Introduction - hdbk12060007

DOE-HDBK-1206-98

Training programs at DOE facilities should prepare personnel to safely and efficiently operate

and maintain the facilities in accordance with DOE requirements. This guide presents good

practices for a systematic approach to on-the-job training (OJT) and OJT programs and should

be used in conjunction with DOE Training Program Handbook: A Systematic Approach to

Training, and with the DOE Handbook entitled Alternative Systematic Approaches to Training

to develop performance-based OJT programs. DOE contractors may also use this guide to

modify existing OJT programs that do not meet the systematic approach to training (SAT)

objectives.

Because of a contractor-identified need for generic guidance regarding performance-based

OJT and OJT programs, DOE/ID-10177, Guide to Good Practices for On-the-Job Training was

developed in 1987. This guidance was updated and changed to DOE-STD-1012-92 in July of

1992. It preceded the DOE Training Program Handbook: A Systematic Approach to Training in

providing guidance for the development of OJT programs using the SAT process. The bulk of

the information specific to the SAT process that was included in DOE-STD-1012-92 was

removed during this revision because DOE Training Program Handbook: A Systematic

Approach to Training has broad applicability to all SAT-based training programs.

The methods described in this guide and in DOE Training Program Handbook: A Systematic

Approach to Training may be appropriate for high-hazard facilities/tasks but may not be

necessary nor cost-effective for moderate-or low-hazard potential facilities/tasks. Therefore,

the DOE Handbook entitled Alternative Systematic Approaches to Training should also be

used with this guide when developing OJT programs for DOE nuclear facilities to ensure that

these programs meet current DOE training requirements with the proper level of detail for the

hazard and risk of the facility and task and are cost-effective.