b'Member News March 2020 11Professional DevelopmentFrom the military to industry:how IEng helped showcase my skillsJohn Woodman BSc IEng MIET used Professional Registration to translate his military qualifications and achievements into terms the civilian sector would understand.As Trials Engineer at HENSOLDT UK, JohnsUpon joining the REME apprenticeship, John role has taken him around the world, fromalso became a member of the IET. Through the Caribbean to Brazil and Singapore, yetthe IETs close relationship with the Corps, the prospect of global travel wasnt new; hisweve put in place a Special Registration career began in the Armed Forces.Agreement for REME personnel to follow an approved professional engineering A REME apprenticeship development pathway towards IEng and Joining the Armys Corps of Royal ElectricalChartered Engineer (CEng) Professional and Mechanical Engineers (REME)Registration. Therefore, hed been recording apprenticeship scheme to train as anhis achievements and gathering evidence electronics technician at 16, John spent thetowards Professional Registration from the following 12 years in various postings acrossstart of his career.the UK and overseas, working on everythingMy Corps was very career andfrom ground-based air defense to theacademically focused. We always kept our Challenger 2 main battle tank.military CV up to date, which meant that A professional engineeringwhen it came around to gathering evidence development pathwayin preparation for my IEng application, the information was already there, he says. Receiving both experiential and academicJohn Woodman BSc IEng MIET, Trials Engineer at HENSOLDT UK.learning through the REME apprenticeship,Support with his IEng application John achieved an NVQ 3 in electrical andTo present this information in the rightelectronics engineering/maintenance and anway, John took advantage of several IET HNC before heading to the Open Universityresources including the online professionalProfessionally its done me a lot to complete a BSc in Electronics Systemdevelopment tool Career Manager and an of favours. Just having IEng on Engineering.IET Professional Registration Advisor (PRA). your business card lets clients After leaving the Army in 2019 to start hisOver two months, John and the PRA know you operate at a certain first job in the real world, he began hisshaped his experience and accolades intoapplication for Incorporated Engineer (IEng)an industry standard IEng application. Alevel and means more people Professional Registration.further two months later, John received theare interested in your technical Translating his military career intonews; his application had been successful. opinion and exchanging ideas. Its civilian speakNew career goals definitely opened a lot of doors.I started my application then as I had Now an Incorporated Engineer, John is this list of great qualifications andcontinuing down his own CPD path.achievements, but to anyone outside of the Army or Ministry of Defense it meant veryIm doing a lot of CPD through work, heJohns full interview is available little, he says. I knew I had to convert thesesays. But also undertaking several external into civilian speak, something that industrycourses by the IET. Ill definitely keep pushingto watch now on IET.tv. Watchwould be able to look at and understand myself, I still have several more career goalsat: theiet.org/johnwoodmanthe value of. to work towards. or scan the QR code.'