posted on 2016-04-19, 11:36authored byBrian Reed, Emily Fereday
One of the roles of engineering institutions is the registration and regulation of engineering professionals, assessing their competence in both technical and management areas. A similar approach is being promoted for professional humanitarian engineers, identifying core competencies relevant to emergency relief work. This would improve standards in the workforce, allow training and experience to be independently evaluated, and facilitate the careers of people working in a very mobile sector. Using the experiences of RedR UK in recruiting and training humanitarian engineers, this paper explores the skills, knowledge and other attributes that distinguish an enthusiastic but ill-informed and inexperienced person from somebody with the expertise to work efficiently, effectively and ethically in a challenging humanitarian context.
History
School
Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Published in
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering
Volume
169
Issue
5
Pages
49 - 56
Citation
REED, B. and FEREDAY, E., 2016. Developing professional competencies for humanitarian engineers. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering, 169 (5), pp.49-56.
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