Competency Demonstration Report (CDR) Electrical Engineer

Career episode format

Each career episode should be in essay form and not

formatted into a table.

Each career episode should follow the format below:

a) Introduction (approx. 100 words)

This introduces the reader to the career episode and

should include such things as:

• the chronology - the dates and duration of the career

episode;

• the geographical location where the experience

was gained;

• the name of the organisation;

• the title of the position occupied by you.

b) Background (200–500 words)

This sets the scene and provides the context in which

you have been studying/working. It should include such

things as:

• the nature of the overall engineering project;

• the objectives of the project;

• the nature of your particular work area;

• a chart of the organisational structure highlighting

your position, in relation to the career episode;

• a statement of your duties (provide an official duty

statement where available).

c) Personal Engineering Activity (500–1000 words)

This is the body of the narrative and the key assessable

component. In this section you must describe in detail

the actual work performed by you. You should state

what you did and then describe how you did it. It is

not sufficient to describe the activities performed

by a team or group - your own role must be clearly

identified. Remember it is your own personal engineering

competencies that are being assessed.

This section should include such things as:

• how you applied your engineering knowledge

and skills;

• the tasks delegated to you and how you went about

accomplishing them;

• any particular technical difficulties/problems you

encountered and how you solved them;

• strategies devised by you including any original or

creative design work;

• how you worked with other team members.

d) Summary (50–100 words)

This section sums up your impressions of the

engineering activity and your role in it. It should include

such things as:

• your view of the overall project;

• how the project fared in meeting the goals /

requirements;

• how your personal role contributed to the project.

Electrical Engineering Report Writing Technical Writing

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