This free course, Personal development planning for engineering, has been written in keeping with the requirements of UK-SPEC and the professional engineering institutions (e.g. ImechE, IET etc). It will provide you with a range of relevant information and guidance in critically assessing and scrutinising your career development aspirations.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Career development planning
- 1 Career development planning
- 1.1 PDP and career development
- 1.2 The benefits of career development planning
- 1.3 Managing your career development
- 1.4 Summary
- 2 Evaluating your abilities ('Where am I now?')
- 2 Evaluating your abilities ('Where am I now?')
- 2.1 Your skills and competences
- 2.2 What you enjoy doing
- 2.3 Your opportunities and threats
- 2.4 Summary
- 3 Identifying your career goals ('Where do I want to go and how will I get there?')
- 3 Identifying your career goals ('Where do I want to go and how will I get there?')
- 3.1 Your values
- 3.2 Identifying career opportunities
- 3.3 Your career action plans
- Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements
