Environmental Technologies

DOE-STD-1157-2002

Environmental Technologies

11. Environmental restoration personnel shall demonstrate a working level knowledge of the

principles and concepts of environmental restoration.

Supporting Knowledge and/or Skills

a. Discuss the currently available investigation, characterization and data management technologies

for environmental restoration.

b. Discuss the various currently available remediation technologies and their applications.

12. Environmental restoration personnel shall demonstrate a familiarity level knowledge of

evaluating technologies.

a. Discuss the Department's policies and procedures for screening technologies.

b. Describe the process for performing an analysis of alternative environmental restoration options.

Problem Analysis

13. Environmental restoration personnel shall demonstrate a working level knowledge of problem

analysis principles and techniques necessary to identify problems, determine potential causes of

the problems, and identify corrective actions.

Supporting Knowledge and/or Skills

a. Describe and explain the application of problem analysis techniques including the following:

Root Cause Analysis

Causal Factor Analysis

Change Analysis

Barrier Analysis

b. Describe and explain the application of the following Root Cause Analysis processes in the

performance of occurrence investigations:

Events and Causal Factors Charting

Root Cause Coding

Recommendation Generation

c. Compare and contrast Type A and Type B accident investigations and discuss an example of the

application of each.

d. Explain the necessity for and differences between the immediate, short term, and long term

actions taken as the result of a problem identification or occurrence.