CPD Certificate in Professional Engineering

Course details

The transition from University or college life to the world of work requires substantial application and attention. The CPD Certificate in Professional Engineering has been specifically designed in partnership with leading employers to allow recent graduates (up to 12 months out) to get to grips quicker with the professional standards expected of those working in engineering-led teams and organisations. Participants will understand what is expected of them, how they should behave and what they can do to accelerate their professional development and career prospects.

PROGRAMME CONTENT

1. Essential Skills of a Future Professional

• From full-time study to the place of work
• Learning how to learn
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Ethics in Engineering
• Professionalism in the workplace

Time Management/Organisational Skills

Communication/Presentation Skills

Introduction to Project Management

Technical Report Writing

Innovations in Excel for Engineers

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

Participants will gain confidence about their future and begin a structured approach to their professional development.

Employers will see their graduates meet professional standards, adopt a structured approach to Learning & Development and manage their time and work-load better as well as improving their interactions with colleagues and clients.

The specific learning objectives are to provide recent graduates with:

• An understanding of the required approaches and behaviours of a new recruit to an engineering-led organisation
• Techniques for ensuring work is delivered on time
• Methods for handling negativity or disappointment and seeking constructive feedback to learn from
• Frameworks for foreseeing likely issues, asking appropriate questions and identifying solutions along with problems
• An appreciation of the nature and importance of team-work, liaising with clients and contributing to projects managed by other colleagues
• The environment to practice and improve communications, technical writing and analytical skills
• The skills and tools to optimise Excel as a valuable aid for professional engineering
• An awareness of appropriate dress, use of language, respect for others etc.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

Participants will be guided by experienced engineers as their tutors, and will meet like-minded peers.

Six core classroom-based modules are delivered on a monthly basis (September to February) at a convenient location. Class modules are supplemented via an on-line Learning Management System. Participants will be expected to consider and prepare course-work in advance of each of the six modules in order to maximize learning. A short reflective paper will be completed for each module to ascertain learning acquired and how it can be applied in the workplace.

All participants complete the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) questionnaire. This helps learners identify: their particular talents and strengths; how others may see them as well as their potential areas for growth.