Professional Pratice

Professional Practice is a module ran by the university of derby.
This module is a self study module in which we have to gain work experience in a field relating to our course.

A video blog of work experiences has also been kept, to view this go to 


Before The Module Begun.

January 2011 acceptance of Summer 2011 Work Placement.
Company : Lorne Stewart.
Sector: Contracting.
Region: Birmingham and the Midlands.
Project: Ormiston Academy.


Works carried out during my experience.

• Electrical CAD schematic drawings. 
• Electrical calculations relating to simple Ohms law. 
• KPI Work Sheets. 
• Procurement.
• Paper Filing Systems.  
• Electrical Snagging. 
• Mechanical Snagging. 
• Assisting to meet electrical commissioning  targets. 
• Assisting to meet mechanical commissioning targets. 
• ECS Test (JIB)  passed and card received. 
• Team Motivational skills. 
• Team Management Skills.
• Business Mannours i.e Telephone calls, Meetings. 
• Certain aspects of Business, I.e Corporate culture.
• Checking architects technical drawings making sure they are correct to room specifications. 
• Marking Technical drawings with total appliances. 
• General I.T help in offices, inc: showing collegues hoow to use PDF formats, Auto C.A.D, Excel, Ms Word and others. 

Summary of summer 2011 -

 During the Summer of 2011 i carried out some vital work experience with a company known as Lorne Stewart PLC. Meeting new people and networking with people within the electrical field has helped me to gain new targets for my life ambitions. I believe working for Lorne Stewart has taught me some of the basic needs of working under a professional company from simply how to dress and conduct my self under professional meetings to how to produce professionally printed documents.

Lorne Stewart PLC has taught me allot about the Engineering industry and how it works and what the job prospects entail. From this Experience i have learnt how electrical engineers engineer a project to perfection,. This has taught me that an primary job is to overcome problems quickly, effectively and safely normally under stressful conditions this is what makes the difference between good engineers and bad engineers.

A full break down on the work in which i carried out is available upon request. The experience in which i undertook with this company is able to be used in conjunction with the university of derby Professional practice module. Unfortunately due to starting the placement early some of the time spent and the expreience  will not count.

University of Derby Module PP


Date Started -  September 2012
Tutor - John Redgate
   Module Outline
Professional Pratice is where a student is required to extend knowledge and skills within a praticle Environment. To pass this module the student must 

•  Keep a log book for least 30 hours of praticle experience 
• Wright a written report on the experience outlining future career Objectives. 

My work Experience 




January 2011 acceptance of Easter 2011 Work Placement.
Company : Lorne Stewart.
Sector: Contracting.
Region: Birmingham and the Midlands.
Project: Dudley Evolve College


January 2012 - Acceptance of Work Experience During Easter Period

Easter 2012 - During Easter 2012 i worked on site meeting the site engineering operatives at Dudley Evolve college and Dudley 16th forme college. These projects are part of the schools for the future schemes and are new builds in which i will be conducting work experience into the electrical Fields.


Week Commencing 2nd April -

• On Site Induction. 
• Made New KPI Forms Program.
• Familiarisation With the Site.  
• Checking architects technical drawings making sure they are correct to room specifications 
• Marking Technical drawings with total appliances. 
• Remarking dado runs on Architect's drawings to be more realistic. 
• Mechanical Crane lifting procedures 
• General I.T help in offices, inc: showing colleagues how to use PDF formats, Auto C.A.D, Excel, Ms Word and others. 

Summary of Easter 2012 -

Conducting a total  of 36 hours in one week working Monday - Thursday, 8 - 5.  During this Period i have conducted some key aspects of familiarisation with the building site new office apartments and health and safety testing. I was set a number of tasks in which i was asked to try and complete before the end of the week which are shown above. I completed these tasks as asked whilst  also aiding colleagues in the offices in computer litratire skills. For a full break down of this week please do not hesitate to contact. I Look forward to starting my 2nd part of my work experience throughout the summer of 2012.