General norms for institutes for the conduct of

PART - F

F1. GUIDELINES FOR CONTINUED LEARNING AND BENCHMARKING FOR A RATING SYSTEM
Building on the many best practices that have been developed for continued learning, the Directorate suggests the following guidelines for trainee engineers, their employers, educational institutions, professional licensing bodies and technical societies. These evolved credit ratings will be on the same format as used earlier i.e.

Grading	Notation	Marks
Very High	A	10
High	B	8
Medium	C	6
Low	D	4
Very Low	E	2

This grading will be used by the Academic councils to asses the efficacy of the entire course and the effectiveness of the involved personnel and organizations.

F.1.1. Individual Trainee Engineers

A commitment to continued professional development and competence, including:

TOPIC	CREDIT
preparing and periodically updating a continued learning plan, consistent with one's general career aspirations, with discussions with employer and colleagues.
understanding and defining one's field of practice and the requirements for competency.
identifying logical extensions to one's skill base and significant knowledge gaps
maintaining accurate and full records of major achievements in engineering and the successful completion of continuing education courses.
making a continuing time and financial commitment to continued learning; in all likelihood, this will be modest in comparison to the large past investments made to achieve one's initial engineering training and certification.
if involuntarily terminated, identifying potential skills needed to reenter the market place. If possible, seek out employers who would be willing to consider hiring once those skills have been obtained.