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Competency Demonstration Report

Career Episode No.

Dates and Duration of Career Episode: This career episode took place during the period from August 2004 to November 2006.

Geographic Location: The geographic location of this career episode was Yutang County, in the Peoples Republic of China.

Title of Position: Telecommunications Engineer

Nature of the Overall Engineering Project: Telecommunications Network Update

The overarching objective of this project was to analyse the design and plan of current telecommunications networks and systems to identify opportunities for the use of innovative telecommunications technologies. This overarching objective was further supported by several goals, including the identification of relevant ISO standards and how these standards could best be applied to the company's operations.

Nature of My Particular Work Area: In this career episode, I was assigned responsibilities for identifying opportunities for improving the performance of the company's existing telecommunications networks and systems that were congruent with ISO 9001: 2008, standards and company goals.

Organisational Chart Highlighting My Position:

Statement of Duties: My duties at the Yutang Chemical Production Co., Ltd. included, but were not limited to, the following activities:

1. Planning, designing, building, configuring and commissioning telecommunications devices, networks and systems, such as voice, radio, two-way, data, microwave, satellite and digital data systems, and ensuring telecommunications systems interconnect with equipment from different manufacturers, service providers and users;

2. Compiling engineering project proposals to define goals, identify scope, background and need, and ascertain cost of equipment, parts and services;

3. Evaluating and procuring new products and services from vendors;

4. Ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, policies and procedures in the provision of telecommunications systems;

5. Selecting and developing new telecommunications sites by locating sites, filing documents, drawing up documents for approval, drafting construction drawings and following through to approval;

6. Determining appropriate configurations of telecommunications hardware and software, ensuring desired performance of telecommunications equipment;

7. Preparing and interpreting specifications, drawings and regulations for the use of telecommunications equipment;

8. Determining the type and arrangement of circuits, transformers, circuit-breakers, transmission lines and equipment;

9. Identifying and analysing problems and needs of existing telecommunications systems, such as interference, intelligibility and clarity, to determine the most appropriate means of reducing, eliminating and avoiding current and future problems and improve communications;

10. Monitoring telecommunications systems to assess need for updates, upgrades, enhancements, preventive maintenance and new systems;

11. Assessing performance levels of system hardware and software to project future needs, and developing short- and long-terms plans for updating equipment, adding capabilities, enhancing existing systems and providing improved telecommunications; and,

12. Other duties as assigned.

c)

Personal Engineering Activity

Actual Work Performed: This project was divided into three discrete phases as follows:

1. A preliminary assessment of existing telecommunications network and systems was performed;

2. A review of the available technologies was performed in order to identify potential alternatives; and,

3. Recommendations were formulated concerning all superior alternatives to achieving the project goals.

Application of Engineering Knowledge and Skills: This engineering project required a comprehensive comparative analysis of the company's existing telecommunications network in order to identify any bottlenecks and constraints to productivity and performance as well as to identify any opportunities for resolving these through the introduction of alternative technologies such as WiMAX.

Delegated Tasks and How They Were Accomplished: Because this project was part of my overall job description, it was assigned to me directly with no subordinate assistance offered or required; therefore, no tasks were delegated as part of this engineering project.

Technical Difficulties/Problems Encountered and Resolution: One of the major problems that was encountered during the research phase of this engineering project was the highly dynamic nature of the supporting technologies that were needed to identify optimal solutions, many of which appeared to be interim in nature as upgrades and improvements were being introduced on a virtually daily basis by vendors and software engineers. At some point, though, a decision must be made concerning what technologies afforded the best solution based on performance, cost and compatibility and the strategies described below were used for this purpose.

Strategies Used: In order to develop appropriate recommendations for the company's top management, each of the potential alternatives identified during the research phase was carefully weighted using a scale that included factors such as any superior performance characteristics, cost, as well as the amount of time that was required for its deployment, implementation and administration. To help ensure that the weights assigned to each technology were fair and accurate and were not influenced by researcher bias, I had two other colleagues review the specifications and assign their own weights which were then compared with my original assignments to ensure congruence between these evaluations.

Collaboration with Other Team Members: As noted above, although this was an individual assignment, I collaborated with several other team members concerning their views on the alternative technologies that were reviewed to develop appropriate weights for the analysis and subsequent recommendations to management. This process helped to ensure inter-rater reliability and these ratings were also presented to management as part of the engineering project's overall findings and recommendations.

d)

Summary

Personal Impressions of the Engineering Activity and My Role: Besides providing valuable guidance to the company's management, this project was also a valuable personal learning lesson for me that provided a snapshot of current and future trends in telecommunications technologies as well as how these technologies can be applied to different engineering scenarios.

View of the Overall Project: This was a timely project that helped to ensure that the company's telecommunications network was optimally configured.

Success of the Project in Meeting Its Goals/Requirements: Based on my analysis of the weighted assessments, ultimately three recommendations were provided to the company's management, all of which offered some level of improvement over the existing network configuration with one alternative representing a superior solution.

How My Role Contributed to the Project: Overall, this project was deemed highly successful by me as well as the company's executive leadership team based on the fact that one of the three recommendations was approved for adoption company-wide.

Career Episode No. 2

a)

Introduction

Dates and Duration of Career Episode: This career episode took place during the period from January 2007 to February 2010

Geographic Location: Wujin District Caojing Bridge Industrial Park, Changzhou, Changzhou, Jiangsu, Peoples Republic of China

Name of Organisation: Changzhou Weike Chemical Co., Ltd.

Title of Position: Telecommunications Engineer

b)

Background

Nature of the Overall Engineering Project: The basic nature of the responsibilities involved in this career episode was to ensure that all statutory requirements were being complied with by the company, and to ensure that all relevant risk potentials were minimized. In addition, the overall engineer project was focused on ensuring that the business was operated in the most cost-effective manner possible.

Nature of My Particular Work Area: Because the various product lines that are manufactured by this company are extremely hazardous to manufacture and transport, the company's business activities are highly regulated by the Chinese national government, including the requirement that all corporate vehicles have global position system modules installed and operational and that these systems be integrated into the company's telecommunications network to provide real-time data concerning driver/vehicle status.

Organisational Chart Highlighting My Position:

Statement of Duties: My duties at Changzhou Weike Chemical Co., Ltd. included, but were not limited to, the following:

1. Planning, designing, building, configuring and commissioning telecommunications devices, networks and systems, including voice, radio, two-way, data, microwave, satellite as well as digital data systems; in addition, responsibilities included ensuring that telecommunications systems efficiently interconnect with equipment from different manufacturers, service providers and users;

2. Compiling engineering project proposals to define goals, identify scope, background and need, and ascertain cost of equipment, parts and services;

3. Evaluating and procuring new products and services from vendors;

4. Preparing and interpreting specifications, drawings and regulations for the use of telecommunications equipment;

5. Ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, policies and procedures in the provision of telecommunications systems;

6. Determining appropriate configurations of telecommunications hardware and software, ensuring desired performance of telecommunications equipment;

7. Selecting and developing new telecommunications sites by locating sites, filing documents, drawing up documents for approval, drafting construction drawings and following through to approval;

8. Determining the type and arrangement of circuits, transformers, circuit-breakers, transmission lines and equipment;

9. Identifying and analysing problems and needs of existing telecommunications systems, such as interference, intelligibility and clarity, to determine the most appropriate means of reducing, eliminating and avoiding current and future problems and improve communications;

10. Monitoring telecommunications systems to assess need for updates, upgrades, enhancements, preventive maintenance and new systems;

11. Assessing performance levels of system hardware and software to project future needs, and developing short- and long-terms plans for updating equipment, adding capabilities, enhancing existing systems and providing improved telecommunications; and,

12. Other duties as assigned.

c)

Personal Engineering Activity

Actual Work Performed: In order to achieve the overarching goals of this project, I developed a driver and traveler information application that provided relevant travel times, vehicle status and reported any untoward incidents that occurred in the company's vehicles as well… READ MORE

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