Mentoring is a semi-structured process by which experienced individuals share own their knowledge, skills and experience to help others to achieve their professional and/or personal development goals. As an example, a mentor can support their mentee to identify any gaps in their knowledge and experience, so they can plan appropriate professional development activities to meet the relevant competence requirements of the professional qualification they are aiming to achieve.
CIHT Mentoring is available to CIHT members who are currently working towards Engineering Council registration and would like to work with a mentor who has good knowledge of one or all of the current UKSPEC professional qualification standards and the processes involved in achieving them.
CIHT mentors provide advice, guidance and encouragement to their mentee on their journey to becoming professionally qualified. As a mentor, you will help the mentee identify the relevant knowledge, skills and experience required to meet the relevant competence requirements of the professional qualification they are aiming to achieve and advise on how this might be demonstrated in their mentees submission and at the professional review interview.
Please see the Professional Qualifications Mentoring Guide below for for more information on mentoring with CIHT.
Mentoring can be an incredibly rewarding experience and mentors can derive a great deal of satisfaction from contributing to the success of others. Mentors get to give something back to the highways and transportation sector and accelerate their own learning and development while building collaborative relationships. Mentoring counts as a CPD activity for CIHT members. Other benefits include:
As a CIHT mentor you will work with your mentees and guide them through the Technical Report and/or Professional Review process. CIHT have created a useful guide to provide information and best practice guidance to CIHT Members who have (or wish to) volunteered to act as mentors for those planning to apply for professional registration as an Engineering Technician (EngTech), Incorporated Engineer (IEng) or Chartered Engineer (CEng).
Please read the guide below
For further information and advice, please contact the CIHT Education Team via e-mail: professionaldevelopment@ciht.org.uk
