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performance deficiencies (or remedial training) should then be initiated. More information

concerning drill programs can be found in the DOE Handbook for Establishing Nuclear Facility

Drill Programs.

3.2 Lecture Series

Continuing training programs should include planned lectures or seminars conducted on a

regular and continuing basis. In addition to correcting identified weaknesses in fundamentals,

lectures and seminars should provide for review of selected initial training material to prevent

significant degradation of knowledge that is seldom used but important. They also should

refresh and enhance the trainees' knowledge of essential facility operation and maintenance

practices, review and provide amplification of facility and industry experience, and discuss

recent or pending facility modifications and procedure changes.

Using a systematic training process, training management, with line management approval,

should select lecture topics based on analysis data and other identified needs of the

employees. The lecture series should be designed and sequenced to reinforce the laboratory,

simulator, and in-facility portions of the continuing training program. Frequency of lecture topic

presentations should be based on the analysis data and use of the supporting fundamental

knowledge.

Lectures and seminars may include video presentations; however, this medium should not be

a complete substitute for live instruction. In each instance that video presentations are used,

an instructor should be available to provide amplifying information and answer questions.

Affected personnel should attend all lecture and seminar sessions. An attendance record

should be kept to track attendance and for line management use. Absences should be made

up by rescheduling, viewing a video of the missed session, or using self-study and discussion

with knowledgeable personnel designated by a training manager. Each employee performing

makeup work should pass written examinations or performance tests that were required during

the training. The time required to make up any missed training should be based on its

significance to facility operation. Some training (e.g., significant facility modifications) may

require accelerated makeup schedules. Although self-study and discussion sessions may be

used for makeup, this practice should be limited.