CDR refers to competency demonstration report. This report is mandatory to be submitted by the applicant to Engineers Australia for the assessment of knowledge and qualification. It demonstrates your capabilities and professional expertise. While preparing CDR report, you may commit many mistakes that can lead to CDR rejection. The common mistakes done while CDR report writing are as follows:
1. Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the major cause for rejection of your CDR. There are many CDR samples that are available on different websites. Their purpose is to get reference and help from them. However, if you copy paste content from them, it will be plagiarized. Engineers Australia catches plagiarism in your content and rejects your CDR. The report should be original and based on your practical work. You should learn form your project and prepare your CDR report accordingly.
2. Use of excessive technical details
It is worthy to include some technical details in your CDR report. However, if you add more than enough technical details like tables, charts, and graphs, it would lead to degradation of your report. The report should be in the form of an official report containing to the point information rather than complex information.
3. Career episode too technical
The CDR report should include the career episodes with the qualification and skills demonstration. Engineers Australia mentions that report should not be too technical. However, some necessary calculations can be used in it. It shows your abilities to identify and solve the problems in a project. You have to demonstrate your skills and expertise in an appropriate way.
4. Word count
The wordcount for CDR report should be between 1000 and 2500 words according to Engineers Australia. There is a particular length of words for each part of CDR report. Adding the extra details in the report can lead to its rejection. Thus, you should add the essential information according to the requirements of Engineers Australia.
5. Improper organizational structure
Organizational structure of the CDR report should contain project hierarchy and your position. You should clearly define your roles and position in the project. The project hierarchy should describe the step wise roles of each member and their roles.
6. Lack of creative design in the CDR
The creative design has a great importance in the assessment of CDR report. If you have added a creative design in your report, there are more chance of its acceptance. However, if it lacks a creative design, the chances of acceptance are reduced. Thus, you should elaborate the creative design of engineering.
7. Improper/technical difficulties
Before submitting the CDR report to Engineers Australia, you should check all the requirements thoroughly. It should contain the correct spellings, proper formatting, and proper sentence flow. It should be written in the way of a professional. You should add duration of project along with the location and objectives. The information should be added in chronological order. The common mistake committed while CDR report writing is adding the information in the form of bullets. You should add the information in the form of paragraphs in a comprehendible way.
8. Absurd selection of project
The project you have selected should be relevant to your qualification. If your project is not logical, it may be rejected by Engineers Australia. Thus, the project should be reasonable according to your qualification.
9. Vague/ wayward summary statement
There are three important parts that are summary statement, career episode, and CPD. The summary statement is a single page document that provides the cross references from the paragraphs of career episodes. It is the first page to be assessed. It provides a single page summary of all the CDR report. If is not clear, the CDR report is rejected by Engineers Australia.
10. Misguided CPD (continuing professional development)
The continuing professional development (CPD) report should be well written and properly guided to clear the migration skills assessment of Engineers Australia. It should include:
- Details about postgraduate study
- Workshops you attended along with other courses
- Conference you attended
- Internship you availed
It should demonstrate the essential information about training like time, date, and title.
11. CDR in different language
Your CDR report should be written in proper English and should not contain grammatical mistakes. It is even better to write in Australian English. If you are writing in different language, then you should translate them into English to be comprehendible by Engineers Australia.
12. Mention only your experiences
Your CDR report should include only your duties and responsibilities. If you are working with a group, you have to mention tasks and duties done by you only. It is not relevant to describe the working of other team members. Thus, only write you tasks and duties accomplished in the project.
13. Not mentioning the problem statements
The important part of the career episode is to mention the problems faced during the project. You should give problem statement and essential steps carried out to solve the problem. It will increase the chances of acceptance for your report. Thus, describe the problems and their solution in a step wise manner.
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