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The Open University

Personal development planning for engineering

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Overview

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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.

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

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