Qualification

Are we filling the pipeline with a capable “Next Generation Workforce?”

Are we filling the pipeline with a capable “Next Generation Workforce?”
Are we filling the pipeline with a capable “Next Generation Workforce?”
“For the first time in the history of mankind, there are four generations in the workforce. There are 35 million Traditionalists (Silent Gen) and 84 million Baby Boomers, the largest number of workers, which began to retire in 2010-11. There are 68 million Generation Xers and 79 million Generation Yers (Millennials as they are better known). There...

Life Long Learning and Career Development in Using a Web-Based Knowledge Network

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stein & Partner
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stein & Partner
The paper deals with Life Long Learning (Vocational Education and Training (VET) system) by providing adaptive learning resources for work-based learning in the water industry. The emphasis is on the presentation of concepts, methodology and media examples. The necessity to develop such a concept is directly connected to the huge qualification...

Changing How we Educate Engineers in Industry

Rosen
Rosen
All professional engineers make a commitment to maintain and enhance their competence by undertaking ‘Continuing Professional Development (CPD)’. CPD is the process of managing, and documenting the skills, knowledge and experience that a member of staff gains, both formally and informally. It is not simply training (learning how to do something...

Editorial: Qualification in the pipeline industry

Editorial 2-2018
Editorial 2-2018
Studies indicate that we in the international pipeline industry are heading for a shortage of well-trained engineers and scientists. On the one hand, this is due to the fact that in recent years there have been fewer and fewer young people starting engineering or scientific studies, and on the other hand to the fact that the scope of tasks has...