Professional Development Activities

Undergraduate and postgraduate courses are of course the main foundations of Professional Development. Completion project presentation, graduate and doctoral presentations, real and actual internships performed during university education, finishing projects, research and reports for courses, taking part in R&D projects, participation seminars, seminars, to participate in presentations for conferences, congresses, master's degree and doctorate, to contribute to the workshop v.b. organzations, to contribute to the professional activities of professional organizations with the status of a student member, and, during university students will be one of the activities for Professional Development.

Phases such as doctorate, associate degree and professorship are the academic side of Professional Development. Courses given at this stage, projects carried out, publications made, congresses and symposiums held or presented in the organization, mentoring activities for students, etc, being a consultant at the doctoral and upper academic level are activities that come to mind at first. It is possible to add dozens of substances to it.

Many activities include Professional Development (MG)’. When it comes to MG, it should not come to mind to attend a single training or seminar. A foreign language learned, a project-business meeting attended by many experts, a professional publication read, a commission meeting we attended, mentoring, tasks undertaken in the relevant NGOs, written technical articles, information sharing with technical presentations will also be an example of professional development activity.

The necessity of professional development after formal education is accepted by all. As your need arises in the field you want to work in, many different courses such as computer courses, diction courses are on the agenda. In fact, even the driver's license course can be considered an indicator for Professional Development. Because nowadays it is very difficult to employ a professional who does not have a license and does not actively drive. Today, there is no area where the computer and, accordingly, office programs, geographic information systems applications and many different programs are not used. Learning these within the scope of professional development is another necessity.

Professional development is not limited to training received, master's degree paid, seminars and courses attended or offered free of charge. A published review article, article, booklet, a prepared brochure will also be an activity that indicates professional development. This does not necessarily have to be a journal registered in “Script index”s with a higher score of continuous professional development. For example, a journal that addresses the geosciences and mining sector or even an article that will be published in a popular journal on the subject will be part of professional development.

The practice of mentoring, which is widespread internationally, especially in developed countries, is one of the important and useful activities related to professional development. The way of the mining professional to the student or young professional (citizen candidate) who loves the profession and wants to do it should be considered as one of the activities that deserve the most points of Professional Development.

In working life, when it comes to professional development, it should not come to mind to attend an education, to go to a seminar. Even a business meeting, a professional magazine or book read, a commission meeting you attend will be an example of professional development activity. There are visuals explaining “professional development” activities in international norms.

The role of social life and hobbies in professional development, even hobbies of earth science professionals related to their profession or expertise, can be part of professional development. For example, as a hobby, photography, painting, trekking at mining sites, collecting semi-precious stones, or mining, geosciences, crystals, mineral stamps, mining-related objects, old photographs, etc, collecting documents, reading about this, researching, traveling for this, wandering the land for days, perhaps opening a small exhibition on this subject, he said, or it can be considered as part of the professional development of a professional who visits an exhibition on this subject and perhaps shares what he sees. Films and other performing arts, literary books and monographs on the subject of mining will also be part of it. Seeing the MTA and Zonguldak Mining Museums, being a visitor at the fair, seeing exhibitions, seeing historical mining sites should not only count as leisure entertainment, but also the time spent here is considered as part of continuous professional development.