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2006 IET Younger Members Conference Sharon Stevens International Projects Manager The Institution of Engineering and Technology

Continuing Professional Development To be a successful Engineer requires essential life skills e.g. • Business Planning • Change Management • Project Management • High Performance Teams

Risk Analysis Writing Reports Managing Budgets Remote Management

The IET offers Professional Development Support in the following ways: IET Career Manager Submission of Papers Professional Registration TPN Management and Consultant Keys

IET Career Manager • This is an online skills development and recording tool for members • Skills are profiled against competence frameworks and collates centrally career information, achievements and experience

IET Career Manager Competencies Profiled include: • Budget Estimation and Approval • Risk Management • Time Management • Planning and Objective setting • Project Management Skills • Information Management • Effective Time Management • Effective Meeting Management

IET Career Manager Visit the Career Manager online page at http://www.iee.org/EduCareers/career%2Dmanager/

Submission of Academic Papers to an IET Conference Having a paper published in an IET Conference IET Journal is one way of advancing your Professional Development

Tips for Writing Papers • Follow the IET template • Keep to the word limit • If English is not your first language, have an academic who speaks fluent English read your paper before submission

2007 Conferences for Submission of Papers • If you would like to search for a conference to which you can submit a paper, you can view the IET Events Calendar at www.theiet.org/events/calendar.cfm

If you would like to search by industry sector, e.g. • Manufacture • Power • Electromagnetics

Aerospace Engineering RF & Microwave Engineering Robotics & Mechatronics

www.iee.org/oncomms/sector/

Submission of Papers to an IET Journal The IET Author’s Guide will give you the necessary guidance for submitting a paper www.iee.org/Publish/Support/Auth/authproc.cfm

To submit the paper visit: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/iee

IET Management and Consultant Keys Continuous Professional Development is also available through the IET Technical Professional Network working with other professional bodies e.g. • Chartered Institute of Management Accountants • Association of Consulting Engineers • British Computer Society • Association of Consulting Scientists

IET Management and Consultant Keys Similar to the IET Career Manager, development is done by: 3. Assessment of current abilities 4. Defining the training and level of training for the individual 6. Defining priorities for training 7. Defining ways of how learning can be demonstrated

Similar to the IET Career Manager, development is done by: 3. Assessment of current abilities 4. Defining the training and level of training for the individual 6. Defining priorities for training 7. Defining ways of how learning can be demonstrated

Management Keys PDF Briefing notes are available in a range of topics including • Marketing • Strategy • Project Management • Business Planning • Change Management

Risk Management Time Management Communication Etiquette Utility Regulation Finance

www.iee.org/OnComms/PN/Management/managementkeys.c

Discussion Topic 1

Local payment issues Taking into consideration your own country, what are the associated problems and what would you like to see as a viable long term solution to an effective system.

Discussion Topic 2

Local presence With the recent re-branding from IEE to IET, what can be done to make the IET more known in your country? What are the current problems preventing the spread of IET?

Discussion Topic 3

Member Benefits What would you like the IET to do for you as a membership organisation dedicated to the development of the Engineering profession?

General Questions • • •

What are the things you like about being a member of the IET? What can the IET do better? Are there any improvements you would like to suggest?