CDR Paragraph Numbering Rules: Correct Format + Mapping Tips

Revision policy built around MSA alignment

We offer revision cycles focused on:

• strengthening personal engineering activity detail (what you did/how you did it) MSA Booklet (March 2020)
• improving paragraph-level evidence mapping for Summary Statement MSA Booklet (March 2020)
• correcting CPD and CV constraints MSA Booklet (March 2020) MSA Booklet (March 2020)

Plagiarism and integrity controls

Engineers Australia can screen work for matches using software MSA Booklet (March 2020), and plagiarism can lead to rejection and bans. MSA Booklet (March 2020) We help you avoid template traps and maintain proper referencing.

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FAQs

1) Can someone else write my Career Episodes if I provide the information?

Engineers Australia’s booklet includes a clear warning that having your Career Episodes written by another person (including third-party professional writers/companies) constitutes unethical behaviour and can lead to serious consequences such as rejection and bans. MSA Booklet (March 2020) A compliant approach is that you remain the author. Professional support should focus on helping you understand structure, improving clarity, checking compliance, and ensuring your writing shows what you personally did. If you want support, choose services that offer mentoring, editing, and review — not ghostwriting — and keep your drafts, notes, and evidence aligned to what you actually did on the project.

2) What should I write about in a Career Episode?

A Career Episode should focus on a specific period or distinct aspect of your engineering activity, and each of the three episodes must cover a different period/aspect. MSA Booklet (March 2020) You can base episodes on an educational engineering task, a project you worked on, a specific position (but not just a duty statement), or a particular engineering problem you solved. MSA Booklet (March 2020) The key is selecting episodes where you can explain engineering decisions, constraints, methods, and outcomes — and support them with appropriate evidence (calculations, diagrams, tables), without turning your episode into a textbook. MSA Booklet (March 2020)

3) What is the correct structure and length for a Career Episode?

Engineers Australia requires an essay-style narrative (not a table). MSA Booklet (March 2020) The booklet provides a structure with word guidance: Introduction (~150 words), Background (200–500), Personal Engineering Activity (600–1500), Summary (50–150). MSA Booklet (March 2020) It also recommends each narrative be between 1000 and 2500 words. MSA Booklet (March 2020) The most important part is Personal Engineering Activity — you must explain in detail what you did and how you did it, including problems encountered and how you solved them. MSA Booklet (March 2020)

4) Why do I need paragraph numbering, and how should it look?

Paragraph numbering is necessary because the Summary Statement must cross-reference competency elements to specific paragraph numbers in the Career Episodes. MSA Booklet (March 2020) The booklet recommends a system like: Career Episode 1 (1.1, 1.2…), Episode 2 (2.1, 2.2…), Episode 3 (3.1, 3.2…). MSA Booklet (March 2020) Without consistent numbering, the assessor cannot verify where competencies are demonstrated, and your Summary Statement can become invalid or weak. As a practical rule, keep paragraphs short and each paragraph focused on one engineering action or decision so mapping stays precise.

5) What exactly is a Summary Statement and what are common mistakes?

The Summary Statement is your competency mapping document. It cross-references the competency elements for your nominated category to the paragraph numbers where each element appears in your Career Episodes. MSA Booklet (March 2020) You must use the correct template for your category and you should not attempt to restrict it to one page. MSA Booklet (March 2020) Common mistakes include linking an element to a paragraph that doesn’t actually show evidence, mapping too broadly (e.g., one paragraph for many elements), and inconsistent paragraph numbering. Another frequent issue is trying to “fill every indicator” — the booklet notes you do not need to cover all indicators within each element. MSA Booklet (March 2020)

6) What are CPD requirements and do I need certificates?

CPD (Continuing Professional Development) is how you show you kept up-to-date after your undergraduate qualification. MSA Booklet (March 2020) Engineers Australia requires that all relevant CPD be included and presented in a table format with title, date, duration, venue, and organiser. MSA Booklet (March 2020) Your CPD listing must not be more than one A4 page, and it is not necessary to include certificates from each course. MSA Booklet (March 2020) The goal is clarity and completeness, not volume — a clean, honest CPD table that reflects your actual learning is stronger than an inflated list.

7) What should my CV look like for Engineers Australia?

The booklet requires a CV that is a full summary of your engineering education and work experience and must include periods of inactivity. MSA Booklet (March 2020) It must be a chronological listing of employment (not projects) and should be no more than three A4 pages. MSA Booklet (March 2020) For each workplace, you should list organisation name/location/contact details, dates/duration, position title, and your defined role/duty statement or brief activity description. MSA Booklet (March 2020) A CV that conflicts with your Career Episodes (dates, duties, timelines) can create credibility problems, so alignment matters.

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Ready to prepare your Engineers Australia CDR — the compliant way?

If you want a CDR that’s easy for an assessor to follow, the fastest wins usually come from:

• Correct Career Episode structure and first-person narrative MSA Booklet (March 2020)
• Clean paragraph numbering for mapping MSA Booklet (March 2020)
• Summary Statement cross-referencing that actually matches evidence MSA Booklet (March 2020)
• CPD + CV formatted to MSA limits MSA Booklet (March 2020) MSA Booklet (March 2020)
• Strong originality and correct citations (plagiarism risk control) MSA Booklet (March 2020)

Get started:

• Request a CDR Compliance Review (Career Episodes + Summary Statement + CPD + CV)
• Book a CDR Strategy Call (choose episodes, evidence planning, mapping approach)

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