Q: Discuss the role of senior staff can play towards the career development of junior staff.

BRAINSTORM

Senior Staff:1. Line Managers and SCEs2. Directors:

Links/Contacts Commercial Considerations: Better Staff, More motivated staff vs Cost Other Considerations:

o Time – Junior staff time and asking for senior staff timeo Resource – Books, Cost, Timeo Opportunity – Proactive i.e. look for it and communicate to junior staff, Use

links/contactso Motivation – Needs to come from Juniors but can be encouraged by seniors

Junior Staff:1. Trainee Technicians2. Graduate Engineers

Different Training:1. Courses2. On the job3. Self-learning4. Shadowing5. Soft Skills – Commercial, Risk/Opportunities, Assertiveness

ICE:1. Training Scheme2. Code of Conduct

Planning Discussing with Junior Staff what their goals are Competent SCEs

ESSAY PLAN

1. Introduction Define Senior Staff: Managers, Directors Define Junior Staff: Graduate Engineers, Technicians (not covered here for simplicity) Define Career Development of Junior Staff

Primarily Professional Qualification = IEng/CEng But also cover IPD and CPD for all staff

2. What is Training? Different Types. How senior staff feed into it. Managers Directors

3. Commercial Considerations for Directors

4. Training Schemes e.g. ICE – SCEs

5. What is necessary for training From perspective of Managers, Directors and Junior Staff Good/Bad training experiences Recognise Senior Staff have limitations i.e. due to their own projects and personal lives

6. Conclusion

Bridge to Isle of Wight - Sustainability

Brainstorm

1. Economic Cost/Benefit Ratio Whole Life Cost Location Increase in GDP How paid for PFI/Tolls Type of Structure Fines Port House Prices

2. Environment Fines Squirrels Mudflats New Forest Carbon Accounting Solent Type of Structure Mitigation for Environmental Factors

3. Societal Influx of Commuters Job Creation House Prices Inclusive Infrastructure on island for new people

Conclusion – Economic factors are driver. Mitigate and minimise negative impacts