Intellectual Output 1 (IO1): SKILLSFOCUS 2030: A Model of Skills and Attributes needed for Engineers to achieve the SDGs
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2021
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Una Beagon et al., « Intellectual Output 1 (IO1): SKILLSFOCUS 2030: A Model of Skills and Attributes needed for Engineers to achieve the SDGs », HAL-SHS : sciences de l'éducation, ID : 10670/1.r29ait
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This Intellectual Output (IO1) document reports on the outcomes of Activity 1 as part of the A-STEP 2030(Attracting diverSe Talent to the Engineering Professions of 2030) project. This project is an EU Erasmus+ project funded under call number 2018-1-FR01-KA203-047854. The document begins by explainingthe purpose and aims of the overall research project and more specifically, the research questionsassociated with Activity1. Two tasks were completed in order to contribute to this report, the first beinga literature review (Tabas, Beagon and Kovesi, 2019) and the second consisting of 12 focus groups(three in France, Ireland, Finland and Denmark), the findings of which are detailed in Beagon et al.,(2019). Both reports are available on the project website https://www.astep2030.eu/en.The report summarises the outcomes of both studies and presents a model of skills and attitudes requiredof engineers in the future in order to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The model ispresented in tabular form and has three key pillars; Technical skills, Non-Technical Skills and Attitudes.These are further spilt into categories with lists of skills sets under the following terms: FundamentalTechnical Skills, Application Skills, Outward Facing – People Orientated Skills, Inward Facing – Ways ofThinking, Worldview and Character and Ethical Orientation. The Model is presented on page 11.The findings present a picture of the future engineer as having a broad worldview, a sound characterand a strong ethical orientation. Engineers still need to be taught the technical and application skillsrequired to achieve engineering projects, but non-technical skills will be equally important in theireducation. Compared to traditional approaches to engineering education, this new approach toengineering places a relatively high value on social values and ways of thinking and the importance ofthe human and social dimensions in engineering practice.