MG410 Career Viewpoint: Action Plan and Self-Reflection

This report presents a comprehensive career viewpoint analysis focusing on the path to becoming a Health and Safety Inspector. It begins with a personal analysis, evaluating the student's strengths, such as management, problem-solving, and communication skills, alongside weaknesses like a lack of legal knowledge and up-to-date equipment information. The report then outlines a detailed career action plan designed to address these weaknesses, including strategies for acquiring legal knowledge and updating skills related to operational equipment. A CV is also included, showcasing the student's qualifications and experience. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of the action plan for professional development and achieving the career goal of becoming a successful and competent Health and Safety Inspector within the construction industry.

Career Viewpoint

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Personal Analysis...................................................................................................................3
Career Action Plan.................................................................................................................5
CV...........................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES
..........................................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Career view point is mainly concern a pattern of employment related experience and it is
all about to choose the best option for employment (Miller, 2017). This report analyses my
personal strengths and weaknesses and creates a dedicated career action plan for my professional
development in my efforts to pursue my career ambition of becoming a successful Health and
Safety Inspector within the construction industries of UK.
MAIN BODY
Personal Analysis
In this section of the report, I have conducted thorough personal analyses of my
professional strengths and weaknesses in order to identify the key operational areas and skills
that I need to further enhance and improve upon in the future. This would effectively allow for
me to successfully pursue my career ambition of becoming a successful and competent Health
and Safety Inspector within the construction industry of UK. I have been able to effectively
analyse the key skills and competencies required of a successful Health and Safety Inspector
within the construction industry of UK. This has allowed for me to effectively compare my own
skills and competencies to the required skills of a Health and Safety Inspector in order to assess
my own personal strengths and weaknesses which are detailed as follows:
Personal Strengths:
 Management and operational skills: I posses a strong managerial skills because I have
to deal with many people and having such skills will assist me to deal with many
situation. In addition to this, I make sure to comply with ethical and moral principles
because it is necessary to run a business in smooth manner (Gould, 2017). As to attain my
define career, it is necessary to manage the things as per set goals and supports others to
meet the define aim.
 Problem solving and analytical skills : Another strength in which I am able to perform
the work in better manner and also solve man disputes because of having strong problem
solving skills. Based on the comparing my skills to CW 1. I have assessed that my

analytical and problem solving skills are sufficiently developed to allow me to conduct
daily operations. As I want to be a Health and Safety officer and this skills plays an
important role (Deiorio and et.al., 2016). This is because throughout my professional and
learning career, I have always been able to effectively apply my developed analytical and
problem solving skills to come to relevant and required solutions.
 Strong Communication skills: Another major personal strength of mine because as per
my current job profile, I posses a strong communication skills (both written and verbal).
I had completed a CPD communication skills, which assist me to work in Amazon where
I have to deal with lots of people even in different languages. Hence, Being bilingual
allows me to effectively communicate with increased number of employees within the
construction industry of UK to assess whether their health and safety is actually being
protected within the construction industry or not. Thus, the present skills will also
supports me to meet my career and become a Health and Safety Officer.
Personal Weaknesses:
 Lack of legal knowledge: I posses strong management skills but on the other side, I do
not have enough knowledge with legal structure. But to be a Health and Safety Officer it
is necessary to posses a complete and comprehensive knowledge about all the legal
structures, legislations, regulations etc., because it plays a critical importance for
company's daily operations. It is also evaluated by McKenzie, Coldwell-Neilson and
Palmer (2017) that to run a construction industry, it is necessary to posses a strong legal
knowledge related to industry in order to run a business in smooth manner. This is a
major professional weakness that I possess that hinders my ability to eventually be able to
become a successful Health and Safety Inspector and thus requires my undivided
attention.
 Not having knowledge related to up to date equipment and information: Based on
my current profile, I am only updated with techniques used in operational field. But I am
completely unaware about the measurement instruments that are used within the
construction industry in order to ensure their optimum utilisation by businesses. As I have
been away from my professional responsibilities for the past few years, being forced to

look after my family, a lot of operational machines and measuring instruments commonly
used within the construction industry have been innovated and updated due to new
advancements in technology (Hartung and Vess, 2016). As I possess no knowledge about
the new operational machines and measuring equipment within the construction industry
of UK, this is a major weakness for me and hinders my ability to become a successful and
competent Health and Safety Inspector in the future and thus is required to be addressed
by myself in the future.
Career Action Plan
Based on my personal strengths and weaknesses, it is evident that I do possess some of
the key skills and competencies that are required of a successful and competent Health and
Safety Inspector within the construction industry of UK. However, my personal weaknesses also
include some of the key skills that are required of a Health and Safety Inspector to be able to
conduct their daily operations successfully within the construction sector of UK. This is why I
have created a dedicated career action plan that aims to address my personal weaknesses so that I
would be able to become a successful and competent Health and Safety Inspector within the
construction industry of UK in the future. The career action plan detailing the strategies through
which I can address my personal weaknesses is as follows:
Skills to be
Improved
Strategies to Improve Weaknesses Resources
Required
Time
Duration
Legal Knowledge I can improve upon my present knowledge of
existing legal structures of UK, key legislations
and regulations that are required in the daily
operations of Health and Safety Inspector within
the construction industry of UK by reading
books and research journals on the same topic. I
can consult the library and the internet for such
required books and journals.
Books,
research
journals,
library,
internet
etc.,
This is
attain
within 6
months.
Knowledge about
current operational
equipment and
measuring
instruments used
within construction
industry.
I can also update my knowledge of the
operational equipment and measuring
instruments that are currently used within the
construction industry of UK by researching them
on the internet and learning about their
specifications and features through their
dedicated product manuals. I can also ask for
expert guidance from my superiors within the
industry who can update me about the exact
Access to
product
manuals,
internet,
superiors,
internships
etc.,
2 to 3
months.
But after
completin
g training,
I make
sure that I
keep
working

changes between the older models that I was
used to and the current new and innovative
operational models of equipment and measuring
instruments within the construction industry of
UK (Kenny, Blustein and Meerkins, 2018). If no
such guidance is available, I can also take up a
small internship within the construction industry
of UK to get up to date with the new industry
wide adopted operational equipment or
measuring instruments.
on it in
order to
determine
the actual
trend in
market.
CV
Name: Denisa Mocanu
Address: 1 Standring Place, Aylesbury, HP20 2XR, United Kingdom
Phone Number:
Email Address:
Profile: I am a highly motivated and passionate individual that places intense emphasis on
continuous professional learning and development of myself. I am currently looking to resume
my professional career as a Health and Safety Inspector in construction industry of UK after I
was forced to take care of my family for the past years. Current I am working in Amazon where I
expand my knowledge and tries to explore new opportunities.
Key Skills:
 Interpersonal and written communication
 Highly organized and efficient
 Effective Time Management
 Microsoft Office
 Initiative and Problem-solving Abilities
 Bilingual, proficient in the use of both English and Romanian languages.
Personal Hobbies:
 Reading
 Cooking
 Gardening
Educational Background:
 High School Graduation Diploma in Mathematics- Computer Science, Nicolae Vasilescu-
Karpen, Bacau from September 2011 to June 2016.
 Level 3 Diploma in Business Administration, London School of Education and
Management, London, from July 2018 to September 2019
 Business Management, Buck New University, London from January 2019 to present.
Studied Courses:
 Lev 2 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care, The Skills Network, from
January 2019 to July 2019.
 CPD Customer Service Skills, High Speed Training, from August 2019 to August 2019.

 CPD Communication Skills, High Speed Training, from August 2019 to August 2019.
 Lev 1 Health and Safety in a Construction Environment , Southwark Construction Skills
Centre, from August 2019 to August 2019.
Internships:
 N Newman, London from January 2014 to October 2017.
 Stay at Home Parent, London from October 2017 to February 2019.
CONCLUSION
Based on the findings of this report, it can effectively be concluded that the discussed
strategies will surely result in my personal and professional development and would allow for me
to become a successful, competent and effective Health and Safety Inspector in the future. This
report analyses my personal strengths and weaknesses in order to identify the key areas which I
need to improve upon. Using the information, a career action plan has also been created by me in
addition to a dedicated CV.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Deiorio, N.M. and et.al., 2016. Coaching: a new model for academic and career achievement.
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Gould, J., 2017. Career development: A plan for action. Nature. 548(7668). pp.489-490.
Hartung, P.J. and Vess, L., 2016. Critical moments in career construction counseling. Journal of
Vocational Behavior. 97. pp.31-39.
Kenny, M.E., Blustein, D.L. and Meerkins, T.M., 2018. Integrating relational perspectives in
career counseling practice. The Career Development Quarterly. 66(2). pp.135-148.
McKenzie, S., Coldwell-Neilson, J. and Palmer, S., 2017. Informing the career development of
IT students by understanding their career aspirations and skill development action plans.
Australian Journal of Career Development. 26(1). pp.14-23.
Miller, C.L., 2017. CAREER ACTION PLAN: Applying Analytical Thinking Skills in an Online
Career Development Course. Career Planning & Adult Development Journal. 33(1).