MG410 Career Viewpoint: Career Action Plan and Self-Reflection Report

This report is a comprehensive career action plan and self-reflection, focusing on the student's ambition to become a Health and Safety Inspector in the UK construction industry. It begins with a personal analysis of strengths, such as ethical conduct, problem-solving skills, and communication abilities, and weaknesses, including a lack of comprehensive legal knowledge and familiarity with updated measurement instruments. The report then outlines a detailed career action plan, specifying strategies for improvement, resources needed, and timeframes for addressing weaknesses. The plan includes reading relevant literature, researching operational equipment, and seeking guidance from industry professionals. A CV is also included, highlighting skills, educational background, and work experience. The report concludes with a strong emphasis on continuous learning and development to achieve the desired career goal.

Career Viewpoint

INTRODUCTION
Training and development is the strategic process through which an individual can
undergo personal and professional development for their career growth (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. Based on the previous exercise of
CW1, 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:
 One of the most key requirements of a successful and competent Health and Safety
Inspector within the construction industry of UK relates to them conducting their
operations in a highly ethical, moral and legal manner. This is also one of my key major
strengths as I have been taught ethical and moral principles from my elders even since a
young age and have always strived to conduct all of my personal and professional
endeavours in an increasingly ethical, moral and legal manner (Gould, 2017). Should a
Health and Safety Inspector come to possess an immoral or unethical behaviour, then

they cannot hope to conduct their daily operations in a successful manner within the
construction industry of UK.
 Another major skill requirement of a competent and successful Health and Safety
Inspector within the construction industry of UK pertains to their developed problem
solving and analytical skills. Based on the comparing my skills to CWI. I have assessed
that my analytical and problem solving skills are sufficiently developed to allow for me
to conduct the daily operations of a Health and Safety Inspector within the construction
sector of UK in a successful and effective manner (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.
 Another major personal strength of mine that is key for me to be able to become a
competent and successful Health and Safety Inspector relates to my effective
communication skills, using both the English and Romanian languages. Being bilingual
allows for 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, which would not be possible without
my adequately developed effective communication skills.
Personal Weaknesses:
 A major requirement of a successful and competent Health and Safety Inspector within
the construction industry of UK relates to them possessing a complete and comprehensive
knowledge about all the legal structures, legislations, regulations etc., that the of critical
importance for their daily operations. I do not currently possess such comprehensive
knowledge about the legal structures of UK, legislations and regulations that must be
ensured and adhered to by the Health and Safety Inspector and the business organisation
within the construction industry of UK (McKenzie, Coldwell-Neilson and Palmer, 2017).
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.

 Based on the previous CW1 exercise, it is evident that another key skill requirement of
Health and Safety Inspectors within the construction industry of UK relates to them
possessing comprehensive and up to date knowledge 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.,
1 to 2
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 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.
Access to
product
manuals,
internet,
superiors,
internships
etc.,
2 to 3
months.
CV
Name: Denisa Mocanu
Address: 1 Standring Place, Aylesbury, HP20 2XR, United Kingdom
Phone Number: 9547554125
Email Address: [e-mail]
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. Currently working in Amazon.
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.
 Amazon at present.

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.
Medical education online. 21(1). p.33480.
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).