Elements and Performance Criteria
- Formulate research question
- Identify issues for investigation through ongoing professional development and networking with industry, external funding bodies and professional networks.
- Formulate innovate research questions using industry experience and analysis.
- Formulate a research question that dissects key elements of the issue to be investigated.
- Demonstrate how the research question will be of strategic importance to the industry and to the organisation’s objectives and timeframes.
- Identify and exploit issues relating to intellectual property.
- Contribute to and use research and professional networks to access current information relevant to the research question, and assess both current and published information and extract relevant information.
- Devise research methodology
- Monitor innovations in research methods, and adjust objectives and/or the formulation of a hypothesis to enhance the conduct of the research.
- Determine a hypothesis that is testable, relevant and of benefit, and develop research methods appropriate to the hypothesis.
- Identify and specify risk management strategies and resource needs.
- Prepare and submit funding applications as required.
- Complete documentation.
- Conduct and manage research
- Seek and manage external funding.
- Provide leadership and manage the research team to meet research objectives.
- Monitor performance and outputs and instigate change/s in direction.
- Facilitate collaboration across locations and organisations to meet research objectives and timeframes.
- Analyse, document and report research results.
- Adapt communication style to write for both scientific and lay audiences and to translate results to applied situations.
- Publish and present research results
- Publish research papers and disseminate results widely both internally and externally to the organisation.
- Present research at seminars and scientific conferences, nationally or internationally.
- Protect intellectual property.
- Build national reputation through publication and presentation of research papers and networking nationally or internationally.
- Formulate research question
- Identify issues for investigation through ongoing professional development and networking with industry, external funding bodies and professional networks.
- Formulate innovate research questions using industry experience and analysis.
- Formulate a research question that dissects key elements of the issue to be investigated.
- Demonstrate how the research question will be of strategic importance to the industry and to the organisation’s objectives and timeframes.
- Identify and exploit issues relating to intellectual property.
- Contribute to and use research and professional networks to access current information relevant to the research question, and assess both current and published information and extract relevant information.
- Devise research methodology
- Monitor innovations in research methods, and adjust objectives and/or the formulation of a hypothesis to enhance the conduct of the research.
- Determine a hypothesis that is testable, relevant and of benefit, and develop research methods appropriate to the hypothesis.
- Identify and specify risk management strategies and resource needs.
- Prepare and submit funding applications as required.
- Complete documentation.
- Conduct and manage research
- Seek and manage external funding.
- Provide leadership and manage the research team to meet research objectives.
- Monitor performance and outputs and instigate change/s in direction.
- Facilitate collaboration across locations and organisations to meet research objectives and timeframes.
- Analyse, document and report research results.
- Adapt communication style to write for both scientific and lay audiences and to translate results to applied situations.
- Publish and present research results
- Publish research papers and disseminate results widely both internally and externally to the organisation.
- Present research at seminars and scientific conferences, nationally or internationally.
- Protect intellectual property.
- Build national reputation through publication and presentation of research papers and networking nationally or internationally.