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Personal
Development Record (PDR) The Royal Air Force's Personal Development
Record (PDR) is designed to allow its personnel to effectively plan
their development. It is both a record of past achievements and a planning
tool to help RAF personnel to develop within the RAF, as well as preparing
them for future employment when they leave. It provides a simple and
practical structure for recording and planning any development opportunities.
The RAF considers Personal Development to be a combination of Personal
Improvement and Professional Development. The latter is further divided
into General Service Training, which personnel receive as airmen/women
and officers, and Specialist Training, which they receive for their
specific trades or branches. Clearly, there are many development opportunities
where Personal and Professional overlap and the RAF's Personal Development
model, below, reflects this:
The RAF's definition of Personal Development is:
"Where an individual takes responsibility for experiential or academic
learning in achieving their own personal goals and career aspirations,
which also enhance the effectiveness of the organisation."
If we break this down into parts we see that: The individual is expected
to take responsibility for their own learning; experiential is placed
before academic to emphasise that most learning (around 80%) takes place
in non-formal learning environments, such as the workplace; development
should be part of a plan (personal goals) rather than structureless
learning for its own sake; personal development includes professional
training (career aspirations); and the organisation should receive some
payback from the investment of time and money.
The
RAF PDR is essentially a portfolio within which an individual collects
evidence of through-career employment, training experience and assessment
of performance/ effectiveness. It may be used in gaining accreditation
or dispensation for academic awards. It can be used as a tool to focus
career aspirations and for self assessment.
The RAF PDR is being issued to all RAF Servicemen/women in the form
of a blue, 4-ring binder. The binder contains a number of sections for
organising information. Within the sections there are a number of forms,
which can be accessed at the end of this page.
To
set-up and maintain a Personal Development Record, in whatever format,
takes a lot of time and effort. The Royal Air Force believes that the
effort is worthwhile.
If
you wish for further information on how to complete your PDR please
access the
PDR User Guide,
which describes the types of information that could be kept in the PDR and some examples
of the individual documents that rest within the PDR.
The
PDR is a tool that will help Service personnel to fulfil their aspirations
for educational development - be they modest or grand - throughout and
beyond a Service career. It will support the civilian recognition of
Service training and experience. If you wish to know more you should
contact Flt Lt Learning Forces (FLLF) on Ext 5455.
Click
on the following hyperlinks to access the PDR documentation which can
be printed:
Personal
Details
Record of Employment
Record of Qualifications
Record of Training and Development
Opportunities
Record of Experience
Personal Development Plan
Curriculum Vitae
SWOT
Analysis Model
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here for the Careers Research and Advisory Centre website
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here for the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education
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