Progress Review Board

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supervisor, etc. An oral board may be used as the final check of qualification, or it may be

combined with an operational evaluation/plant walkthrough. Oral boards usually cover all

facets of facility or process operation. This includes:

facility components

system interrelationships

normal/abnormal situations involving systems and interrelated systems and

components.

Two other types of oral boards are the Progress Review and Program Evaluation Boards.

4.1.2.1

Progress Review Board

The progress review board can be used to evaluate a trainee's progress toward the

completion of assigned qualifications or for determining if a trainee possesses the

knowledge to enter a higher level of qualification. Progress review boards may also be

used to determine whether or not a trainee is having difficulty with the training program or

has a reasonable probability of completing the program. Problems with meeting the

minimum progress requirements may be due to personality conflicts or due to a lack of

understanding of fundamental principles and concepts. The progress review board can be

used to identify the cause of the problem. It may also uncover problems with the training

program that had been missed during program evaluations (this discovery could lead to

using the program evaluation board on most or all the trainees to determine the extent of

the problem). The progress review board is more valuable early in the qualification process

than near the end. The progress review board also serves as training in board techniques

for both trainees and prospective board members. Progress review boards should follow

the guidelines for administering oral boards as discussed in the section titled Conduct of

Oral Boards.

4.1.2.2

Program Evaluation Board

The program evaluation board can be used for identifying problems in the training program.

When a problem is identified with a training program, (e.g., incidents involving qualified

personnel, slow qualification times compared with the past norms, abnormally high

examination failure rates, etc.) a program evaluation board could be used to identify the