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Paul Jarrett

C&C vs T&E: How I translated my Training and Experience report into my Competence and Commitment report

Advantages of Competence and Commitment format It was a lot easier than I expected to transfer the experience from the old format to the new: My T&E report was well structured so it was straightforward to cut and paste into the new Competence and Commitment report format.

Also the competencies I need to demonstrate on Form C now mirror what I will need to demonstrate at interview, so I feel I will be more prepared for what is to come later in the peer review process.

Loss of introduction

In the T&E report I felt the introduction allowed you to give some background to each of your various projects so that you could then refer to “project A” briefly in the main report without using up word space explaining the brief etc.

I felt happier when I realised a CV is submitted along with Form C so that the assessor can gain an idea of the projects and job roles you have been involved in before reading the report.

Section D - Commitment to profession

I was unclear about how I could expand further than “I follow company standards” in section D of the Competence and Commitment report, where you provide evidence you are committed to high standards of your profession.

I was advised that I should detail particular company standards relevant in my area of work, but also that examples of commitment to profession can include:

• Keeping up to date with advancing technology
• Training other colleagues
• Voluntary work for professional bodies such as IChemE
• Working with government and environmental organisations to raise the profile of chemical engineers and their needs.

Continuing Professional Development

For the CPD section, I wasn’t sure whether to just list all the courses I’ve done. Often graduate training courses are quite rigid and don’t allow us much choice about what we want to do.

After talking to IChemE staff, I realised they are looking for a narrative summary which shows I have an idea about where my career as an engineer is heading and what training / experience I’ll need to achieve my goals. In order to get Chartered, IChemE want to see I am directing my career and not just drifting. They also said CPD isn’t only attending courses, but on-the-job-learning, reading books / technical reports and advice from peers and specialists and attending professional events.

Summary

All in all I feel happy to convert to the new Competence and Commitment format and feel that it was relatively easy to do so.

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