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Jeff Halsall

How I am logging my experience for Chartership

I graduated from Loughborough University in 2002 and started work for Shotton Paper Company, the UK's biggest producers of newsprint who have recently moved over to 100% recycled fibre. I am currently working as a Pulp Production & Utilities Shift Supervisor.

University lecturers had told me about Chartership and its benefits - greater promotion prospects and recognition of professional achievement.

So once I started work, I found out the requirements for Chartership and began to make a record of relevant training and experience I was gaining.

I keep up to date with IChemE’s current guidelines for achieving Chartered status so I know the competencies I should be working towards.

I have also asked already Chartered Engineers for tips on how to collate my evidence and how I can use it for the application process.

I have developed a career diary template to record my training and experience which comprises:

Project/Job description
My role
Knowledge/skills/understanding utilised or gained
Areas identified for future development
Referee signature and date

This doubles as an excellent cpd tool by enabling me to “close the loop”: I not only record new skills I have learnt, but highlight areas for future development.

Ultimately, I’ll use my career diary to write my competence and commitment report and as supporting evidence during my Chartership interview.

Additionally, I keep track of all CPD events I attend to meet the CPD requirement for gaining Chartered Engineer.

When I identify an area where I have little experience, I ask my area manager if I can be involved in any upcoming projects in that area. As I am a shift supervisor, this can be difficult to organise and usually means coming to work on days off. However, it enables me to work more closely with different departments (electrical/ mechanical/projects) and consequently gain the breadth of skills required for Chartership.