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Schemes for Professional Engineers
Engineering Professional Development Awards
In today’s business world the
most important resource a company has is the
knowledge and skills held by its employees. For a
company to compete in the global market place of the
21st century, it must strive to become a world-class
performer. One way of creating competitive advantage
is to ensure that the knowledge and skills flowing
into it from its employees reflect the very latest
in technological advances and business practice.
This scheme aims to assist companies with this task
by providing funds to support training programmes
dealing with the development of their engineering
staff.
Nature of the scheme
Awards of up to £15,000 will
be made to selected company training programmes for
the financial year 2008/2009.
In addition, prizes of £1,000
are being offered for each of the five most
innovative applications.
Nature of a training
programme
A company's proposed programme
must relate in a clear way to its business plan or
current strategic objectives. The needs of
individuals in the programme should be established
by formal review. There is a requirement for the
training in each programme to have a technical or
scientific content. Programmes may comprise any
relevant training activity or combinations of
activities. Examples of such activities include:
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Work-based learning over
the Internet and e-courses.
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In-house training
activities, seminars, short courses and bespoke
courses.
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Training required by the
implementation of new legislation or standards.
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Attendance at conferences,
seminars and trade fairs.
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Short-term secondments to
subsidiaries or to other organisations in the UK
for defined purposes.
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Part-time and
distance-learning courses and packages.
Any training activity will be
given due consideration. Advice on the suitability
of activities is available from The Royal Academy of
Engineering.
Companies are encouraged to
think laterally in composing their training
programmes in order to stimulate and focus the
creativity, capability and business orientation of
their engineers in effective and exciting ways.
Which companies are eligible to apply?
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All UK companies operating
in the engineering, manufacturing, information
technology or construction and building services
sectors.
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Any size of company is
able to participate. Applications from small and
medium sized enterprises, small business units
of large companies and Business Park
Developments are particularly welcome.
What are the eligibility criteria for programme participants?
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Qualified ideally with a
degree or HND/HNC in engineering or a closely
allied subject. OND/ONC or NVQ Level III
qualifications are acceptable provided the
individual has substantial industrial
experience.
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Have at least two years
industrial experience.
How to apply
The application, consisting of
the training programme, company form and a
participant form for each individual involved must
be submitted before 24 October 2008. Application
packs are available from Ian Bowbrick
Companies will be notified as
to the outcome of their application by mid December
2008.
Training programme content and presentation
The Training Programme should
be presented unbound in report form on single sided
A4 paper. It must include details about the training
activities to be undertaken with justification and
post-training objectives for each participant.
Information on the company and its policy towards
the training of its employees will greatly assist
the Selectors. Where the programme involves a
course, the provider must be identified and the
start date and duration made clear. Details on the
course content should also be appended.
If a secondment is to be
undertaken, the work programme must be outlined and
supported by a letter from a contact at the host
company. The contact should preferably be the
project supervisor.
Each training programme must
include a breakdown of the total costs involved. A
figure for the amount the company will be committing
to the programme must be indicated in the breakdown.
This may include contributions towards fees, books,
stationery and IT equipment, travelling expenses and
salaries paid during any of the activities.
For further
information and application packs please
contact the scheme manager Ian Bowbrick
at the Academy's address.
[E-mail Ian]
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