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rownie23

Hi all

I'd like some advice on how to format my registration application. I've watched one of the recorded webinars on the process and spoken to the professional registration engagement manager before I began my application process.

From both of those experiences, I was led to believe that my application was to be based on my most recent employment. So as I began my application, I expanded on my previous employment so it wasn't a list of bullets, but focused the UK SPEC on my current employment. As a draft, I started with Career Manager and did a self assessment, adding notes. The notes were useful for creating the draft, which I did in a blank document. My document format was as such:

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COMPETENCE A

A1.

Some words here about how my current employment history relates to A1.

A2.

Some words here about how my current employment history relates to A2.

COMPETENCE B

B1.

Some words here about how my current employment history relates to B1.

Etc.

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When I had finished my draft, I copy/pasted it into my employment history section for the current employer, made sure that everything else was fine and then submitted to a professional registration adviser for intial review.

The feedback was that it was mainly there, but the format was unusual. I had assumed that the headings would be the unusual point, but without them I feet like it is a huge, rambling monlogue with no clear links to the UK SPEC. The PRA had then suggested that the application was for the entirety of my career and should reflect how I have developed my competencies over time. This feels in direct contrast to what I was told initially.

I'd like to understand how others have approached this and would gladly hear any suggestions and advice on how to prepare this correctly. Unfortunately I missed out on the Writing Evidence course that was held this week and will have to wait for the next one in February.

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    Your application is a whole of career application. Obviously you may summarise some earlier parts of your career and expend in detail on later parts or similar but it is not a recent role application.  Ideally you list your career stages in roles or placements. Describe in summary format what you do (As a sort of JD) for each role and then list one or two examples allowing you to demonstrate the required competencies.  When an assessor (such as me) then reviews your application we can look back over your career, see your responsibilities and see examples which allow you to demonstrate the required competencies.  5-6 pages should do it. 

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    This is one of the most common issues (it would be unfair to say "mistakes") we see in draft applications. For whatever reasons - it's changed over the years - the expectation is that you do provide a narrative of what you've done, the assessors will then draw their own conclusions as to how that shows the competences. So for example

    "On this project I determined that using a novel thingy widget would solve the clients challenge for more power while also reducing our production costs, and achieving an environmental improvement through a 50% reduction in power consumption. Using my technology experience from the previous widget project described above I recalculated the thingy widget loss exclusion factor, and then instructed the development team of graduate exclusion theory specialists to carry out the detailed exclusion calculations, and checked their results. I then worked with the external widget approval body to gain approval for the thingy widget."

    You'll see there's almost every competence covered in that example. Some applicants like to note competences against parts of this to check they are in there - but please use those notes for your benefit, not to tell the assessors what you want them to look at!

    I often start with a new applicant by asking them just to describe to me what they do and a recent project, as if we'd just met in a pub and they knew I was another engineer. I then very often say "now just write what you've just said" as typically it's 90% there.

    I'd strongly suggest contacting a PRA, we're free and there to help you with exactly this presentation and wording type issue.  (Not me as I've got too many cases on at the moment!)

    Hope that helps,

    Andy

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