Continuous professional development for engineering graduates

CPD Certificate in professional engineering

Transitioning from university or college to a professional work environment requires serious application and attention from graduates. In collaboration with leading employers, Engineers Ireland have designed their CPD Certificate in Professional Engineering to give recent graduates (up to 12 months since graduating) the opportunity to become quickly accustomed to the professional standards expected from members of engineering-led teams and organisations. The course will familiarise you with what is expected of you and how you should behave in a professional setting, while speeding up your professional development and increasing your career prospects.  

The learning objectives of the Certificate include:   

• Ensuring participants can deliver their work on time  
• Developing recruits’ ability to accept and learn from criticism, and to seek constructive feedback  
• Providing frameworks for dealing with possible issues, asking the right questions and identifying the appropriate solutions for specific problems  
• Developing teamwork skills, including working with clients and on projects managed by your colleagues  
• Providing a suitable environment for participants to develop and improve their communication, analytical and technical writing skills  
• Optimising Excel as a valuable engineering aid  
• Creating an awareness of how engineering recruits are expected to behave 

CPD Diploma In Professional Engineering

The Future Professionals Series’ second strand is suitable for engineers who boast between three- and six-years’ experience, and who display a commitment to developing their professional abilities. The CPD Diploma in Professional Engineering is a partnership that works alongside an engineering organisation, its people managers and graduates to aid and accelerate the development of semi-experienced graduates into professional engineers. The aim of the course is for participants to develop their skill sets to a level that allows them to make a valuable contribution to the workplace and become respected engineering professionals. The diploma is designed to meet the requirements of the Irish engineering industry and those businesses seeking engineering professionals with expanded knowledge, skills and proficiency. The diploma’s learning objectives aim to provide graduates with: 

• A broad and up-to-date awareness of the wider skills an engineering professional requires  
• The analytical and theoretical skills needed to anticipate and cope with the requirements of engineering organisations, including project management, risk management and statistical analysis  
• An understanding of the importance and nature of engineering’s financial side, including handling claims and resolving contract disputes  
• The ability to predict possible issues, ask appropriate questions and identify the correct solution for specific problems  
• An ability to work as part of a team or alongside clients, and contribute to other colleagues’ projects  
• The necessary skills and tools for analysing problems, along with leadership, advanced knowledge management and negotiation skills  
• An understanding of current developments in Lean Principles and Sustainability in the increasingly global environment of engineering  
• An awareness of the competencies required to become a Chartered Engineer.  

For more on these programmes visit Engineers Ireland