Evangelism

3. Stages of developing
your ACDP.
What's an aviation career development plan?
An aviation career development plan is a
career development plan that helps
aviators, identify, plan grow and develop
their respective careers with focus on
education, experience, exposure and
finance.
Aviation is a professional that’s calls for
instant investment in training.
Why does it call for constant training?

4. Benefits of having a career development plan.
1. Enhanced awareness of capabilities and safety
standards.
2. Not getting stack in one position.
3. Ensures a balance of experience and
certification.
4. Ability to target behaviour and skills building
towards current and future job success.
5. Improved performance and job satisfaction.
6. Increased marketability as a result of improved
performance.
7. Builds confidence and career potential.
8. Helps aviators align with the needed skills
within the organization/industry.
9. Helps aviators develop a continuous investment
in their training.

5. What does aviation
require?
Fact:
1. Highly regulated industry.
2. Safety is king in aviation.
3. Calls for competency in performance.
4. Constant development through training.
5. It’s a hands on skills and technical skills.

6. What governs
aviation?
A successful career in aviation calls for the
3Es.
A balance in:
1. Education.
2. Experience.
3. Exposure.
4. Finance. (developing a proactive
approach towards career development.)

7. GOAL SETTING.
GOALS ARE ALL ABOUT KNOWNING WHAT YOU WANT.
• We know that life is about balance, social, spiritual, health, and many more, all these
things might and will require your finance. So does your career.
• To better help develop your personal aviation career, the following questions need to be
answered.
1. What are your aviation career goals? Short term and long term, Be clear and specific.
• (We encourage aviators to take interest in understanding the direction of the
organization and their respective career, gaining knowledge on such allows you to
strategically position yourself in the market.)
• 2. At what stage are you in your career? Entry level, junior aviator, senior aviator,
management. (What do you have?) at what stage are you in the sector that will help
you unlock and understand what training you need next.
• 3. What training would you like to achieve this year? And what benefits will it have on
your career progression in both performance contribution and finance after successful
completion?

8. • 4. Where would you like to get
your training from and how
much will it cost? (Now your
goals are becoming clear.)
• 5. Are you ready to achieve your
goals? (are you ready to stick to
your budget?

9. Next session.
Aviation career Goal settings observing the
3Es.
Next session looks at how we incorporate
education, experience, exposure and finance.
Helping develop a proactive approach
towards your aviation career development.