THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTORING THE NEXT GENERATION OF INSPECTIONEERS

摘要

Mentoring has been defined as the method of teaching within an apprentice-supervisory relationship. It is not a new-or even recent-concept. In fact, the idea of mentoring can be traced back to ancient Greece. At that time, it was developed as a technique to impart to young men the societies' desired personal, social and cultural values. During the middle ages, mentoring became a method to pass on artistic, tradesman and craftsman knowledge via a craftsman-apprentice relationship during which a young person learned a trade by shadowing a master artisan. Much later, during the 1960s and 1970s, American and European companies reinvented the philosophy as a way to train young adults into engineering and other technical fields to support career development strategies.