Training - s1063-970024

DOE-STD-1063-97

Handbook, "Recruiting, Hiring, and Retaining High Quality Technical Staff -- A

Manager's Guide to Administrative Flexibilities."

5.8.1

Education Requirements. Educational requirements are necessary to ensure

that the individuals possess the baseline knowledge to successfully complete

the training program, the ability to function independently in the field, and the

ability to understand scientific principles and communicate in technical terms.

The expected minimum education is that which the field element determines

is necessary to provide competent technical assessment of the contractor.

This will normally be a Baccalaureate degree or extensive experience in a

directly related field such as naval nuclear power, commercial nuclear power,

radioactive waste management, nuclear weapons, nuclear research, or

accelerator facility programs.

Experience Requirements. Facility-specific experience criteria should be

5.8.2

developed and applied as part of the selection criteria for Facility

Representative candidates. The facility-specific experience criteria should

reflect the complexity, hazard classification, and activity level of the facility

and be commensurate with the responsibilities, authority and duties of the

assigned position.

5.9

Training. Facility Representative training and qualification programs shall be in

accordance with DOE Order 360.1, "Training", with additional requirements defined

in this Standard.

5.9.1

Needs Analysis. The first step in the design of a formal training program for a

Facility Representative candidate is to identify and document the

requirements of the specific position to be filled. Many of these requirements

are generic in nature, since they are common to most Facility Representative

positions. However, facility-specific requirements should be defined and

added to the generic list. An analysis of the candidate's training needs is

then conducted. This is the process by which the tasks, duties, and

responsibilities of the position are analyzed to identify formal or informal

training, self-study, seminars, on-the-job-training, briefings, rotational

assignments, or other types of training necessary for effective job

performance.

5.9.2

Self-Study Documents. The Facility Representative should be

knowledgeable of all relevant DOE Rules, Orders, Directives, Notices, etc.,

and the Federal and state regulations under which the assigned facility

operates. In addition, the Facility Representative should be familiar with

pertinent national and consensus standards, facility operating procedures,

and the facility safety documentation. The list of self-study documents

identified for each Facility Representative should, therefore, be extensive.

Each document listed should have a standard of achievement that defines

the level of knowledge necessary.

5.9.3

Formal training. Certain competencies associated with the Facility

Representative qualification standards are of such complexity or significance

that formal training should be required to satisfy them. The field element is