Strategic use of CPD

Editor's Notes

• #5: Long history in Ireland, represents all disciplines and all levels of engineering, under both EU Directive and Irish Statute Engineers Ireland is recognised body for registration of engineers and technicians
• #15: The role of the engineering professional is changing and while technical expertise is still an essential element of the engineering profession, we encourage CPD in not just technical areas but also in other areas such as…
• #16: The role of the engineering professional is changing and while technical expertise is still an essential element of the engineering profession, we encourage CPD in not just technical areas but also in other areas such as…
• #21: There are three clusters or bands in the revised Engineers Ireland CPD ACCREDITED standard, designed to ensure that our scheme sets the bar appropriately high for all involved
• #22: There are three clusters or bands in the revised Engineers Ireland CPD ACCREDITED standard, designed to ensure that our scheme sets the bar appropriately high for all involved
• #23: There are three clusters or bands in the revised Engineers Ireland CPD ACCREDITED standard, designed to ensure that our scheme sets the bar appropriately high for all involved
• #24: There are three clusters or bands in the revised Engineers Ireland CPD ACCREDITED standard, designed to ensure that our scheme sets the bar appropriately high for all involved
• #25: There are three clusters or bands in the revised Engineers Ireland CPD ACCREDITED standard, designed to ensure that our scheme sets the bar appropriately high for all involved
• #26: There are three clusters or bands in the revised Engineers Ireland CPD ACCREDITED standard, designed to ensure that our scheme sets the bar appropriately high for all involved
• #27: There are three clusters or bands in the revised Engineers Ireland CPD ACCREDITED standard, designed to ensure that our scheme sets the bar appropriately high for all involved
• #28: There are three clusters or bands in the revised Engineers Ireland CPD ACCREDITED standard, designed to ensure that our scheme sets the bar appropriately high for all involved
• #29: There are three clusters or bands in the revised Engineers Ireland CPD ACCREDITED standard, designed to ensure that our scheme sets the bar appropriately high for all involved
• #30: There are three clusters or bands in the revised Engineers Ireland CPD ACCREDITED standard, designed to ensure that our scheme sets the bar appropriately high for all involved
• #31: There are three clusters or bands in the revised Engineers Ireland CPD ACCREDITED standard, designed to ensure that our scheme sets the bar appropriately high for all involved
• #32: One of the most comprehensive academic studies over a two-year research project focused on the motivation and developmental preferences of “high flyers” The research asked which development tools, high flyers had found most useful.
• #33: Commonly used development processes, such as technical training and the much talked about ‘buddying’ were actually viewed unfavourably by a significant proportion of these respondents. As HR professionals, we certainly need to be aware of this for top talent Coaching was mid-rated
• #34: Mentoring was considered the most valuable development tool, with job rotation and 360° feedback also rated very high along with Further Third Level education
• #35: We’ve had so many enquiries from companies to want to get mentoring right that you may know, we are now running in-company programmes for CPD companies… indeed we’re running it for several companies here If you want further details, place your business card in the jar at reception and we’ll get them to you PRIZE: The card that gets pulled out will have a programme run for them, free of charge
• #36: There are three clusters or bands in the revised Engineers Ireland CPD ACCREDITED standard, designed to ensure that our scheme sets the bar appropriately high for all involved
• #37: There are three clusters or bands in the revised Engineers Ireland CPD ACCREDITED standard, designed to ensure that our scheme sets the bar appropriately high for all involved
• #38: There are three clusters or bands in the revised Engineers Ireland CPD ACCREDITED standard, designed to ensure that our scheme sets the bar appropriately high for all involved
• #39: There are three clusters or bands in the revised Engineers Ireland CPD ACCREDITED standard, designed to ensure that our scheme sets the bar appropriately high for all involved
• #40: There are three clusters or bands in the revised Engineers Ireland CPD ACCREDITED standard, designed to ensure that our scheme sets the bar appropriately high for all involved
• #41: There are three clusters or bands in the revised Engineers Ireland CPD ACCREDITED standard, designed to ensure that our scheme sets the bar appropriately high for all involved
• #42: There are three clusters or bands in the revised Engineers Ireland CPD ACCREDITED standard, designed to ensure that our scheme sets the bar appropriately high for all involved
• #43: There are three clusters or bands in the revised Engineers Ireland CPD ACCREDITED standard, designed to ensure that our scheme sets the bar appropriately high for all involved
• #44: The first band is designed to ensure that any organisation has good CPD systems and practices in place in the area of professional development for engineers and technical staff It is the starting point for all organisations and a foundation to build on over the years.
• #45: The second band reflects criteria we’ve tracked in larger employers and is designed to ensure that employers of more than 100 engineers have CPD in place suitable for the scale of their operation and the number of engineering professionals employed.
• #46: The final band is designed to ensure that larger organisations, in very technologically complex, fast-churning sectors, typically ICT and high-end manufacturing, have CPD systems in place to compete at world-class level.
• #47: This framework will allow for moving UP the value chain in CPD terms in the same way every function in an organisation, and organisations overall, are challenged to move up the value chain There are 8 Mandatory criteria in the first band and then I’ll look at the 2 Advisory best practices in each of the other bands Full details are in the manual but let me introduce the new criteria ahead of our discussion
• #48: On to the final band… larger employers in very fast paced, fast changing environments where the core technology might transform as frequently as every 2 years. 2 final Criteria.
• #49: How often do you let your engineers PLAY???????? The top employers we looked at in this sector have structured experimental time…. … Goal-orientated practices for new idea generation and problem solving Tools for Innovation And Training in Creative-Thinking is provided… WOW!!!!
• #50: There are three clusters or bands in the revised Engineers Ireland CPD ACCREDITED standard, designed to ensure that our scheme sets the bar appropriately high for all involved
• #62: THANK YOU VERY MUCH…..
• #69: We have a number of important annual events, such as our CPD Symposium and our CPD Company of the Year awards which can be accessed exclusively by CPD Accredited companies. But outside of these we also arrange strategic linkages between organisations that wish to network to discuss best practice in learning and development for their staff
• #70: Due to a formal agreement which has been signed between Engineers Ireland and FÁS Excellence Through People, achieving CPD Accreditation now has additional benefits for an organisation. The great news is that once your company gains CPD Accredited company status, they can then apply to FÁS to achieve ‘Excellence Through People’ certification and FÁS will allow exemptions from three of the eight Excellence Through People criteria.
• #72: The first step in becoming an Accredited Company is to sign the CPD Protocol. This involves sending us an email indicating that you wish to pursue CPD Accreditation and that it is relevant for your organisation. We will then conduct a ‘gap analysis’ of your existing CPD Systems to identify how they can be enhanced by the implementation of the Seven Criteria to add value to your business. You will then work towards implementing the Seven Criteria within your organisation. When this process is complete, you will send us a submission outlining what you have put in place over the last number of months. We will then set a date for the audit. We award Accreditation on the basis of the written submisison and the Audit itself.