EBME Forums Forums Management Training Workforce Knowledge, Experience & Training

I think it'd be interesting for us all to see what mix of knowledge, experience and skills is out there.

How did you obtain your initial basic-engineering training? single choice
	School/College/University
	On The Job
	Industry Apprenticeship
	Formal NHS Training
Votes accepted starting: 01/01/70 1:00 AM You must vote before you can view the results of this poll.

What further training have you received whilst working in medical Engineering? multiple choice
	None
	In-house Training
	Equipment Manufacturers Training
	Industry Recognised Training
Votes accepted starting: 01/01/70 1:00 AM You must vote before you can view the results of this poll.

Up to what level of qualifications have you gained? single choice
	CSE/GCE/GCSE
	G&GLI/ONC
	OND/HNC/HND
	Degree/MSc/PhD
Votes accepted starting: 01/01/70 1:00 AM You must vote before you can view the results of this poll.

How many years experience do you have in Medical Engineering? single choice
	1-3 years
	3-5 years
	5-8 years
	More than 8 years.
Votes accepted starting: 01/01/70 1:00 AM You must vote before you can view the results of this poll.

What grade (or equivalent); are you currently working at? single choice
	ATO/MTO1
	MTO2/MTO3
	MTO4/MTO5
	Higher Grade Than MTO5
Votes accepted starting: 01/01/70 1:00 AM You must vote before you can view the results of this poll.

How long have you been working on this grade? single choice
	1 year
	2 years
	4 years
	4 years or more
Votes accepted starting: 01/01/70 1:00 AM You must vote before you can view the results of this poll.

Hi,
I am from india, I dont understand what is CSE/GCE/GCSE/G&GLI/ONC/OND/HNC/HND and ATO/MTO1/ MTO2/MTO3/ MTO4/MTO5
Could you please explain?
Regards
Sajeev

Hello Sajeev,

Academic qualifications are

Secondary School (11-16 year-olds):

CSE - Certificate of Secondary Education
GCE - General Certificate of Education
GCSE - General Cetificate of Secondary Education

Further/Higher Education/Technical College:

C&GLI - City & Guilds (London Institute)
ONC/OND - Ordinary National Certificate/Diploma
HNC/HND - Higher National Certificate/Diploma

Certificates are normally awarded after part-time study by candidates that work. Diplomas are obtained by full-time students.

Higher Education/New University (Polytechnical College)/University:

Graduate Degree - B.Sc, B.Eng,
Postgraduate Degree - M.Sc, PhD, etc.

ATO to MTO grades are UK National Health Service technician job grades that determine level of responsibilities and pay. ATO is the lowest grade (Technician Assistant, possibly not formally technically qualified), MTO1 (Junior Technician) and MTO5 the highest (e.g. Department Manager).

Hi Richard,
What are you going to do with the result of this poll?

Nothing - the information is available for all who vote to see. I just thought that it'd be interesting to see what the actual skills-mix is out there (in the NHS preferably) rather than take it as read from individuals who put forward their own views as to what's required to do the job. I thought I'd post a poll so we could see what the reality is. As with all polls or statistics - the more individuals that get involved then the more representative the overall response should be.

Nice idea, Please see whether you can do something better out of it to improve the clinical and biomedical engineering globaly!Best of luck!

Sajeev

Richard
For qualifications gained do you mean actual certificates or equivalent knowledge gained through experience, on the job training and manufacturers training courses !.

All of the above - there are 6 questions in the poll - actually I never just mean academic qualifications when I say "qualifications".

Hi Richard,
I too agree with you. Your Questions are OK for the present industry Outlook. Let us see how many people respond and please publish the poll results later after you find the number of respondents are enough.

Sajeev

Richard

Some extremely interesting results so far. Does appear that we need some 'new blood'!