Background and Experience - std117220030012

DOE-STD-1172-2003

Verify that appropriate software quality assurance requirements are addressed in

procurement documents.

Assess safety software quality assurance programs, document results, and monitor

resulting actions.

Review and evaluate training and qualification programs for individuals who develop,

use, or maintain safety software, as well as design, maintain, and implement SQA

programs.

Provide technical support with respect to safety software for activities such as accident

and occurrence investigations.

Serve as an organization's technical point-of-contact for safety software.

BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE

The preferred education and experience for Safety Software Quality Assurance personnel is

defined in this section. The U. S. Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Qualification

Standards Handbook establishes minimum education, training, experience, or other relevant

requirements applicable to a particular occupational series/grade level, as well as alternatives to

meeting specified requirements. The preferred education and experience for Safety Software

Quality Assurance personnel is:

Education Baccalaureate degree in engineering, science, or a related discipline; or

meet the alternative requirements specified for engineers or scientists in the OPM

Qualifications Standards Handbook. Baccalaureate degrees in other disciplines may

also be appropriate based on the duties to be performed and considering the experience

gained in performing related software development, maintenance, management, and

quality assurance activities.

Experience Industry, military, federal, state, or directly related background that has

provided specialized experience in software development, maintenance, management,

and quality assurance activities. Specialized experience may be demonstrated through

possession of the competencies outlined in this standard. In addition to this education

and experience, certifications from other professional societies may serve as the basis

for equivalency of competencies in portions of this standard.

REQUIRED TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

The competencies contained in this Standard are in addition to and distinct from those

competencies contained in the General Technical Base Qualification Standard. All Safety

Software Quality Assurance personnel must satisfy the competency requirements of the

General Technical Base Qualification Standard prior to or in parallel with the competency

requirements contained in this Standard. Each of the competency statements defines the level

of expected knowledge that an individual must posses to meet the intent of this Standard. The

supporting knowledge, skills, and abilities statements further describe the intent of the

competency statements.

Note: This section refers to NUREG/CR-6263, High Integrity Software for Nuclear Power

Plants, in several of the competency statements and supporting knowledge, skills, and