Engineering judgement
Describe the options you considered, the assumptions you tested and why one approach was chosen.
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Explain how calculations, models, drawings or site observations informed a decision.
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Identify hazards, the limits of your role and how risk changed through design and delivery.
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Examine material choices, whole-life effects and the evidence behind trade-offs.
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Consider duties to the public, clients, colleagues and the profession when interests conflict.
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Consider scope, cost, programme and contract obligations when making engineering decisions.
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Explain technical reasoning so that others can question, use and act on it.
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Explain how work was organised, who held responsibility and where supervision was needed.
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Keep a record of alternatives, constraints, uncertainty and the outcome of a decision.
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Know when to seek review, raise a concern or state the limits of your competence.
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