b'Member News July 2022 27VolunteersProfessional Development (PD) AccreditationPD Mentor Apprenticeship Mapping Team MemberAs a role model for professionalism,Scheme Accreditation Team Member Educationexcellence and Professional Registration youll inspire, attract and develop theYoull use your knowledge andEducation Officernext generation of engineers andexperience to advise on the content technicians and enhance public trustof apprenticeship schemes, makeEducation Ambassadorin our profession. Mentoring will allowsure they are aligned to the UK-SPECYour passion and enthusiasm for you to grow your communication andand promote ethical behaviour andyour profession will inspire the next relationship-management skills, yourpractices. As well as improving yourgeneration of engineers, their teachers Professional Registration skills andcommunication and teamwork skills,and guardians about the value of knowledge, and your professionalyoull strengthen your understandingstudying STEM subjects and the many network. of apprenticeship schemes andopportunities that an engineering qualifications. career can offer. Youll enhance a wide range of skills, includingteamwork, communication, presenting, creativity, flexibility, networking, Code and Guidance Publishing time management, organisation and Academic Accreditor leadership. There are plenty of routes Technical Author Working GroupAcademic Accreditation Committeefor progression too.Member MemberTechnical Committee Member and Reviewer Youll help us build our credibility as a key informer and influencer of Youll help to write technicalengineering curriculums and a globalProfessional Registrationinformation, guides and codes ofleader for academic accreditation. practice that make sure practitionersAs well as enabling us to embraceWe provide relevant training for our can do their job safely and efficiently;a more diverse set of subject areas,Professional Registration roles. They all support upskilling and reskilling;youll share and collect good practiceprovide opportunities for you to learn accelerate innovation; and solvefor educators. Your teamwork, timenew skills and enhance existing ones, industry challenges. There will be manymanagement, leadership, decisionlike teamwork and communication, chances for you to hone a variety ofmaking and negotiation skills will all bewhile developing a network of skills, including authoring, collaboration,put to the test! professionals from different sectors and networking, problem-solving skills,communities. time management, leadership andProfessional Registration Advisorcommunication.International ProfessionalFellowship Registration AdvisorFellow Assessor Registration AssessorAs well as assessing applicationsProfessional Review Interviewerfor Fellowship, youll use your role to influence the profession, governmentYoull support fellow engineering and and society, helping to push throughtechnology professionals through their changes in policy or strategy thatapplication for Professional Registration. will improve the engineering andYour volunteering will also count as one technology profession. of your own CPD activities, of course. For more information, visit:theiet.org/volunteer or contact our Volunteer Support Unit on volunteer@theiet.org'