Training Objectives and Scope

DOE-STD-1063-97

A core training program that will cover the generic subjects in

which the Facility Representative must be knowledgeable; and

The facility-specific training necessary to effectively perform the

duties of the Facility Representative.

Training Objectives and Scope. Training should be directed

4.5.2.2

toward developing an understanding of the technical and

management aspects of a facility's operation, and a familiarity

with the assigned facility.

4.5.2.3

Training Progression. When designing a Facility Representative

training program, each field element should consider the

desirability of establishing a standard training progression for

prospective Facility Representative positions.

Advancement Considerations. As qualified Facility

4.5.2.4

Representatives gain experience, they become a valuable

resource of DOE. Field elements should take necessary steps to

ensure that Facility Representative positions are career

enhancing and remain desirable to Facility Representative

candidates. This includes incentives to maintain qualification, and

the encouragement of skills enhancement through continuing

training, graduate study, and professional certifications. In

addition, opportunities to develop management skills should be

made available. This experience and training should make them

prime candidates for positions of higher responsibility both in the

field and at DOE Headquarters. Field elements and

Headquarters should account for this in the personnel

development plans for their organizations, and in the Facility

Representatives' Individual Development Plans. The DOE-HR

Handbook, Recruiting, Hiring, and Retaining High Quality

Technical Staff -- A Manager's Guide to Administrative

Flexibilities, provides various mechanisms that can be used to

retain these valuable resources.

4.5.3

Training of Field Element Management. Field element managers should take

steps to ensure that all field element line management personnel understand

the functions, responsibilities, and authorities of Facility Representatives.

evaluation and adjustment of the program is necessary to ensure a high and

continuously improving level of performance. It is the responsibility of the Cognizant

Secretarial Office and the Field Element Manager to ensure that performance

assessments are accomplished, and any indicated corrective actions are completed.

This function is monitored by the DOE Headquarters Facility Representative Program

Manager, Office of Field Services and Liaison, FM-10, and accomplished using the

following methods: