Structured Approach towards Career Development

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Alumni members of COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
TRIVANDRUM
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Structured Approach towards Career Development

• Presented by
• Ajith Nair
• CETA 88 Civil

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Purpose

• What do I gain by following a structured approach
  towards my career development?
• Better job performance?
• Better salary?
• Respect?
• Job security?

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Value of our educational qualifications

• Is our degree accredited in other countries?
• What do I need to do to get accreditation?
• Engineering Council UK (UK SPEC)

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Benefits of Professional Institution memberships

• Recognition that you have received education and
  training that meets international standards
• Identifying you as having competences that
  employers value
• Indicating that your competence and commitment to
  professionalism have been assessed by other
  engineering professionals
• Demonstrating that your competence may be
  compared with standards applicable in other parts
  of the world
• Easier to gain promotion or a new job , Better
  salary (Salary doubles in Hongkong!!)
• Engineering credentials are respected in most
  parts of the world
• Access to a network of similarly qualified and
  experienced experts in your field
• Employers benefit as increasingly, Clients
  requires key members of the project team to have
  professional registration or Chartered member
  status.

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Options

• Institution of Engineers, India (IE) (PE)
• Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
• Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)
• Institution of Electrical and Electronics
  Engineers (IEEE)
• Chartered Institution of Building Services
  Engineers (CIBSE)
• American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and
  Air conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
• Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Professional Chartered Engineers (PCE UAE)
• Engineers Australia

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PCE UAE

• UAE based forum comprising of 36 professional
  institutions in UK
• Monthly meetings on 1st and 2nd Tuesday in
  Abudhabi and Dubai respectively along with site
  visits as well as development reviews
• Study groups are also formed for ICE etc..
• CONTACT
• Alister MacMillan, Chairman, Email
  macmilan_at_eim.ae
• Roderick Chisolm, Secretary, Email
  chisolm_at_arencoar.com

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What do I need to start the process?

• Accreditation process
• Engineering Council UK Spec
• Initial Professional Development (IPD)
• Good for graduates
• Focus on achieving core objectives
• Initial 3 to 4 years of your career
• Development Objectives (DO) including Technical,
  Commercial, Contractual, Personal skills etc
• Professional Review or Examination
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

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Membership route

• Route varies for different organizations
• Reports and Professional review
• Written examinations

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What is IPD?

• Initial Professional Development bridges the gap
  between education and professional qualifications
  
• Initial 3 to 4 years of our career
• Development of skills, knowledge and competence
  to practice as a professional
• Expressed as a set of Development objectives (DO)
• Need a Mentor to guide and help

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Professional review

• Preparing job experience reports and review by
  Board
• ICE Presentation, Interview and Essay writing
• I Struct E Professional review interview and
  Examination
• Professional Engineer Licensing Exams in USA

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What is CPD?
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Review of learning needs
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Development Plan
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Personal Development Record
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UAE Local requirements

• Dubai Municipality accreditations
• G4, G12, Unlimited Licensing tests for
  Structural Engineers
• Interview for site Resident Engineers
• TRAKHEES (JAFZA) accreditations
• Certification for site Resident Engineers
• TECOM?

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Career development activities
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Questions
THANK YOU