Failure of Written or Oral Examinations

DOE-STD-1063-2000

Element Manager or his designee shall convene and chair a

Qualification Board for the purpose of conducting an oral

examination of the candidate. The Field Element Manager or

his designee shall determine the composition of the

Qualification Board. Board members should ask critical

questions intended to integrate identified learning objectives

during qualification. Additionally, the Board members may ask

follow-up questions to help the Board determine how the

candidates "think on their feet." Field Element Managers or

designees should develop formal guidance for the Qualification

Board; this guidance includes: the standards for Qualification,

the use of technical advisors by the Board, the questioning

procedures or protocol, pass/fail criteria, the voting

authorization and procedures, and the Board deliberation and

documentation process. The Board may conduct the oral

interview as a group or individually. The Board should

document explicitly any questions and answers that result in an

oral exam failure.

5.10.4.4 Failure of Written or Oral Examinations. Field Element

Managers or their designees may require Facility Representative

candidates who fail a written or oral examination to go on a

special study program designed to strengthen each area of

weakness revealed in the examination. Field Element Managers

or their designees may direct candidate reexaminations, with

concentration in the identified weak areas. Field Element

Managers should reassign Facility Representative candidates

who repeatedly fail examinations, to a non-Facility

Representative position. In rendering a final decision on

reassignment, the Field Element Manager should consider any

extenuating circumstances.

5.10.5

Designated Facility Representatives. Field Element Managers may

establish criteria for designating Facility Representatives. For

example, to become "Designated" a Facility Representative must

complete the General Technical Base Qualification Standard, the

Facility Representative Functional Area Qualification Standard, and

at least six months experience in a Facility Representative position.

The purpose of this "Designation" is to indicate unique technical

proficiency for the purposes of retention based upon unique

competitive level codes. Designation is not equivalent to

qualification as designation will normally occur before a Facility

Representative achieves full qualification.