University Project: Personal Development Plan for Site Manager Role

This report details a comprehensive personal development plan aimed at a construction site manager role. It begins with an introduction defining personal development planning and its importance for career advancement. The main body of the report is structured into four key tasks. Task 1 involves an analysis of prior learning, identifying areas for development by assessing qualifications, and exploring employer operations to find training opportunities, and conducting a skills audit to define personal development needs. Task 2 focuses on developing a personal development plan, setting S.M.A.R.T. goals to align with both personal and employer objectives, and includes a presentation of the plan. Task 3 examines personal development through work-based learning and the importance of periodically reviewing progress. Finally, Task 4 explores learning and development through reflection and 360-degree feedback and prepares a plan for future development in relation to career goals. The report concludes with a summary of findings and references.

Development Report

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Task 1.....................................................................................................................................1
Analyse prior learning to identify potential areas for development..............................1
Employer operations to identify training & development opportunities......................2
Skills audit to define areas of personal development & training needs........................3
Task 2.....................................................................................................................................3
Develop a personal development plan..........................................................................3
Develop S.M.A.R.T. goals to meet personal and employer needs...............................4
Present a personal development plan to an employer and tutor....................................4
Task 3.....................................................................................................................................7
Personal development through work-based learning experience..................................7
Periodically review own progress and development.....................................................8
Task 4.....................................................................................................................................9
Learning & development through reflection and 360-degree feedback.......................9
Prepare a plan for future development in relation to career goals..............................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
References:.....................................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Personal development plan is defined as the analysing the own skills and interest areas
that what exactly the person wants to pursue in their life and how it can be attained for a short,
medium and long terms career goals and developments. It is developed by determining the own
qualities and abilities that can enhance the career in a more potential way (Grill, Nielsen,
Grytnes, Pousette and Törner, 2019). The following discussions are made on the prior learning to
identify potential areas for development, employer operations to identify training & development
opportunities, skills audit to define areas of personal development & training needs, developing a
personal development plan, developing S.M.A.R.T. goals to meet personal and employer needs,
presenting a personal development plan to an employer and tutor, personal development through
work-based learning experience, periodically reviewing own progress and development, learning
& development through reflection and 360-degree feedback and preparing a plan for future
development in relation to career goals with proper findings and conclusion.
MAIN BODY
Task 1
Analyse prior learning to identify potential areas for development
Qualifications of Site Manager
Qualifications required graduation degree to become the construction site manager such
as construction and project management or civil engineering. Most of the aspiring site managers
build themselves in gaining charter ship with the Chartered Institute of Building which is a
professional qualification to acquire the job. Individuals should have to complete a bachelor’s
degree in construction management, project management, building management and civil
engineering, most of the companies prefer the candidates with a master’s degree in construction
management, they should have in-depth knowledge of different building methods and project
management computer software. Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), Certified
Project Manager (CPM) and Master Project Manager (MPM) are some helpful Software.
Different domains of site manager are civil engineer, engineering manager, architect, project
leader, project manager, planning manager and assistant manager.
Areas for development
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There are several areas of development to become the site manager such as hiring staff,
maintaining quality control procedures, ensuring site safety by making safety inspections,
problem solving, sourcing materials, checking and preparing reports for clients, monitoring
progress of the project, listening with clients or the client's representatives to update on progress
and keeping staff motivated and focused (Omar, Mahdjoubi and Kheder, 2018). All such areas of
development are highly required to become the site manager because these developments help
the person not only in developing professionally but also personally as well, and moreover, these
areas of developments assist an individual to get specialised in construction management which
can enhance the career growth with more learnings and gaining of knowledge regarding this field
for improvement in long term amendments for desired life aspirations.
Employer operations to identify training & development opportunities
There are several operations that are performed by the employer to identify training and
development opportunities in management, equipment, production technology, quantity
surveying and law which require employer operations such as questionnaires, surveys,
observations, interviews, case studies, conferences, assessments, field visit, seminar, films and
videos, group discussions and lectures (Nasirian, Arashpour and Abbasi, 2018). These are the
operations which are important and tells the leader that how they can contribute to the training
and development activities specially by identifying the opportunities related to it. It can be done
by both the types such as electronically and in traditional way as well. Traditionally, employer
needs physical work more and it is time and cost consuming also but electronically, it becomes
easy for the employer to carry out the process in an effective manner as it is cost, time and
energy efficient so that is why now a days, electronic identification of opportunities are going in
trend such as online fill up of questionnaires, online surveys by communicating and interacting
with the employees, online observations by virtual meetings which enhances the technical
knowledge as well and similarly online interviews, case studies, conferences, assessments and so
on. This makes employees in not only working professionally and potentially but also they take
interest in participation, engagement and creative minds so that they can perform their work in a
more amended manner.
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Skills audit to define areas of personal development & training needs
There are various skills that are required in site manager for personal development and
training such as commercial awareness, problem solving, strong communication skills, high
attention to detail, being able to work as a part of a team, strong information technology skills,
highly organised, knowledge of construction process, knowledge of health and safety procedures,
analytical skills, customer service skills, business skills, leadership skills, time management
skills and strong writing skills (Zuo, Zhao, Nguyen, Ma and Gao, 2018). These skills are highly
required to be a construction site manager because it covers all the mandatory roles and
responsibilities of the job profile in which the person is going to be indulge for a long time and
moreover, such skills are not only for the professional growth of a person but it can develop
personally as well to maintain the better standard of life. Therefore, these are the areas where the
construction site manager has to focus on to be an effective and efficient manager so that it can
furnish and refine their skills in a more enhanced manner. Such skills are need to be essentially
build by the employer so that their construction activities can be carried out properly.
Task 2
Develop a personal development plan
Six basic skills are taken for personal development in order to get specialised in being the
site manager such as communication skills which can be improved by practising more and more
both the types of communication that is written and verbal everyday on different topics
specifically on construction management on site manager. Team work can be improved by
grouping frequently and playing the role of leadership so that people management can also be
enhanced and improve and team can also be amended in a better way (Grill and Nielsen, 2019).
Knowledge of profile can be improved by reading the news or watching on television on a daily
basis on construction management so that latest knowledge can be acquired ad by reading books
and magazines as well. Analytical skills can be improved by practising the practical questions
more and more in order to improve the quantitative and cognitive skills which helps in critical
thinking and calculation. Time management can be improved by making the daily routine chart
and following the same on a strict basis so that it can be performed and time could be managed
even in professional life as well. Problem solving skills can be improved by practising more and
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more the real time case studies and try to solve them on a daily basis so that it can be developed
and applied in a real time organization.
Develop S.M.A.R.T. goals to meet personal and employer needs
Specific
Goals must be set by ensuring that it must be specific in nature, not a general target. Site
manager must set their goal of specifically a manager but not of other related profiles such as an
executive profile in construction management, designing profile and many more. I will make
sure that I am able to visit specific sites which will help me in enhancing my knowledge in a
proper manner.
Measurable
Goals must be set by ensuring that it must be measurable in nature which means the
performance can be measured and can be improved in a specific manner. Skills must be adopted
by the site manager which can easily be measurable to enhance the professionalism. I will
regularly track my performance using performance measurement tools which will be quite
helpful for me to attain the goals and objectives.
Attainable
Goals must be set by ensuring that it must be attainable in nature which means the goals
can be attained at the specified time duration. Construction site manager is an attainable goal so
it can be set as a target for a person (Van Tam, Huong and Ngoc, 2018). I will set small tasks to
do first and then I will move on towards attainment of higher-level tasks.
Relevant
Goals must be set by ensuring that it must be relevant which means that it should have
some value in future to a person’s life. Construction site manager is a valuable profile which is
relevant in nature who have the interest in construction management. I will make sure that I visit
relevant sites where I can develop my skills which will help me a lot in the future.
Time based
Goals must be set by ensuring that it must be time based in nature which means goals
should be accomplished timely by not taking much time until and unless it is worth of it.
Construction site manager is a very good profile to it will definitely take time to achieve but it
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can result good future of a person. I will make sure that I attain all these goals within a time-limit
of 1 year.
Present a personal development plan to an employer and tutor
Skills Current proficiency Maximum
Proficiency
Action Required
Strong
Communication Skills
8 10 Communication skills
can be attained till 10
score by practising
more and more both
the types of
communication that is
written and verbal
everyday on different
topics specifically on
construction
management on site
manager. I will
improve them because
I have to
communicate with
different types of
people for managing
sites.
Team Work 7 10 Team work skills can
be attained till 10
score by grouping
frequently and playing
the role of leadership
so that people
management can also
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be enhanced and
improve and team can
also be amended in a
more better way. I
have to improve them
because I am required
to work as a part of
the teams to visit the
sites which will help
me a lot in developing
my knowledge in a
better manner.
Knowledge of Profile 9 10 Knowledge of profile
can be attained till 10
by reading the news
or watching on
television on a daily
basis on construction
management so that
latest knowledge can
be acquired ad by
reading books and
magazines as well. I
am required to make
sure that I develop
this knowledge so that
I am able to make
sure that I can use the
enhanced knowledge
in a better way.
Analytical Skills 8 10 Analytical skills can
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be attained till 10 by
practising the
practical questions
more and more in
order to improve the
quantitative and
cognitive skills which
helps in critical
thinking and
calculation. I have to
make sure that I make
the use of these skills
so that I am able to
make sure that I can
analyze and interpret
in a better manner.
Time Management 7 10 Time management
skills can be attained
till 10 by making the
daily routine chart and
following the same on
a strict basis so that it
can be performed and
time could be
managed even in
professional life as
well. This is required
to manage the time in
an appropriate way
effectively and
efficiently.
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Problem Solving
Skills
9 10 Problem solving skills
can be attained till 10
by practising more
and more the real time
case studies and try to
solve them on a daily
basis so that it can be
developed and applied
in a real time
organization. This is
required for solving
the problems quite
effectively and
efficiently.
(Nasirian, Arashpour, Abbasi and Akbarnezhad, 2019).
Task 3
Personal development through work-based learning experience
It is important to scrutinise or investigate about area in which personal development
practises which helps to determine to improve within skills and capabilities in effective manner.
Through setting of goals which relate towards work based learning that assessing to maximise
about potential. There are some of steps which helps to Site manager for building personal
development:
 Clear sense of direction: It is clearly about circulated goals which helps to accomplish
goals on the basis right optimum direction or guidance. It is having priorities that inform
where it intake time to dedicate for often delegate. The personal development goals
support to eliminate distractions because to understand for better importance for execute.
 Improved work ethics: For setting about individuals about his/her goals and ensures
which having approach through dedication. The vision of accomplishing for those goals
which contains some sort of strong ethics that motivation (Bachik and Kitzman, 2020).
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 Increased productivity: It ultimately having personal development which will increase
that enhance outputs within workplace. This expects about greater that having efficiency
which increased productivity which evaluate about satisfactory goals outcomes.
There is process about how personal development goals helps to maintain work:
 Create Vision: It assess about individual performance and his/her desires which
need to identify about personal development goals. By using of goals is create clear
vision.
 Develop a plan: This is next step is to create plan to accomplish about vision for
identify on those areas where it need to acts about on to accomplish that enhance
targets objectives.
 Mapping progress: After developing plan it is essential to measure about the plan
for clarify about their goals. This is creating effects to change which makes to
effects on career. Towards employee of software in which it having checking
progress for challenges and benefits for personal goals.
Periodically review own progress and development
The review which own progress and development in which personal development through
which it helps to create plans for personal development. In my context where I want to make my
career as site manager for that I needed to review my own progress development goals in
different alternatives:
 To review goals with honest assessment: This aspect is accomplishing when it helps to
analyse about goals and to ensure honest feedback by individual that as per what situation
my standing to attain goals effectively or not. By assess on honest outcomes generates
proper clarity about performance that which individual put on for accomplish.
 Review about achievement over the period: This is measure on different terms such as
mapping success of personal development plan that creates about systematic approach.
This is agreed about permission for effective celebrate (Osgerby, Marriott and Gee,
2018).
 Review on learning perspective; This is all about period which is initially as they
having same different task. For getting better learning aspect as it provides valuable base
of learning aspect that enhance better exposure.
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 Make important note of review: According to this stage is having note of outcomes
which helps to maintain further appraisal. It is particular way of appraisal on basis of
optimum organismal talent.
Evaluation:
In above personal development it allows for mapping about to individual role for
attaining goals on the basis of analysing by honest feedback that leads towards right judgements.
Opportunities and challenges are main aspect to generate while assessing for expectancy
outcomes.
Task 4
Learning & development through reflection and 360-degree feedback.
On 360-degree feedback process which is great tool for giving leaders and having clarity
feedback from peers, employees and managers. This creates strong motivation as well as it
determines to improve skills and performance for setting benchmark. On the basis of 360-degree
feedback allows honest feedback and suggestion from colleagues or from experts. From getting
feedback from expertise is provide advantages. To become site manager, I needed to know my
own performance feedback from my superior as he/she is assessing my overall performance. By
receiving 360-degree feedback is more competitive and having less prone for individual biasness
for multiple perspective. My learning a development is properly execute through participatory
process where my superior set my criteria on which my performance can mapped properly.
The development tool for improve performance from 360-degree feedback are elaborate in
following:
Planning: To mapping performance planning is play an important role to execute to form proper
criteria for individual’s that helps to judge their performance improvements. Therefore, those
improvement areas become the basis about effective action taken towards employees. I have to
make sure that I create better plans in the future which will help me in attaining my goals.
Individual Growth: This is an important where it establish to creates effective evaluation about
process which opted. The 360-degree feedback captured about different perspective and varies
about certain points that to identify on the basis of accomplishment as well as further
development areas. In this situation manager or superior must discuss within their employees for
assessing positive outcomes. Similarly, for my personal development to become Site manager for
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