Individual Learning

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Individual Learning Development Training
Agreement
By Allan Ranson
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Whats this all about?

• By the time I leave, I would like you to have a
  good grasp of
• What training agreements are
• How they work
• Who the key players are, and what they do
• CIBSE North East Training Agreement and the
  differences to company schemes

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Individual learning development training
agreements offer

• Focus, direction and support to gain professional
  recognition, they do this by
• Forging closer working relationships to promote
  development,
• Develop a LD plan to demonstrate knowledge gain
  against set objectives,
• Defines when objectives have been achieved,
• Aids formal sign off which feeds into the
  application process with the Institution ECUK
• What are the Engineering Council looking for?

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Professional Recognition
CEng IEng EngTech
Engineering Council
Institutions

• Fellow
• Member
• Associate Member
• Affiliate Member
• Graduate Member
• Student Member

IStruct
etc.
ICE
IET
IMechE
IEMA
CIBSE
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What are the requirements for candidates to gain
Recognition?

• Level of academic achievement
• Recognised by peers that they are capable and
  competent
• Can satisfy set criteria defined by ECUK and
  their chosen Institution
• Complete an application process
• Invited to interview, and able to demonstrate
  that they are capable competent in line with
  defined objectives

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Why use a learning development / training
agreements?

• You dont need too!!! ..but,
• So.. work with colleagues who are known by the
  institution
• Its easier to work with someone who can impart
  their knowledge / experience (Mentor)
• Can their managers offer the variety of work
  experience to complete the defined objectives
  (Supervisor)
• If so, a structure can be built around this to
  promote LD, this forms the basis of a Training
  Agreement.
• Large companies across the UK have developed
  schemes as part of their Graduate Development.

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Benefits of having an accredited LD / training
agreement

• Training agreements have a multitude of benefits
• Companies
• Highly skilled motivated staff
• Standardisation of quality
• Recruitment retention
• Individuals
• Career and professional development
• Exposure to new skills, and focus on learning
  development.
• Institutions
• Promote excellence / professional development of
  membership
• Increase membership
• CIBSE currently have 35 accredited schemes across
  the UK

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Who are the key players

• For Company accredited schemes, the key players
  are
• The candidate must always take the lead
• A workplace colleague, who has the knowledge
  experience to Mentor them
• A supportive boss.. Who recognises the benefits
  of training staff to gain greater competency to
  extend the individuals capabilities (Supervisor)

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What do they do?

• Candidate
• They do it all. they MUST have the drive and
  enthusiasm to develop THEIR career. .. with the
  support of others.
• They must own their professional development
• Undertake an initial appraisal of their current
  competencies outline areas of development.
• Work co-operatively with others to effectively
  plan their development
• Set objectives, work through them and continually
  review
• Complete Objective Achieved Reports, inline with
  agreed plan
• Submit annual reports to CIBSE TD Panel
• Apply for professional advancement when you are
  ready.

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What do they do?

• The Candidates Workplace Mentor must
• Understand the process for professional
  development
• Be committed to support and develop junior
  members of staff
• Be committed to devote reasonable time at regular
  intervals to develop others
• Have the ability patience to give new learning
  experience to others by being supportive
• Challenge and impart knowledge
• Work with the training agreement to develop
  others
• Review sign off as appropriate

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What do they do?

• The Candidates Workplace Supervisor must
• Be supportive of the mentor and candidate
• Be committed to LD of all staff
• Offer opportunities for personal development
• Promote professional career development
• The senior management should look to link all of
  this into the business needs, tie up with the
  annual appraisals etc. which should offer the
  business new capabilities / opportunities for the
  business etc.

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Summary of Company Schemes
Candidate
Mentor
Supervisor
CIBSE
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CIBSE North East - Individual learning
development training agreement

• The Key Players
• The Candidate always takes the lead,
• The Candidates Workplace Supervising Mentor
  (combined role).
• The Scheme Mentor CIBSE NE Regional Committee,
  to offer local support tone or all of the above.
• What they do.
• the candidate - remain the same
• Workplace supervisor, combined role between
  mentor and manager combined role?
• The scheme mentor

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The scheme Mentor - What do they do?

• The Scheme Mentor CIBSE NE Regional Committee
• The assigned scheme mentor must
• Supports the candidate join the training
  agreement,
• Helps establish the roles of those involved,
• Acts as a sounding board to others,
• Supports all parties to develop the LD plan and
  assists them as required,
• Reviews annual objective achieved reports and
  help define next years objectives,
• Acts as external support, to act as independent
  reviewer,
• SUPPORTS information flow to CIBSE TD Panel

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Summary of CIBSE NE Scheme
Candidate
Mentor
Supervisor
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Summary of CIBSE NE Scheme
Candidate
Supervisor / Mentor
Scheme Mentor
CIBSE
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Benefits of CIBSE NE scheme

• There are many benefits, in addition to those
  already covered we believe this scheme offers
• Support local engineers to advance their career
  professional development
• Offer support to local developing businesses
• Contractors
• Design houses, and
• Manufacturers
• Increase the quality of membership submissions
• Increase membership
• Strive for excellence within the North East.
• This is a natural progression following the CIBSE
  NE commitment and involvement with the Student
  bursary scheme, support of local Education
  establishments.

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If you need any further information

• Please feel free to make contact with me during
  the rest of the conference.
• Review the CIBSE NE website for further
  information.
• Collect or request a copy of the CD, which
  includes a copy of this presentation and the
  scheme information pack.
• Thank you.