Results of User Needs Survey

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EQUESTA

• Results of User Needs Survey

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In what type of organisation are you employed?
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How many years experience do you have after your
formal training?
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Eurocode training and design experience

• All respondees have had some training in design
  to the Eurocodes
• No respondees have had practical experience in
  design to the Eurocodes

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When are you likely to design to the Eurocodes?
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Are you competent to design steel to Eurocodes?
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How many times a year do you undertake CPD?
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What are the limitations on amount of external
CPD which you undertake?
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What obligations are there for you to attend
external CPD?
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What additional learning methods have you used
since leaving college/university?
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Do any methods of learning suit you better?
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Would you appreciate access to training courses
online and, if yes, when?

• All respondees answered positively

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What, if any, access do you have to the Internet
at work?
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Which browser do you use?
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Does your employer encourage attendance at
traditional courses and how often?
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Do you think your employer might see advantages
in online courses?
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What is your attitude to self-study in your own
time?
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Are you aware of any online training e.g. SCIs
PPT with voiceover lectures and ISEs lectures?
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Does your organisation offer in-house CPD?
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Detailed requirements

• Later!

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User needs for Construction
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Other user needs (Eurocode training)

• Corrosion protection
• Load cases cf. BS ULS
• Justification for code formulae
• e.g. reason for extensive information on lateral
  torsional buckling
• Vibration rules for different building types
• Updated Blue book SCI short cut publications
• Variations in serviceability limit state
  geotechnical load cases

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User needs for overall design to the Eurocodes
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User needs for detailed design to the Eurocodes
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User needs for Conceptual and General Design