MAKE GRADUATE CIVIL ENGINEER AN ASSET

MAKE GRADUATE CIVIL  ENGINEER AN ASSET

A fresh Graduate Engineer joints a professional organization either as a trainee or as a junior employee. The senior professional personal in the organization has to lead the young Engineer and launch him in the profession

This small publication serves as a reference book to help the Senior professionals to:

> Think and structure the role they have to play in impacting practical knowledge and skills to the young Engineer.

> Evolve a methodical and practical approach to the Graduate.

> Be a facilitator for the overall development of the Graduate.

The quality of efforts put and the time sent b the seniors of the organization in the introduction programmer of the young Graduate is a worthwhile investment for the future of the organization as well as the country and ti the career development of the Graduate. This one form of creation wealth.

INTRODUCTION TO CIVIL ENGINEERING PROFESSION

A Civil engineer Graduate, fresh form the university , is expected to know theoretical aspects of Civil Engineering. He might have broad indication of how their is applicable in practice. The experience ha has gained during some site visits during college world .

Organization induction process in the design office and in site is essential to mould him to be a successful and professional competent Civil Engineer.

The fresh graduate has to gain knowledge, experience and proficiency in the following field:

The need and requirement of the client and users

* Field survey Soil investigation’s

* Site Topography’s

*Infrastructure needs

*Environmental needs

*Engineering design of Civil Engineering Works.

*Preparation o Drawings

*Drawing Interpretation

*Construction Materials- availability & quality

*Contract documents – ( General Conditions, Social Conditions, Drawings. Unlit Assurance, Specifications, Commercial Conditions, terms relating to variation in cost and time schedule, Escalation clause, Arbitration provisions )Ø

* Quality Control Methodology’s

*Project Management’s

* Communication skills and Negotiation Skills

*How to participate in a team of Mega Projects, Millie discipline in nature

*Safety Aspects.

HOW TO

OUR RESPONSIBILITY

As a senior in profession, you have responsibility to be facilitator for the career development of the Graduate CIVIL ENGINEER and for ensuring that the Graduate Engineer will imbibe ll the professional ethics and standards.

Your concern and responsibilities are achieved by:

· Planning the work you give

· Explaining the objective of the work, methodology of work and anticipated end product.

· Passing on the benefits of your personal experience of similar work.

· Closely observing the progress and offering solutions to problems that may pop up.

· Appreciating the achievement of the goal by the Graduate Engineer.

HOW TO GO ABOUT DEVELOPMENT OF THE GRADUATE:

Have a one talk with the graduate, gauge and ascertain.

· Present level of theoretical knowledge.

· Experience if any.

· Professional ambition.

· Career expectations.

· Extent of commitment to be achiever, While planning the training and development activities and setting the task for the Graduate, care has to be taken to blend:

· Professional ambition of the Graduate.

· Organization requirement.

· Professional ethics.

You have maintain a training record detailing the progress, achievements etc. Periodical interview of the Graduate is necessary to assess the extent of assimilation of knowledge by the Graduate trainee.

HOW GRADUATE CAN HELP HIMSELF:

Kindle interest in self development approach and encourage professional interests. Motivate the graduate Engineer to:

· Read technical and professional journals.

· Make a presentation to a group in the organization of what he has read in the journal.

· Participate in the activities of Professional Institutions and society.

· Conduct market reconnaissance to know about the new materials introduced in the market.

· Discuss work with colleagues.

· Interact with people of other professions.

· Attend seminars, workshops etc.

· Contribute articles to house journal of the organization.

 GO ABOUT SETTING TASKS TO THE TRAINEE ENGINEER

The Trainee Engineer will no doubt be eager to jump into performing the task assigned to him. Before he starts the work you should make sure of:

· The scope of the Task.

· Importance of the Task in the overall scheme.

· The specification for the Task.

· Quality acceptance standards.

· The time by which the Task to be completed.

· The Methodology of doing the Task.

· What the Trainee is going to professionally gain by doing the Task.

· How successful completion of the Task ensure a forward step in career development.

CHARACTERISTICS OF TASKS TO BE GIVEN TO GRADUATE ENGINEER:

The Task should be:

· Within the Graduate’s present knowledge.

· Related to the requirement of the organization.

· Challenging.

· Thought provoking.

· Should enable the Graduate to learn new skills.

· Sensitive to performance measurement. The extent to which quality standards and delivery schedules have been adhered to itself is a measurement of performance.

SUCCESS OF INDUCTION PROGRAMME:

The rapidly of absorption of knowledge and skills by young Graduates Engineers will depend up on a) YOU b) The Graduate c) The job.

The success of introduction programmed depends on

1) The quality of your:

· Content of coaching, delivery of instructions.

· Counseling.

· Methodology of passing knowledge & Experience.

· Punctuality, commitment and Enthusiasm.

· Clarity of conveyance of thought.

· Motivating ability.

2) The Graduate – depends on his

· Motivation.

· Previous Exposure and Experience.

· Ability to assimilate.

· Positive Approach to work.

3) The job:

While job is given to the Graduate, you have also to explain lucidly how to:

· Look for areas where mistake can occur and how to avoid them.

· Maintain quality standards.

· Develop good healthy relationship with the client, co-workers, contractors.

· Understand business culture and work for profitability.

· Avoid cost over runs and time over runs.

· Enforce safety regulation at work place.

Foreseeing the probable difficulties of the Graduate Engineer in comprehending all aspects of the job requirements you to have to:

· Supervise the job closely and frequently.

· Conduct stage wise checking.

· Evolve solutions to problems which may crop up from time to time fully involving the Graduate in finding solution.

Your job can be easier if you:

· Educate the graduate Engineer on the objective of the work and requirement of the client.

· Explain specifications and contract implications.

· Encourage questioning.

· Clarify the Graduate’s doubts and problems.

· Do not misunderstand the repeated exhibition of lack of knowledge by the Graduate Engineer.

· Demonstrate methodology of work.

· Allow the Graduate to perform without much interference.

· Appreciate the achievements.

· Explain the importance of cost control and adherence to time schedule.

REVIEWING AND CONTROLLING:

After setting quality standards for work and stressing the importance of time schedule for the work, your job is to appraise the performance of the Graduate.

REPORTING:

· You have to encourage to produce daily task progress report.

· Demand detailed communication of the site problems.

· Insist preparation of Graphical Charts of progress manpower.

All these reports and charts to be reviewed with the Graduate Engineer. Reviewing the achievement report during the interview is desirable.

PERIODIC STRUCTURED APPRAISAL:

This appraisal may be in the form of submission of achievement reports by the Gradate Engineer followed by interview. This appraisal is more formal.

· Gives an insight into the extent of assimilation of knowledge and skills by the Graduate Engineer.

· Enables restructuring the training programmed.

· Enable the Graduate Engineer to Engineer to develop communication skills.

· Is a motivating for the Graduate Engineer.

This appraisal and periodical interview should be effectively used to check Graduates.

· Commitment to the task.

· Loyalty to the Organization .

· Quality of work achieved against standard set.

· Adherence to the time schedule.

· Aptitude for cost control.

· Initiative.

· Behavior with colleagues.

· Professional pride.

· Contribution to Team culture.

· Ability to carry on the work with minimal supervision.

· Field of performance for further training.

· Views about the content and methodology of training.

· Standard of achievement as a potential professional Engineer.

HOW TO GO ABOUT INTERVIEW AND APPRAISAL

Interview is a tow-way process of communication between the graduate engineer and you. It is therefore essential that you:

· Listen to what Graduate Engineer is saying.

· Understand what has been said.

· Put excellent lead questions to explore further and evaluate the strength and weakness of the Graduate.

· Lean to mutually agree to what has been reviewed and understood.

STEPS TO BE TAKEN BY YOU:

BEFORE THE INTERVIEW:

· Read carefully the achievement report and other related documents

.

· Ponder over and formulate the points for discussion.

· Arrange the points for discussion in a logical order. This will enable the Graduate to easily comprehend your questions.

· Be free conduct interview with out any interruptions.

· Find out the field of preference for further training.

· View about the content and methodology of training.

· Standard of achievement as a potential professional Engineer.

CONTINUOUS APPRAISAL

· IS informal.

· Enables to give guidance on the job.

· Leads to form part of the day-to-day supervision of graduate’s work.

· Enables to develop confidence and work culture in the graduate Engineer.

· Give enough advance notice about the interview to the Graduate Engineer allowing sufficient time.

· Allow sufficient time for the conduct of interview.

· Ensure privacy and confidentially.

DURING THE INTERVIEW:

· Welcome with smile.

· Create quiet and pleasant environment.

· Keep your composure.

· Maintain constructive attitude

· Encourage the Graduate Engineer’s to come out of shell and communicate.

· Ensure clarity in questioning.

· Recognize and openly give credit to good work done.

· Avoid enquiry attitude.

· Identify facts and opinion and sort them out.

· Find out Graduate Engineers reaction to further training you have outlined to him.

· Find out the Graduate’s future plan action.

· Records notes to main issues discussed.

· Notes down important points.

AFTER THE INTERVIEW

· polish and finalize the notes taken during interview and record it.

· Let the Graduate Engineer see the minutes of the interview and obtain his concurrence.

· Monitor the graduate engineer’s further action.

· Important your own plan evolved for further training.

There is little doubt that quality has becomes a buzz-word in the present Globalization era. The measuring of the world quality is very much dependent upon the contest in which it is used and the preparation of the various people who will transmit and receive the message. It is therefore crucial that any organization and the people with in it, reach a clear consensus and understanding of what quality mean for them, otherwise exhortation to, IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF SERVICE, will be interpreted in different ways be different people, leading to confusion.

Training is one of the effective method of upgrading the people to deliver quality of services and achieve the objectives of the organization. The necessary of the training is more essential to a new entrant to the organization. The time spent and efforts put by the seniors of the organization will pay rich dividends to the organization as well as to the country, aeration of human wealth to the nation.

Acknowledgement

“SO YOU HAVE A GRADUATE ENGINEER”

A guide for practicing Civil Engineers by CAT services Commission, LO