Training Program Standards and Policies

DOE-HDBK-1105-2002

Radiological Training for Tritium Facilities

Exemptions

Qualified personnel can be exempted from training if they have satisfactorily completed training programs,

(i.e., facility, college or university, military, or vendor programs) comparable in instructional objectives,

content, and performance criteria. Documentation of the applicable and exempted portions of training

should be maintained.

Training Program Standards and Policies

Qualification of Instructors

The technical instructor plays a key role in the safe and efficient operation of DOE facilities. Workers must

be well qualified and have a thorough understanding of the facility's operation, such as processing,

handling, and storage of materials, and maintenance of equipment. Workers must know how to correctly

perform their duties and why they are doing them. They must know how their actions influence other

worker's responsibilities. Because workers' actions are so critical to their own safety and the safety of

others, their trainers must be of the highest caliber. The technical instructor must understand thoroughly all

aspects of the subjects being taught and the relationship of the subject content to the total facility.

Additionally, the instructor must have the skills and knowledge to employ the instructional methods and

techniques that will enhance learning and successful job performance. While the required technical and

instructional qualifications are listed separately, it is the combination of these two factors that produces a

qualified technical instructor.

The qualifications are based on the best industry practices that employ performance-based techniques to

ensure that workers receive the highest quality training possible. This is possible only when technical

instructors possess the technical competence and instructional skills to perform assigned instructional

duties in a manner that promotes safe and reliable DOE facility operations.

Technical Qualifications

Instructors must possess technical competence (theoretical and practical knowledge along with work

experience) in the subject areas in which they conduct training. The foundation for determining the

instructor's technical qualifications is based on two factors:

the trainees being instructed, and

the subject being presented

The following is an example of a target audience, subject to be taught, and instructor technical

qualifications.