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Professional Practices: SS-301 Instructor: Zahid Nawaz

The document discusses the topic of professionalism for Week 1 of the Professional Practices course. It defines what a profession is and lists the responsibilities of IT and engineering professionals. These include technical skills as well as an understanding of management, regulations, and responsibilities to society. The document outlines four key traits of a profession: varied activities requiring specialized skills; being motivated to serve society; upholding personal excellence standards; and giving back to society. It also lists traits of a professional, such as taking one's job seriously, constantly striving to improve, adapting to unexpected changes, and having strong communication skills.

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Professional Practices: SS-301 Instructor: Zahid Nawaz

The document discusses the topic of professionalism for Week 1 of the Professional Practices course. It defines what a profession is and lists the responsibilities of IT and engineering professionals. These include technical skills as well as an understanding of management, regulations, and responsibilities to society. The document outlines four key traits of a profession: varied activities requiring specialized skills; being motivated to serve society; upholding personal excellence standards; and giving back to society. It also lists traits of a professional, such as taking one's job seriously, constantly striving to improve, adapting to unexpected changes, and having strong communication skills.

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Professional Practices

SS-301
Instructor: Zahid Nawaz
Week 1 Topic: The Profession

Introduction
Professionalism
Traits of a Professional
 Applying Professionalism in Daily Life
Introduction

• Profession: A paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged


training and a formal qualification.

• Professional: A professional is a member of a profession or any person


who earns their living from a specified professional activity. The term
also describes the standards of education and training that prepare
members of the profession with the particular knowledge and skills
necessary to perform their specific role within that profession.
Professional Responsibilities

• With reference to Information Technology, Computer Science or


Software Engineering, the responsibilities of working professionals in
this area include network administration, software development and
installation, and the planning and management of an organization's
technology life cycle, by which hardware and software is maintained,
upgraded and replaced.
• But these are not ENOUGH
Engineering Council states that other than professional
Knowledge, an Engineer must know

• Technical decision making and its commercial and economic


implementation
• Knowledge of government legislation affecting work, e.g. safety, health,
environmental requirements
• An understanding of the principles of management and industrial
relations
• Some knowledge of trade unions and their organization
• An understanding of the engineer’s responsibility to the profession, to
the community and to the environment
The Professionalism

• A profession isn’t just what you do, it’s who you are.

• Professionalism is a way of thinking and living rather than


an accumulation of learning.
Traits of a Profession

Four Traits of Profession


1. Varied activities requiring special skills
2. Society-centric motivation
3. Personal standards of excellence
4. Giving back to society
A professional behaves ethically

• Ethics means something more than ‘law’ and ‘morals’.


• It carries an additional connotation of ‘rightness’.
• Breaking the law: can earn a fine or jail time
• Breaking a moral: can ruin your reputation
• Breaking an ethic: can ruin your conscience
It’s possible to break all three, simultaneously!
Traits of a Professional

• Being a professional means that they are certain traits


which are expected from you.

• We will go through Each of them


Trait # 1 of a professional: Seriousness

• Serious about job


• The job is only a job. A means to an end
Trait # 2 of a professional: Wanting to do better

• Exhibit a never-ending quest to improve their performance


in every variable, every project, every relationship, and
every detail.
Trait # 3 of a professional: Dealing with the
Unexpected

• Stuff happens, things change, and the true professional rises


to the occasion
Trait # 4 of a professional: Communication Skills

• Clear
• Concise
• Confident
To be continue…

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