Personal development planning for engineering

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.

• 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