ABSTRACT
The Department of Engineering Profesional Development has developed a generic engineering comptency model that has been used many times in the developemnt of custom courses and curricula. The model was developed from library research and participant interviews, and then benchmarked against best practices in leading companies. It has been further developed and tested through field research.
This presentation will describe the model and provide a case study of its use in competency assessment and continuing education curriculum development. The case study is based on a project involving 300 engineers in a large multi-national corporation.
The model includes six major categories:
Domain knowledge
Customer and business acumen
A Systematic approach to work
Working “Globally”
Ideas and innovation
Project management and execution
It also includes personal skills and organizational systems and structures, which support the compentencies.
Keywords: Competency, Model, Continuing education, Curriculum.
