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February 25th, 2009 » CDR Preparation

Competency Demonstration Report (CDR)

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

Writing a CDR – Secrets of Success

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

CDR Writing Style for Engineers Australia – An Example

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

Understand Engineers Australia Code of Ethics when preparing CDRs

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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