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PROFILE : My journey to Professional Registration - Innocent Gininda

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Innocent Gininda shares his journey to becoming a registered Professional Engineer (PrEng), emphasizing the importance of mentorship, early preparation, and understanding ECSA requirements. He offers advice to aspiring PrEngs, highlighting the value of diverse feedback and a positive mindset. My journey to becoming a registered Professional Engineer (PrEng) culminated successfully in November 2024. I was fortunate to begin my career at a company with a Commitment and Undertaking (C&U) Agreement with ECSA and a robust mentorship program. This commitment to training engineers to the standard required for Professional Registration provided me with essential resources and a structured path to track my experience against ECSA requirements. Early exposure to these expectations instilled a positive outlook on registration and solidified my desire to achieve this milestone. My views on Professional Registration have remained consistently positive throughout this journey. Working alongside ...
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CAREERTIPS: Construction Employer's tips on ingredients for career success

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Construction Employer representative Chris Wilcock shares his tips on ingredients that can position hardhatPROFESSIONALS for career success.

People skills

As a hardhatPROFESSIONAL you communicate daily with a variety of stakeholders - subcontractors, suppliers, Engineers / Contractors (depending on which role you are in), Clients, community members, PSC members, employees and so on. All these stakeholders  are vital to the success of any project therefore developing an ability to interact with people from a variety of backgrounds positions you for success

Toughness.

The working conditions in the hardhatINDUSTRY can be arduous: the working hours are long and there are a variety of problems to solve at any given moment. All of this requires someone who demonstrates toughness through an attitude of persistence and never giving up till the end.


ALSO READ: 5 ingredients that have positioned a Hardhat Professional for career success

Technical expertise

To be a successful hardhatPROFESSIONAL you need to be technically excellent and a master of your field .Technical expertise is developed through continual studying and development.

Honesty and integrity

Resist going for a quick buck you will be better off building a reputation that will stand you in good stead in the long term.


Don't over-promise. 

Commit to what you will do and then deliver!

Chris Wilcock is Group Project Manager at WSSA


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