At Resource Group, we believe in bright young minds and in giving them real responsibilities to develop their skills for the workplace.
\nWe want to redefine the meaning of work placement into a hugely valuable partnership for both students and the workplace.<\/p>\n
The opportunity<\/strong> The culture \u201cshock\u201d<\/strong> Getting stuck in<\/strong> Part of the team<\/strong>
\nIn September 2019, the Learning Design team at Resource Group welcomed four International Technical Communication students from the University of Flensburg (Germany) for their 6 -month work placement.
\nThe Fab4, as they quickly became known, worked on the courseware project; an ambitious initiative aiming to apply learning methodologies and latest pedagogy to our technical training courseware and cement Resource Group\u2019s position as a leading EASA Part-147 provider.<\/p>\n
\nIn their first week, the Fab4 experienced mild culture shock. Despite having a better command of the English language than most British people, the Fab4 had to adjust to speaking English all day at work with the team.
\nThey slowly got accustomed to the necessity to drink tea, engage in small talk about the weather and the correct amount of milk in pre-meeting coffees.<\/p>\n
\nAfter the settling in period, the Fab4 quickly got to work. They understood the objective of the project and their role within it.
\nThanks to their technical authoring abilities, they quickly created an invaluable set of process documents to support the development of the project. They received training on graphics packages as well as single source content authoring software. They studied the regulation in detail, ask questions and helped identify improvement opportunities.
\nThey were ready to start getting stuck into some heavy technical training notes! Together with the project lead, the Fab4 introduced clear learning outcomes that are now part of the syllabus and training material. With the support of Subject Matter Experts, they developed technical content with the learners\u2019 progress in mind. They created technical graphics to a consistently high standard and dazzled us with their incredible knowledge of English grammar and technical knowledge.<\/p>\n
\nThe Fab4 became an integral part of the team: participating in our Christmas jumper day, cracking jokes, drinking tea at regular intervals and attending crucial meetings and taking professional development seriously at the World of Learning conference.<\/p>\n\n\t\t