STIC - Engineering:
The Workplace
 Self-Employment
ACTIVITY: Lecture, followed by individual activity.
TIME: 1 hour
LEARNING OUTCOME: Participants will know whether self-employment
is a viable option in their field, will have conducted a brief assessment
of their own attributes with respect to self-employment and will have
practised marketing skills in writing.
DESCRIPTION:
- Use the lecture notes provided to give a brief overview
of self-employment, contract work and consulting engineering.
- Explain that self-employment is not for everyone. It
entails a great deal of risk but the rewards can be higher pay and
more flexibility in your work life.
- In addition, PEO produces guidelines to aid engineers
in performing their engineering role including that as self-employed
independent contractor. For a complete list of PEO professional practice
guidelines go to PEO's website www.peo.on.ca click "publications" then "professional
practice guidelines"
- Instruct participants to complete the exercises on page
44 and 46
 of
their workbook.
- Choose a few participants to read their advertisement
aloud and encourage the class to provide constructive criticism.
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Download a print version of the above lesson plan and related handouts
and overheads.
Self-Employment [160
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- Lesson Plan
- Lecture Notes
- Answer Key
- Participant Workbook pages 44 - 46
Download the complete Facilitator's Guide and Participant's Workbook.
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