Incorporating Feedback From Drills

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10. INCORPORATING FEEDBACK FROM DRILLS

A mechanism should be in place to upgrade the drill program, and individual weaknesses

identified during the conduct of drills. A new feedback program is not needed if an existing

facility feedback processes is already in place.

If the critique results indicate that the facility operating personnel could not control the situation

presented in the drill scenario, a determination should be made of whether the problem was is

due to a lack of training, inadequate procedures, drill scenario problems, etc. If training is the

problem, the facility training program should be upgraded. Immediate training needs should be

identified and included in to the continuing training program. The initial training program should

also be modified to include the information identified on training deficiencies. Good practices

should be identified and factored into initial and continuing training programs. As appropriate,

personnel deficiencies should be corrected by remediation and/or retraining. All completed

remediation or retraining should be documented and filed in the person's training record.

Problems encountered with any portion of the drill scenario should be identified in the drill

critique. These problems should be corrected before the drill scenario is conducted again. For

example, items that may be considered include:

Improving identification of initial conditions or initiation methods for the drill

Using more or fewer personnel to run the drill

Dealing with unexpected problems encountered during the conduct of the drill

(i.e., the drill scenario or facility conditions)

Correcting communications problems

Replacing inaccurate or inappropriate cues or props

Equipment malfunctions