Two way process

REACTis committed to its graduate engineers achieving Chartered Status viaits Monitored Professional Development Scheme, which empowers andmotivates young engineers at the start of their working lives.

Company director and mentor Trevor Craig believesthat mentoring will only succeed if it is a reciprocal process."There has to be a good working rapport between the mentor and traineein terms of communication and learning. In fact, mentoring shouldactively promote this," he says.So what sort of help does a mentor provide?"It varies," says Trevor. "It can involve providing clear guidance ontechnical matters, general motivation, or liaising with line managers toensure trainee needs are balanced against those of the company."Interestingly,mentoring also tests the mentor!"Mentoring offers the opportunity to review your own position anddevelopment, as it frequently requires you to undertake self-analysisof your own experiences and difficulties to allow you to offer adviceand provide guidance. I think that the production of MPDS QuarterlyReports helps to develop this extremely useful tool in engineers and isone of the traits that I believe distinguishes a Chartered Engineerfrom others."