Organises own professional development/training plan to achieve a negotiated outcome with consideration of personal priorities and demands on time
Actively seeks feedback from others as a way of improving performance, e.g. approaches peers, manager, customers
Gathers information on a range of courses, assessing and comparing them in order to inform and refine learning pathway
Cooperative(interacting in groups)
Takes a leadership role in professional/technical networks, project teams
Uses a range of formal techniques to collaborate effectively with others to complete a multi-layered research task
Actively elicits the views of others in relation to a specific problem
Procedural(performing tasks)
Improves on work or study routine, drawing on insights gained from previous experiences
Experiments with different strategies, e.g. draws a picture to help understand a problem, or works backwards from a possible solution or identifies a concrete example of an abstract problem
Technical (using tools and technology)
Uses a range of computer based information systems and collaborative tools as an aide to learning, e.g. email, blogs, wikis, discussion boards, online training programs
Accesses and scans a number of Internet sites to evaluate suitability for research purposes
Uses organisational file sharing and storage systems
Keeps record of new technical terms or procedures encountered through independent study
Systems(interacting in organisations)
Uses library systems efficiently and effectively to access relevant resources
Provides feedback to Training Manager regarding relevance of a training course, with suggestions for improvement
Public(interacting with the wider community)
Identifies bias, misrepresentation in information sources
Identifies and uses a range of community resources for information and advice, e.g. financial planning, men's/women's health line, government websites