Balakrishnan Kallamkote Competency Demonstration Report (CDR) Summary

This document is a Competency Demonstration Report (CDR) summary statement prepared by Balakrishnan Kallamkote, focusing on demonstrating competency elements for professional engineering registration. The summary outlines how the candidate has applied their knowledge and skills across three career episodes, covering areas like knowledge and skill base, engineering application ability, and professional and personal attributes. The report details specific instances where the candidate addressed each competency element, referencing relevant paragraph numbers within their career episodes. Key areas include systematic understanding of engineering fundamentals, application of established methods and techniques, and demonstration of ethical conduct, communication, and teamwork. The document provides a comprehensive overview of the candidate's engineering experience and how they meet the required competencies for professional practice.

Professional Engineer: Summary Statement
Competency Element A brief summary of how you
have applied the element
Paragraph number in the
career episode(s) where the
element is addressed
ET 1 KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL BASE
ET1.1 Systematic, theory
based understanding of the
underpinning natural and
physical sciences and the
engineering fundamentals
applicable to the technology
domain.
I) I have study and demonstrated
the process flow and
manufacturing requirements for
understanding the technical
specification and quality
requirement of the smart phones
manufacturing process.
II) I have checked the assembled
process and ensured the quality of
the products being developed in
the plan for checking the assembly
process.
III) I have found the significant
cause of the issue in the
manufacturing process that
Career Episode 1: CE
1.2.3, CE 1.3.1 and CE
1.3.2
Career Episode 2: CE
2.3.1 and CE 2.3.3
Career Episode 3: CE
3.2.1, CE 3.3.1 and CE
3.3.2
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impacted the final products.
ET1.2 Conceptual
understanding of the,
mathematics, numerical
analysis, statistics, and
computer and information
sciences which underpin the
technology.
I) I was engaged with the
reduction of the quality issues in
the production area of smart
phones.
II) I have redesigned the
manufacturing and inspection
process being followed at the
BlackBerry factory.
III) I have determined the reverse
logistics and provided feedback to
the customers for providing them
with the appropriate help and
resolving the customer complaints.
Career Episode 1: CE
1.3.1
Career Episode 2: CE
2.3.2, CE 2.3.3 and CE
2.3.4
Career Episode 3: CE
3.3.1
ET1.3 In-depth understanding
of specialist bodies of
knowledge within the
technology domain.
I) The manufacturing of the
phones at the BlackBerry Canada
manufacturing company is done
based on the raw materials that are
fetched from various part of the
world and different sellers.
II) I have conducted validation
process in the BlackBerry factory.
Career Episode 1: CE
1.3.1
Career Episode 2: CE
2.3.1, CE 2.3.4, CE 2.2.5
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III) I have used the functional
reject criteria for the smart phones
as the highest candle in the Pareto
Charts.
and CE 2.4.2
Career Episode 3: CE
3.3.1, CE 3.3.3
ET1.4 Discernment of
knowledge development within
the technology domain.
I) The line stoppage in the
production, the non-availability of
the resources highly impacts the
production time and quality.
II) I have introduces desktop air
ionizer. In the desktop air ionizer,
I have utilized high voltage for
ionizing the electrically charges
air molecules.
III) I have evaluated the device
process flow and as per the
process flow the repair devices
flows.
Career Episode 1: CE
1.2.5, CE 1.3.1 and CE
1.4.2
Career Episode 2: CE
2.3.2, CE 2.3.4 and CE
2.4.1
Career Episode 3: CE
3.3.2, CE 3.3.3 and CE
3.4.1
ET1.5 Knowledge of
contextual factors impacting
the technology domain.
I) I have developed various test
plans, test reports and conducted
the tests for inspecting the
electrical components used in the
Career Episode 1: CE
1.2.1, CE 1.2.2,
Career Episode 2: CE
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smart phones.
II) I have reduces the technical
defects during the product
manufacturing process.
III) I was success in identifying
the defect reason as Material
issues, wrong Calibration and
ESD, Workman ship related issues
and Process related issues.
2.2.1, CE 2.2.2
Career Episode 3: CE
3.2.1, CE 3.2.2
ET1.6 Understanding of the
scope, principles, norms,
accountabilities and bounds of
contemporary engineering
practice in the technology
domain.
I) I was associated as the Quality
Technician for inspecting the
plastic, mechanical and electrical
part of the smart phones as
obtained from the suppliers.
II) I was working with the design
and Manufacturing Engineering
team to work on the risks and
quality issues and solve the issues
before the product is schedule to
run on high volume.
III) I have gathered the detailed
data about the keypad defects and
Career Episode 1: CE
1.2.3, CE 1.3.1, CE 1.3.4
and CE 1.3.2
Career Episode 2: CE
2.2.3, CE 2.3.1 and CE
2.3.2
Career Episode 3: CE
3.2.3, CE 3.3.1 and CE
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identified the significant reason
for determining the reject reason.
3.3.2
ET 2 ENGINEERING APPLICATION ABILITY
ET2.1 Application of
established engineering
methods to broadly-defined
problem solving within the
technology domain.
I) I have used white bi-color
led for detecting the quality of
the battery.
II) I have studied various
process and documents for
identifying the flow of process
being followed.
III) I have gathered sensitive
data and carried out the
analysis process with the
application of Pareto Charts.
Career Episode 1: CE 1.2.4,
CE 1.3.1 and CE 1.4.2
Career Episode 2: CE 2.3.3,
CE 2.3.4 and CE 2.4.1, CE
2.4.2
Career Episode 3: CE 3.3.1,
CE 3.3.2 and CE 3.4.2
ET2.2 Application of
engineering techniques, tools
and resources within the
technology domain.
I) I have introduced LED’s for
the visual indication.
II) I have used pneumatic
fixture the holding time and
the pressure could be
controlled.
Career Episode 1: CE 1.3.3,
CE 1.3.2 and CE 1.3.1
Career Episode 2: CE 2.3.1,
CE 2.3.2 and CE 2.3.3
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III) I have found the
significant cause of the issue
in the manufacturing process
that impacted the final
products.
Career Episode 3: CE 3.3.1,
CE 3.3.2 and CE 3.3.3
ET2.3 Application of
systematic synthesis and
design processes within the
technology domain.
I) I have further documented
the Battery Test procedure for
verification and review by the
equality team.
II) I had to study where in the
manufacturing process the
dust was getting trapped.
III) I was deputed to APAC
from Canada for develop and
qualify BlackBerry Singapore
as individual site and
outsourcing the repair partners
in APAC.
Career Episode 1: CE 1.2.3,
CE 1.3.1 and CE 1.3.2
Career Episode 2: CE 2.3.3
and CE 2.3.4
Career Episode 3: CE 3.2.2
ET2.4 Application of
systematic approaches to the
conduct and management of
I) I have presented final
design circuit to the team and
got the approval from the
engineering manager and my
Career Episode 1: CE 1.3.1
and CE 1.3.2
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projects within the technology. reporting manager.
II) I was able to remove the
front and back overlay for
inspection.
III) I conclude that it was one
of the reason for the fault I
had to do many trials of
disassembly and assembly.
Career Episode 2: CE 2.2.3,
CE 2.3.1, CE 2.3.2 and CE
2.3.3
Career Episode 3: CE 3.3.1
and CE 3.3.2
ET 3 PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
ET3.1 Ethical conduct and
professional Accountability
I) I have further coordinated
with the Supplier Quality
Engineers and Electrical
Engineering Team for
gathering the raw data about
the defects identified.
II) I have then transformed the
lens with the application of
Kanban System for inspection.
III) I have observed that the
triage personnel’s were not
following all the process steps
Career Episode 1: CE 1.2.3,
CE 1.3.3 and CE 1.4.1
Career Episode 2: CE 2.2.3,
CE 2.3.5 and CE 2.4.2
Career Episode 3: CE 3.3.3,
CE 3.4
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mentioned in the document.
ET3.2 Effective oral and
written communication in
professional and lay domains.
I) I have involved myself in
various meetings and
discussion for understanding
the methods used for
inspection, sampling and data
collection.
II) I was assigned in this
project as Quality Specialist
for ensuring the quality of the
smart phone manufacturing
process at BlackBerry Canada.
III) I have arranged several
meetings and group
discussions for sharing the
information.
Career Episode 1: CE 1.2.3,
CE 1.3.3 and CE 1.4.1
Career Episode 2: CE 2.2.3,
CE 2.3.5 and CE 2.4.2
Career Episode 3: CE 3.3.3,
CE 3.4
ET3.3 Creative, innovative
and pro-active demeanor.
I) I have applied analyzing
tools including 5Why
methods, Fish Bone diagram,
and Pareto diagrams I was
successful in determining the
accurate cause of various
Career Episode 1: CE 1.3, CE
1.4 and CE 1.4.2
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defects.
II) I had to relook on the
process and the materials that
could contribute to this issue.
III) I was successful in
identifying the process and
sources of the defects that has
resulted in the faulty keypad
of the BlackBerry smart
phones
Career Episode 2: CE 2.3, CE
2.4, CE 2.2.5 and CE 2.4.2
Career Episode 3: CE 3.2, CE
3.3
ET3.4 Professional use and
management of information.
I) I have introduced battery
tester after verifying the same
from the quality assurance
department.
II) I have initiated various
meetings and group discussion
for discussing the issues and
sharing the information.
III) I have applied my skills
and knowledge of past
experience in the field of
Quality Assurance in the
Career Episode 1: CE 1.2.3,
CE 1.2.5, CE 1.4.2
Career Episode 2: CE 2.2.3,
CE 2.2.5, CE 2.4.2
Career Episode 3: CE 3.2.3,
CE 3.2.5, CE 3.4.2
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BlackBerry smart phones.
ET3.5 Orderly management of
self and professional conduct.
I) I have introduces the testing
process at the QA incoming.
II) I was successful in
ensuring the quality of the
products and various smart
phone elements used in the
BlackBerry.
III) I have shared the
information about the defects
to the BlackBerry Singapore.
Career Episode 1: CE 1.4.2,
CE 1.3.1 and CE 1.3.2
Career Episode 2: CE 2.4.2,
CE 2.3.2, CE 2.3.3 and CE
2.3.4
Career Episode 3: CE 3.4.2,
CE 3.3.1 and CE 3.3.2
ET3.6 Effective team
membership and team
leadership.
I) I have provided training for
conducting the testing process.
II) I have ensured that all the
changes in the process was
documented and implemented
at all the outsourcing
manufacturing sites.
III) I have significantly
managed the quality team
Career Episode 1: CE 1.4.1,
CE 1.4.2
Career Episode 2: CE 2.4.1
and CE 2.4.2
Career Episode 3: CE 3.4.1
and CE 3.4.2
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