Chosen professional engineering grade:
- IEng
My justification for choosing this grade:
- I have been an engineer for 3 years now and an apprentice/technician for 5/6 years before that. I currently have an apprentice under me who i am showing the ropes/passing on technical knowledge. I also do project work for my company/OFCOM in the form of commissioning new DAB services for the BBC and other more local services.
After comparing what I can do with UK-SPEC, are there any key areas that I seem to be falling short in?
- One main area i fall short on is "C2" under the IEng competencies. This item is "Manage tasks, people and resources to plan and budget.". I am weak in this area as we have a separate design/projects teams in my company who organise a lot of the project work. I would then carry out the project according to what has been planned. The same goes for "B2".
How can I address these gaps in knowledge, skills and experience?
- It is difficult for me at this stage in my career, in a big company, to get heavily involved in the design process. However what i can do is provide feedback to the project/design teams when any issues are found when working on projects. My feedback to the design/projects teams will then hopefully improve the efficiency of the work and help to resolve any technical issues found when working on the project.