects and research)
• your plan should clearly outline the deeper
  knowledge and understanding that will be gained
  use the module descriptor for this purpose
• must be at Masters level for CEng
• Must be at Bachelors level for IEng

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Further Learning for CEng

• For those with Accredited BEng(Hons)
• academic Assessment is not required
• go straight to a Further Learning Plan
  immediately
• show how you intend bringing learning up to
  Masters level to meet the QAA level statements
  through a combination of
• broadening knowledge in both technical and non
  technical areas Bachelors or Masters level
• Deepening of knowledge in Engineering
  Scientific areas - Masters level

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Top Tips for your FL Plan

• You can use MPDS reports as the nucleus for
  producing a Further Learning report to expand on
  your knowledge and understanding gained
• Look for opportunities in the company to broaden
  your understanding of the business and
  engineering practice
• Say how you will report on these activities, to
  demonstrate various learning outcomes, for
  example
• - one to one review with CEng mentor and Line
  Manager to present your learning outcomes
  followed by a written formal report to include
  cost management of the project plus 2
  presentations to peer groups. These will be
  assessed by my mentor using the following
  criteria.

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Top Tips for your FL Plan

• show the assessment criteria to be used
• eg theory, analysis, applying engineering
  principles
• the difference in learning outcomes between BEng
  level broadening and deeper Masters level topics
  must be clear
• acknowledge that your FL reports are outside of
  your normal work this shows you understand FL
  is in addition to professional development
• give a realistic timeline to complete the plan
• For example I will extend MPDS to complete my
  plan, but will endeavour to complete the plan
  earlier, depending on work constraints
• this shows you have thought about a contingency
  if things go wrong

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Contacting IMechE

• MPDS Helpdesk mpds_at_imeche.org
• MPDS Website www.imeche.org/mpds
• MPDS Helpline 0845 226 0211
• Membership Helpline 0845 226 9191