PERTAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

B.Eng(Hons) in Civil Engineering


Student
Number
(UEL)

U




Matric Number

Module Name
CE 2211
Professional Studies
Type of
coursework
/Reference no.
PS091401
Title of the
coursework

PREPARATION OF PORTFOLIO FOR PDP ACTION PLAN AND SELF
AWARENESS ACTIVITY

Students
Declaration
I certify that this assignment is my own work and where materials have been used from other
resources, they have been properly acknowledged. I also understand that I will face all the
possibility of failing unit if the contents of this assignment are plagiarized.

Signed : ____________________ Date : __________________
Tick as appropriate Marks obtained

Year
One
Year
Two
Year
Three


Date Handout 29
th
SEPT 2014 Date Due 20
th
OCT 2014
Date Received
Students work assessed and
returned/date

Assessors
comments/
Feedback.







Students
comments





Name and
Signature of
Assessor
Kumarason Rasiah
Name and
Signature of
Internal Verifier
Nahushananda Chakravarthy
Date

Date

PERTAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
B.Eng(Hons) in Civil Engineering


Coursework Policies

1. All coursework submitted must include
a. a copy of the full brief given by the module leader (with the signed coversheet)
b. all source material must be cited in the text and a full bibliography of source material (including author, title,
publisher and date) listed at the end of the submission

2. All work must be submitted in the mode instructed by the module leader.

3. Work submitted under the students name must only be the work of that student. All information sources must be
acknowledged. Plagiarism is a serious offence and will render offenders liable to disciplinary action as set out in the Kolej
Universiti Linton (and parent university) rules and regulation.

4. Students MUST keep a copy of all submitted work for reference purposes prior to the original being handed in and returned.
This will provide proof that the work was completed, in the event that the work goes astray.

4. Coursework received after the submission deadline without an authorised time extension will be marked if submitted within
two weeks of the initial deadline. However, the mark awarded will be the minimum (40%). Where the quality of work is below
a pass level (i.e. 40%), a mark of 0-39% will be awarded as appropriate.

5. Whenever a candidate submits work after two weeks without an authorised extension, a mark of zero (0%) will be awarded.
Examiners may comment on the quality of the work for learning purposes.

6. Requests for extensions of submission deadlines must be made in writing prior to the submission deadline to the module
leaders and must be supported by documentary evidence.


Level 2
70%+
First Class
Tightly argued presentation and critical analysis. Identifies and discusses relevant
moral and ethical issues. Excellent relationship of recent research to practice.
Evidence of independent thought on contemporary issues, Comprehensive and
wide-ranging knowledge base of relevant theory.,
60- 69%
Second Class
Upper
Balanced arguments and presentation. Accurate application of relevant theory to
practice issues. Evidence of ability to critically evaluate information.
50-59%
Second Class
Lower
Evidence of ability to apply knowledge to new situations. Sound analysis of
current theory and issues.
40-49%
Third Class
References and bibliography accurately cited. Relevant theory utilised. Evidence
of analysis of practice and ethical issues. Coherently structured and presented
piece of work.
Below
40%
Fails to meet the criteria and requirements of the assignment / exam. Limited
evidence of reading and underpinning knowledge. Limited analysis of evidence.
Misconceptions and basis errors of underpinning theory.
PERTAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
B.Eng(Hons) in Civil Engineering


ASSESSMENT CRITERIA AND GRADING SHEET
(50% OUT OF THE TOTAL WEIGHTING)

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
No. Breakdown of assessment criteria
Weight
(%)
Range of
achievement ()
Marks
Awarded
(%)
Weighted
Marks
(b) x (d)
1st
2nd
U
2nd
L
3rd
1
Preparation of Portfolio Checklist 5%



2
Career Action Plan
Working role
Learning role
Individual role


5%
10%
10%



3
Self Awareness Activity:
Review Skills and Experience
Questionnaire
Rating Skills Questionnaire
SWOT Analysis


10%

10%
10%

4
Personal Development Plan Action Plan
Learning development goal
Development opportunities and action
step
Measurement of success
Target and evidences of achievements


10%
10%

10%
10%




TOTAL 100%



Key to marking ranges:
1
st
Class 70+
2
nd
Class (Upper) 60 - 69
2
nd
Class (Lower) 50 - 59
Third Class 40 49














PERTAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
B.Eng(Hons) in Civil Engineering


ASSIGNMENT BRIEF
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN (PDP)

Title of Assignment: Preparation of portfolio for PDP action plan and self awareness activity.

Learning Outcomes/Assessment Criteria:

Critically reflect upon their own personal professional skills
Experience and aspirations and construct a position statement and a career
development action plan within their Personal Development Plan (PDP)

Highlighted Information:
1. This assignment is an individual work
2. Computer discs to be attached to the work in an envelope or purpose made sleeve
adhered to the rear
3. Harvard Referencing method is mandatory. ALL material gathered from other sources
and presented for assessment in the assignment must be referenced
4. You are reminded of the school policy on late submissions of coursework and on any
hint of plagiarism


Advice on Sources of Information:
1. Cottrell, S. (2003) The Study Skills Handbook, 2nd edition, Palgrave Macmillan,
Basingstoke. ISBN: 1403911355
2. Handy, C. (1999) Understanding Organisations, 4th Edition, Penguin, London. ISBN:
0140156038
3. MARTIN, M.W., 2005, Ethics in Engineering. 4th Ed., McGraw Hill
4. FREDERICK, P., 2007, Project Engineering: The Essential Toolbox for Young
Engineers. Butterworth

Overview:
Personal Development Plan
Personal Development Planning (PDP) is a process that enhances and supports your
experience as a student. By engaging in PDP you will be reviewing, building and reflecting
on your personal and educational development. The process encourages you to take a
step back and reflect on what you have achieved in a structured way. It also involves
clearly identifying your goals and planning the steps you need to take to accomplish them.
It is driven by:
Reflecting: on past skills gained, on successes and failures
Planning: how you are going to develop the skills that you want or need in order to
complete your degree, follow a specific career or achieve a personal goal

PERTAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
B.Eng(Hons) in Civil Engineering


The aim is:
to develop your capacity to understand what and how you are learning
to review and reflect on your own learning successes (and failures)
to use that insight and experience to plan for your own personal, educational and
career development.
Skills and Experience

A skill is the ability to do something; something that you do with difficulty or ease.
Everyone has hundred of skills and most of us overlook many of our skills. In this
assignment you have opportunity to review your skills and reflect on areas of strengths
and areas that needed improvement.

TASK 1
Prepare your portfolio checklist and the following documents must be enclosed in your
portfolio :

Career Action Plan
Self Awareness Activities:
o Review Skills 1 (Questionnaire)
o Review Skills 2-How did I rate my Skills? (Questionnaire)
SWOT Analysis
Evidence of your work experience/Professional/Voluntary work,etc
Misc. correspondence (ex. emails from lecturer/tutor/work place supervisor,etc.
(expressing your satisfaction of work)
[60%]

TASK 2
Prepare your Personal Development (PDP) action plan according to the format given (See
attachment) and keep copies of your completed PDP action plan in your portfolio.
[40%]

Evaluation

Your final grade on the portfolios will reflect your initial checklist preparation (5%), the
completeness of your career action plan (25%), self awareness activity (30%) and the
completeness of your PDP action plan (40%).


Attachment

Portfolio Checklist Format

Size: ~ A4 size. We recommend that you design your format in document format.



PERTAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
B.Eng(Hons) in Civil Engineering


Career Action Plan format



PERTAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
B.Eng(Hons) in Civil Engineering







SWOT Analysis Format















PERTAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
B.Eng(Hons) in Civil Engineering


PDP Action Plan Format



References

All sources must be cited appropriately (see discussion of plagiarism on CE
1201 Skills Academic Learning in Civil Engineering). Here are some general
guidelines.
You must draw on at least 5-peer reviewed sources for your assignment. These
references may include your textbook or other books or peer-reviewed scientific
journal articles from the library or on reserve. "Peer-reviewed" simply means that
other scientists have commented on the appropriateness of the methods and
conclusions prior to publication.
While you can use web sites for additional information, they must be cited
properly and web sites do not count towards the three source minimum. Very few
web sites have any kind of peer-review process to ensure high standards of
scientific methodology

PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism is forbidden. Any ideas not your own must be properly cited. If you take
ideas or actual text from other sources (fellow students, books, articles, web sites) without
citation, you will get no credit for the portfolio. With proper citation style, and writing ideas
in your own words, there should be no reason for plagiarism to happen. If you have any
questions, please talk with your assessors.




PERTAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
B.Eng(Hons) in Civil Engineering


Skills and Experience Review Questionnaire



CE2211 Professional Studies

REVIEW SKILLS 1


Name

UEL ID No. Date of Birth .



What is the main reason you decided to do a Degree?
I intend to do a Master
I need a Degree for my chosen career
Im simply interested in the subject
I didnt want to get a job
I didnt know what else to do
I dont know


What do you intend to do after you have completed your Degree?
A Master
Employment
Retire or Homemaker
Im not sure yet
Are you considering:
All of the above
Master or Employment
Master or Retire or Homemaker
Employment or Retire or Homemaker
Other (please state)


If you are planning to work after your degree programme, do you have
Firm plans for what you will do, i.e. a job offer or a job to return to / continue with
Some plans and ideas, though nothing confirmed yet
A good idea of what you want to do but you havent made any real plans
No clear idea of what you will do yet







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SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
B.Eng(Hons) in Civil Engineering


Do you have any work experience (paid or voluntary)? Yes No

Choose the statement that most closely matches your circumstances:
I have no experience of work at all
I am new to this career path (i.e. you have some work experience but it is unrelated to
the work you will be doing / plan to do)
I am progressing in my chosen career path (i.e. you have some experience directly
related to the work you intend to do and will return to this / you are still doing this)
I am changing career (i.e. you have significant work experience but this is not directly
related to your new career)
I have come to the end of my career

Do you have any experience related to your degree or research field? Yes No


Consider the list of skill areas below and rate yourself based on your perceived level of expertise
and whether you consider each one to be a priority for your development:

1: No experience
2: Limited experience
3: Working knowledge
4: Proficient
5: Expert

Academic Skills

Identifying and locating research materials
1 2 3 4 5 Priority area

Academic writing
1 2 3 4 5 Priority area

Formulating research questions
1 2 3 4 5 Priority area

Literature Review
1 2 3 4 5 Priority area

Bibliographic skills
1 2 3 4 5 Priority area


IT Skills
AutoCad
1 2 3 4 5 Priority area

Word
1 2 3 4 5 Priority area




PERTAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
B.Eng(Hons) in Civil Engineering


Excel
1 2 3 4 5 Priority area

PowerPoint
1 2 3 4 5 Priority area

Access
1 2 3 4 5 Priority area

Any related CE software ( please state)
1 2 3 4 5 Priority area


Careers
CV writing
1 2 3 4 5 Priority area

Application Forms
1 2 3 4 5 Priority area

Interviews
1 2 3 4 5 Priority area

Searching for jobs in your chosen career
1 2 3 4 5 Priority area

Networking
1 2 3 4 5 Priority area

Personal and career development
1 2 3 4 5 Priority area


Other

Please make a note here of other areas in which you consider you have relevant skills or
experience and/or need further development.















PERTAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
B.Eng(Hons) in Civil Engineering


Skills and Experience Review Exercise


CE2211 Professional Studies

EXERCISE 2: HOW DO I RATE MY SKILLS?


Name

UEL ID No. Date of Birth .

Purpose:

In this exercise you have opportunity to review your skills and reflect on areas of
strengths and areas that needed improvement. It would be timely to re-evaluate
these skills and see where you need to focus your energy on gaining a new skill
that will help you to fulfill your goal, task or project.
(Adopted from Goldsmith, University of London, 2008)

Direction:
This questionnaire consists of series of questions and should take you about 10-15
minutes to complete (although theres no time limit). Read each statement and
rate yourself using 1-5 scale, with 1 being Strongly Agree and 5 being Strongly
Disagree on how well the statement describes you, not on what you think the
answer should be.





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SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
B.Eng(Hons) in Civil Engineering







PERTAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
B.Eng(Hons) in Civil Engineering