Selection Process cont'd

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C Sound judgment

- maturity

- conservative approach toward nuclear and personnel safety

- inquisitive

- persistent, yet cautious

- effective planning

- logical and cautious decision making

- understands personal limitations and policy

C Motivation

- responsible for own development

- desire for additional challenges and responsibilities

C High values and integrity

- professional ethics

- high personal standards of performance and commitment to quality

- positive attitude

- commitment to values that support ogranizational goals

- high level of performance

C Thorough technical knowledge

- technical knowledge of the tasks performed by the personnel supervised

- analytical ability

- industrial safety awareness.

- recognition of transients

- emergency procedure bases

- in-house and industry operating experience lessons learned awareness

Some techniques that may be used to provide input for selecting shift supervisor trainees

include: questionnaires, aptitude tests, examinations of technical knowledge and supervisory

ability, on-the-job observations, performance during continuing training, and interviews by

facility line managers. The techniques should be applied in a manner that attains consistent

assessment of trainees. Regardless of the techniques used to provide inputs, careful and

thoughtful selection by line management is essential.