|
Ron Pickup |
| Age |
60 |
| Which
firm do (did) you work for? |
Lucas Aerospace |
| What
is (was) your job title and what do (did) you do? |
Programmes Manager (Retired)
Managing a department of engineers responsible for bidding and winning
defence industry contracts; project launch and manufacturing
qualification; facility launch; programming management; procurement, manufacturing
and customer liaison. |
| How
long have you been mentoring? |
3 years |
| Qualities
you think help to make a good mentor. |
Being patient, a good listener
and being able to establish a relationship, based on truth and honesty,
with the student. |
| What
do you think you've got out of mentoring? |
An inner feeling of
satisfaction from doing something that I enjoy. |
| What's
the hardest part of being a mentor? |
Establishing a good
relationship. |
| Do
you think mentoring has been beneficial to the students you've
mentored? |
Feedback from school suggests
that they have, and I do believe that I have, seen an improvement in their
attitudes, some more than others. |
|
Ron began mentoring for
us three years ago |
(Updated
16/01/05
)
