Management Skills for Engineers Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply management principles to plan, organize, lead, and control engineering projects and teams.
• Analyze organizational structures and team dynamics to optimize performance and communication.
• Evaluate financial and resource constraints to make informed management decisions.
• Design strategies for conflict resolution, motivation, and performance management within engineering contexts.
• Implement effective communication and delegation techniques to enhance team productivity.
• Demonstrate ethical leadership and adherence to professional standards in engineering management.

Target Audience

Engineers and technical professionals who are moving into or currently in management roles, including project leaders, team leads, and technical managers seeking to enhance their leadership and management competencies.

Prerequisites

A bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent work experience. No prior management training is required.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals reinforce management theory through hands-on exercises, including a project planning simulation, a conflict resolution role-play, and an integrated capstone exercise. These activities allow engineers to apply planning, decision-making, and leadership skills in a controlled environment, bridging theory and practice.

Practical Activities

• Project Planning Simulation — Learners work in teams to plan a small engineering project using WBS, Gantt charts, and resource allocation. (4h)
• Risk Assessment and Decision-Making Exercise — Teams analyse a case study with multiple risks, apply a decision-making model, and propose mitigation strategies. (4h)
• Conflict Resolution Role-Play — Learners role-play a conflict scenario in an engineering team and practice mediation techniques. (3h)
• Integrated Capstone Exercise — Teams manage a simulated engineering project from initiation to close-out, integrating planning, leadership, and ethics. (5h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	40% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.