Graduate Program in Engineering

A program of non technical skills for the real world of work

EEA’s Graduate Program in Engineering is a structured program delivered over two years to expedite the transition of graduates into the workplace through a strong focus on non-technical competencies to improve their capability to:

• Influence internal & external stakeholders
• Work effectively in teams
• Understand business drivers
• Ensure personal productivity
• Understand themselves and others

Do you want graduates to develop a real world understanding quickly, commence their journey toward CPEng and accelerate their learning through mentoring?  Working with EEA to deliver your induction/graduate program delivers a range of benefits:

• No need to worry about logistics
• Active management of participants
• Access to a wide range of expert facilitators
• Specialists at working with engineers
• Training and support to establish an active mentoring program

Learn more about the Graduate Program by:

• Target Audience

• Course outline

• Harvard ManageMentor

• In-house delivery

Target Audience for Graduate Program

The graduate program is specifically designed for engineering teams and delivered within an engineering context.  It is designed to assist recent graduates with up to four years experience.

Organisations that are seeking to outsource elements of their graduate programs to a specialist in learning for engineering teams and organisations.
 

Course Outline

Course Outline for Graduate Program

The Graduate Program in Engineering is delivered over two years and contains a number of unique elements including:

• A management overview session for managers, HR managers and supervisors of graduate to ensure they are fully informed about the objectives of the program.

• The Business Improvement Project ensures that graduates integrate all they have learned throughout the program with a project that gets them thinking about the business.

• Mentoring half-day workshop for the mentors of graduates to provide tools and techniques for effective mentoring along with providing clear guidance on the difference to supervision or coaching.

• Graduates are signed on to Engineers Australia PDP Program in the second year to supports their journey toward CPEng and enables assessment of a draft career episode report.

• Assignment of pre-work for many of the workshop sessions that requires graduates to come prepared so that the maximum can be extracted from the time with our expert facilitators.

• Expert facilitators experienced at working with engineering teams with a main facilitator who delivers all but the writing and engineering planning and design workshops.

• Reporting for organisations on how their graduates are embracing the program and their interaction with online resources.

Year One Workshop Program

1. Planning Your Career
2. Mentoring for Graduates
3. Understanding Self & Others
4. Professional Writing
5. Communication & Presentation Skills

Year Two Workshop Program

1. Engineering Planning & Design
2. Ethical Decision Making
3. Business Acumen
4. Professional Writing
5. Managing Your Career

Graduate Program and Harvard ManageMentor

Harvard ManageMentor is an important element of the Graduate Program in Engineering with 2 year access for the graduates and 1-year access for their mentors.  It is an online learning and performance support resource that delivers critical management skills where and when it is needed.

Featuring expert advice from world-renowned business leaders and using audio-downloads, video clips, interactive activities and other practical tools, learners have access to information they can use immediately to address the issues they face that day.

View Harvard ManageMentor modules

In-House Delivery of the Graduate Program in Engineering

EEA offers organisations the opportunity to deliver the Graduate Program in Engineering to an in-house cohort of graduates.  Several organisations have taken advantage of the increased flexibility to:

• Customise to their context
• Include non technical graduates on the program
• On the delivery dates and timeframes
• Build a graduate “team’ within the business
• Change the workshops to reflect their specific requirements

Make an In-House enquiry

Testimonials

The Graduate Program in Engineering provides a unique opportunity for Engineers to network with their colleagues, strengthen their relationship with managers and mentors, add value to their organisation by completing a work-based project for a unique ‘Organisational Issue’ and to start their journey towards Professional Formation and Chartered Status.

Registration

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