Eduardo ,
To start in PM ,I may agreed that PMP is not a starting contraint but to become a professional in PM or/and planning then PMP is a must.

Muhammad,

Nadeem is based in London and involved in building works. Asraf says it is essential for professional planners to have PMP certification. I’ve never heard of any UK employers in construction in the UK looking for PMP certification from their planners. They are primarily interested in level of experience and then if the applicant is degree educated.

It is not essential in the UK construction market at present.

So therefore Muhammad, Asraf is wrong.

Ashraf,

Disagree with your statement. I’ve never heard of PMP in the UK.

Nadeem,

No need for PMP considering your experience.

Only guts and where your heart is: planning or otherwise.

Just remember what your teacher explained regarding project management as a start. Eventually, if you have time and resource, you may opt for PMP.

Cheers,

Charlie

It’s highly recommended and very helpful for any planner.

Do you think its essential for a planner to have this before he starts planning????
Clive

Whats PMP???????
Clive

Nadeem
I note you are already working for a major contractor in London and have been an Engineer for 15 years.
Im guessing that there was a purpose in you gaining the P3 qualifications you have, and possibly your employer paid for the course. If so I would suggest you disscuss your future with them. All of the majors in the UK are desperate for planners and with your hands on experience I am sure you could provide a valuable contribution immeadiately. If as an Engineer you have had wide site experience putting that experience to work in planning projects is not so hard.
I agree with John look at the planning you have already done and highlight that in your CV. Think hard about this, you will probably realise that you have done a lot more planning than you think. Then ask yourself why you want to be a planner. I am sure you have met a number, some good some bad. Prepare a spreadsheet on what you feel were the good aspects and see how your skill set matches those you consider to be worthwhile. Talk to the planners in your current organisation and see what their experience has been and how that got started.
As to whether you need bits of paper I would suggest that with your experience you probably have a great deal of experience that an employer would want.
If you can look for a job on a major project, here you should find a number of planners with experience who can mentor you. I am not sure I really subscribe to this view but you will find vacancies for senior planners with only 3 years of experience, I would therefore suggest that you with some hard work could easily get to this level.
Finally when youve done all that map out where you want to be and what skills you need to have to get there, then set about aquiring those skills.
Tickeling your heart may not be enough focus on what people want from you and strive to gain the skills required.
Hope this helps
Clive

Hi

Perhaps try the following:

Update your CV to reflect any planning work that you have carried out as a senior engineer, any cources etc.

Send off your CV to any likly looking planning job you can find - try the job page on this site , or Planning Engineer Organisation Web Site, or Jobsearch UK etc etc.

Register your CV with as many web sites as you can find on the internet etc

As their is so much planning work about at the moment, particularly in the UK, you will eventually get lucky, then you may wonder why swop from being a senior engineer to a planner.

Regards

John

get your PMP first

then you can start your career in PM

I suggest u to study about PM (PMBOK, books, curses, MBAs etc.)
Only a PM software curse is not sufficient.
Regards.