Cost of Course

Engineers Ireland & Engineers Skillnet Members: €300

Engineers Ireland or Engineers Skillnet Members: €350

Non-Members of Engineers Ireland or Engineers Skillnet: €400

 

Course Description

Engineers Ireland’s dynamic one-day programme “Mentoring for Professional development” distils best-practice as observed among over 100 leading CPD Accredited employers in Ireland and incorporates the best practice European model.  Unlike other Mentoring training programmes, this course focuses on the behaviours, patterns and influences which enable high performance.  Attendees leave equipped with the tools and the confidence to begin to Mentor others.

 

The course covers:

• The practicalities of adult learning
  
• Understanding the concepts of Shaping and Modeling
  
• Why Mentoring is the developmental tool of choice for hi-potentials
  
• The hidden pitfalls of Coaching without Mentoring
• The qualities and competencies of a good Mentor
  
• What a successful Mentoring meeting looks like
  
• The ‘must do’ steps to ensure your Mentoring process works
  
• Roles and responsibilities: Line Management and HR
  
• What the mentee needs to know
• Mentoring engineers towards a Professional Title e.g. Chartered Engineer

 

Who should attend?

Mentoring is suitable for anyone who is on a significant ‘learning curve’ i.e. undergoing induction, career progression, new projects, working towards achieving a registered Professional Title, on a stretch assignment or within change programmes.

 

Facilitator

Aidan Harney, MIITD, is the Manager of the CPD Accredited Employer standard in Ireland. This innovative scheme, co-funded by Engineers Ireland and the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment, creates lasting partnerships with employers to stimulate and recognise good practices in Training & Development for engineers and technicians. As a former management consultant, Aidan has delivered tailored training solutions to major blue-chip clients, multinationals and indigenous employers. He is a former Training Officer in the financial sector and his own current CPD involves a MBS in Human Resource Strategies. He is passionate about the benefits of Mentoring as a development tool; enjoys having a Mentor and acts as a volunteer Mentor for management of a national young person's charity.