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Construction and the Built Environment
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The Reflective Development Report is to be an A4 word-processed document. The selection of front face
and font size is at the student’s discretion, but clarity and professional appearance should be kept in mind.
Any images, drawings, graphics or text that are derived from other sources must be suitably referenced
using a standard form of citation.
Your Reflective Development Report should not exceed 2,500 words. While you will not be penalized
for exceeding the total word limit, you must keep in mind that being clear and concise are key features of
professional documents. You may use images, charts, graphics, drawings and other media as appropriate.
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o a record of 360-degree feedback with employer/tutor
o areas of good practice or areas for improvement, identified through reflection and analysis
o Future development goals comprising an update of ‘long-term’ goals based on reflection.
Task 1 Evaluate your learning style and its implications on your personal development.
1. Examine your learning style using the two options provided on line, compare
the results and from this sort out how you learn new material.
2. Consider how you have learned new skills or information recently probably with a new
telephone or I pad or similar. At what point did you give up and read the instructions?
3. Comment on how useful you have found the instructions; this might need you to look
again at your evaluation of your own learning methods.
4. Visit the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personal Development) web site (CIPD.co.uk and
go into the section for cpd Continual Personal Development). Examine how you have
added to your skills and knowledge during your work. Relate this back to your learning
styles and briefly outline what would be the most effective way for you to learn new
methods, technologies, legal and commercial requirements.
5. Discuss and analyse training and development needs of your employer or potential
employer
https://simplelifestrategies.com/sls-learningstyle/?cn-reloaded=1
http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles-quiz.shtml
Task 2: Evaluating your own skills and competence.
https://www.123test.com/competency-test/
or Competency-based interviews | Prospects.ac.uk
1. Undertake the competency test given above
2. What do you already know and what evidence do you have to show that you have this
knowledge. Here you should show your qualifications and just as important your work
history to show what skills and experience you have. The skills may include “soft skills”
like good communicator, good team worker even quick learner so that you can readily
adapt as new skills are needed.
3. What would like to know and how can you get this information? Look particularly at your
current employer and any training that they would encourage you to take. For example,
health and safety, first aid, BIM training, use of CAD etc. (Develop SMART goals to meet
personal and employer needs)
4. From this you can develop a personal development plan for the next 3 years. This is your
first attempt to do this.
5. Compare this (4) with the additional skills and knowledge your employer (or potential
employer) needs at present and might need in the near future? Is there a way that you
could acquire such skills? This should now be added to your personal development plan,
however you may also consider that other potential employers may need additional skills
beyond your present level and that might also be part of your further personal development
plan
6. Once you have developed your Personal Development Plan in full. This will form the
main part of your report for assignment 2 and should be discussed with your tutor and
the training supervisor at work and justify your choice of career path.
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Suggested length not more than 2000 words excluding references and appendices. This will form the
main basis for the final part of the assignment. This will also form the basis of a discussion with your tutor
on future plans and how the college may be able to help
• https://www.cipd.co.uk/learn/cpd
• Training vs development.
• Personal need vs employer need. Identifying personal needs:
• Skills audit. https://careersmart.org.uk/tools/career-test-skills-audit or
• https://reachvolunteering.org.uk/guide/how-complete-skills-audit
TASK 3
This is very simple just prepare a plan for future development based on all the information
you have put into the first two parts of the assignment. Compare the expectations that you
yourself have with those indicated by your tutor and employer or potential employer).
Suggested length 1000 words.
Please make sure that you have managed your own personal development through the course of the
work-based learning experience and review your own progress and development while preparing a
plan for future development.
TASK 4
The Final section should be a reflection of your learning during the course and should be the
conclusion to your report. It could include an evaluation of your career goals and discuss in
difference between these and the needs of your employer (or potential employer). In doing
so, you must assess your own learning and development through reflection and 360-degree
feedback. Finally, critically assess your own learning and development and show where
things have gone well or where you need to change your approach
End of Assignment
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