Category Archives: professional review

MORE MENTEES JOIN SUREPATH

We are pleased to announce two new engineers are now receiving mentoring support from Dr Andy Goodwin of Surepath. Andy is a highly experienced mentor and Supervising Civil Engineer (SCE), as well as being a seasoned reviewer for the ICE. One of the new mentees has sought Andy out to provide short term mentoring support targeted just at preparing for the Spring review session. In contrast the other is setting out on a longer journey as he captures and documents many years of experience relative to the Attributes that will need to be demonstrated to be successful at an ICE professional review for chartered status. Despite their diverse requirements, both individuals will benefit from Andy’s experience and friendly guidance, which will draw on all aspects of his experience. If you are in need of mentoring, or need a mentor for your staff, then please contact Andy on 01246 807808 or email him at andy.goodwin@surepathtraining.co.uk.  He will happily talk you through what we could do for you to add value to your existing arrangements and processes, without any obligation.

COURSES TO ASSIST ICE PROFESSIONAL REVIEW PREPARATIONS

We have scheduled two courses in February 2016 that should in particular assist delegates in their preparations for their ICE professional reviews. In brief the courses comprise:
  • Essentials of Project Management on 1 February 2016; this full day course costs only £220 + VAT per delegate, and would be of use too to young professionals interested in project management
  • The ICE Professional Review – Preparing for the Interview on 4 February 2015; limited to a maximum of 4 delegates, this course includes individual feedback on both the draft review report submitted by each delegate and on their performance during the mock interview; it costs £295 + VAT per delegate
Both courses are scheduled to run in Chesterfield. Discounts are available for group bookings or delegates attending more than one course. Please call or email us to reserve your place on a course. More courses are available – see here for our 2016 calendar of public courses or here for our full list of courses including those available on a bespoke basis.

PRICES HELD FOR 2016

We are pleased to announce that our Course Calendar for 2016 is now available for download from here or from the bottom left of our web site pages. You will be pleased to know that:
  • prices have been held at 2015 levels;
  • discounts are available for group bookings or delegates attending more than one course;
  • more open courses are being offered; and
  • a wider geographic spread of course venues is to be used.
We are still offering bespoke courses to suit your needs too, so if you wish to run a course just for your team then feel free to call us to discuss your needs. See our full list of courses for ideas. We look forward to seeing you in 2016.

MOCK INTERVIEW COURSES FOR MAJOR CONSULTANCY

Surepath Training have for many years been providing mock interview training courses across the UK for a major international consultancy. Typically three or four courses per year are run, for three or four delegates each time. Delivered by our Dr Andy Goodwin, who is a very experienced ICE reviewer, the aim of each course is to re-cap the review process and provide candidates with tips for success, before each candidate undergoes a full length mock interview based on their draft professional review submission. Individual feedback is provided to each candidate on their submission and performance at interview, to maximise their chances of success at review. Though necessarily challenging the courses are always well received by the candidates and the course contributes to the high success rate of candidates sitting their reviews. If you would like to develop a similar course for your company please contact Andy and he will be pleased to discuss how we could help. Alternatively if you have only a small number or occasional candidates we do run our own open course bi-annually – just contact us for more details.

BESPOKE FOUNDATION ENGINEERING COURSE FOR THE COAL AUTHORITY

We are currently running a bespoke course on foundation engineering for The Coal Authority over two days. We worked with them to design a course that met their specific needs, was tailored for a small group, and which provided excellent value. It includes too information on the new British Standards for retaining walls and foundations. The course has received excellent feedback and it is now being developed further into a new course to be delivered from 2016 onwards. If you have even a small group of people needing training then contact us to discuss how we may be able to bespoke a course to suit your needs whilst making it cost-effective too.

NEW ICE TRAINING SCHEME DOCUMENTS

Those pursuing professional qualification with the ICE, whether on a formal training scheme or not, may not be aware that the ICE has over recent months been updating its suite of guidance documents. The main documents we feel may be of use are listed below, all of which are available to download for free if you are a membe: We appreciate that if you are not on a training scheme with a Supervising Civil Engineer then you may not be familiar with the routes and may need some support. If you have any such mentoring support needs or feel a course wold assist you then feel free to contact our Andy Goodwin on 01246 807808 for some free initial guidance . Alternatively you can contact us via the contact page on the web site.

BESPOKE COURSE SUCCESS

We recently ran a bespoke version of our ever-popular ‘Mentoring on Geotechnics for Engineering Geologists’ course for a major consultancy in one of their regional offices. What was different about that course? By working with them we found a way to deliver it cost-effectively for us both even though they only had two staff needing training. Quality was not compromised, and as ever feedback from the course was excellent. If you have just two or three people needing training then contact us to discuss how we may be able to bespoke a course to suit your needs whilst making it cost-effective too.

MENTORING ACROSS THE UK

July and August are set prove interesting as we continue to provide our mentoring support to engineers from across the UK who are pursuing chartership with the ICE. In addition to running an open course on preparing for your professional review  (and running a bespoke version of it in London for a major consultancy) we will be travelling across the UK seeing our mentees. Our travels will take us to places such as Aberdeen, Loughborough and Slough. We are pleased to announce too that we have recently taken on support to a Derbyshire based senior engineer. We are really looking forward to challenging and guiding them all to achieve success as soon as possible. To find out more about the mentoring services we can provide to you or your staff please contact Andy Goodwin on 01246 807808. Alternatively contact us via the contact page on the web site.

LEEDS LEP TRAINING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

We are pleased to confirm that Surepath Training is now registered to deliver training for the LEP skills service. Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has launched a service that provides skills support to small and medium sized businesses. The LEP skills service helps businesses to identify their skills needs based on their business growth objectives and then find the right training solution. Small and medium sized business based in the Leeds City Region that have a budget to put towards training could be eligible for funding of between £500 and £50,000. To find out more about the LEP skills service and apply, visit: www.the-lep.com/skillsservice The LEP skills service will provide funding to those businesses that are poised for growth and will support collaborative proposals too. A grant will only be granted if an employer cash contribution is provided. The contribution must be a least equal to the level of grant. The minimum amount of grant that a business can apply for is £1,000, unless the business is a micro SME (less than 10 employers and has a turnover of less than 2 million EUR). The maximum grant amount that any one business can apply for is £50,000, cumulatively (multiple applications are allowed as long as the maximum grant amount is not exceeded). Please note that all skills service applications are subject to approval panels and are assessed on a case by case basis. To find out more about the above funding for training courses, please contact Andy Goodwin at Surepath Training, on 01246 807808. Alternatively contact us via the contact page on the web site.

COURSES FROM JULY TO SEPTEMBER 2015

Though the summer break is almost upon us we have a selection of courses coming up from July to September that we hope you will find useful and interesting:
  • LAST CALL…Retaining wall design to EC7 on 20 July 2015, costing £220 + VAT per person
  • The ICE Professional Review – Preparing for the Interview on 7 August 2015: this is an intensive course for a maximum of 4 candidates looking to sit their ICE professional review in Autumn 2015; delegates receive feedback on their draft reports and will undertake a mock interview, all for £295 + VAT per person
  • CDM 2015 for Designers on 7 September 2015, costing £220 + VAT per person
  • Slope Stability – Principles & Practice on 21 September 2015, costing £220 + VAT per person
Please contact us to book onto any of these course or for more information. All are running in Chesterfield. Discounts are available for group bookings or delegates attending more than one course.