Developing professional competencies for humanitarian engineers
One of the roles of engineering institutions is the registration and regulation of engineering professionals, assessing their competence in both technical and management areas. A similar approach is being promoted for professional humanitarian engineers, identifying core competencies relevant to eme...
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rr-article-94533352016-01-01T00:00:00Z Developing professional competencies for humanitarian engineers Brian Reed (1259382) Emily Fereday (7181378) Other built environment and design not elsewhere classified Competencies Professional development Engineers Humanitatian aid Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified One of the roles of engineering institutions is the registration and regulation of engineering professionals, assessing their competence in both technical and management areas. A similar approach is being promoted for professional humanitarian engineers, identifying core competencies relevant to emergency relief work. This would improve standards in the workforce, allow training and experience to be independently evaluated, and facilitate the careers of people working in a very mobile sector. Using the experiences of RedR UK in recruiting and training humanitarian engineers, this paper explores the skills, knowledge and other attributes that distinguish an enthusiastic but ill-informed and inexperienced person from somebody with the expertise to work efficiently, effectively and ethically in a challenging humanitarian context. 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/20965 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Developing_professional_competencies_for_humanitarian_engineers/9453335 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
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One of the roles of engineering institutions is the registration and regulation of engineering professionals, assessing their competence in both technical and management areas. A similar approach is being promoted for professional humanitarian engineers, identifying core competencies relevant to emergency relief work. This would improve standards in the workforce, allow training and experience to be independently evaluated, and facilitate the careers of people working in a very mobile sector. Using the experiences of RedR UK in recruiting and training humanitarian engineers, this paper explores the skills, knowledge and other attributes that distinguish an enthusiastic but ill-informed and inexperienced person from somebody with the expertise to work efficiently, effectively and ethically in a challenging humanitarian context. |
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