February 25th, 2009 » CDR Preparation
A Competency Demonstration Report (CDR) is required by Engineers Australia to assess the competency of an engineer with overseas qualifications not covered by the Washington Accord.
What is a Competency Demonstration Report (CDR) ?
It is not just one single written report.
A Competency Demonstration Report (CDR) is a collection of the following documents.
the CDR Application Form.
a signed [...]
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December 16th, 2008 » CDR Preparation
Preparing competency demonstration reports (CDRs) required by Engineers Australia for qualification assessment for engineers migrating to Australia baffles everyone.
People writing career episodes go into a state of mind-numbness at the seeming complexity of the task. They forget basic principles of report writing.
Let’s have a look at basic report writing.
Report Writing 101
The fundamentals of writing any [...]
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October 24th, 2008 » CDR Preparation
A competency demonstration report (CDR) requires migrant engineers applying to Engineers Australia to write three career episode reports (CERs). Here is an example of writing style for a career episode report (CER). This example is taken from Engineers Australia website.
The purpose of the CDR is to demonstrate:
• how you have applied your engineering knowledge and [...]
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October 10th, 2008 » CDR Preparation
In preparing competency demonstration reports (CDR) when applying to Engineers Australia for qualification assessment, it will help if you are familiar with ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA – CODE OF ETHICS. Australian employers will expect you be understand and follow the behaviours in the code of ethics, even if you are not a member of Engineers Australia. The [...]
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