Testing for rad workers

[Jeff Eichorst <u112237@lanl.gov>]

I hope I'm not too late for this training documentation thread, but I'm a
week behind on email. 

I am wondering how people generally present these exams that provide this
vital record of training.  Do your sites offer open book tests?  Do the
sites allow an indefinite time to take the test?  Are the answer locations
(for open book tests) listed in an index which is referenced as a source to
look up if you get stuck?  Do any of the sites use any form other than
multiple choice?

At 12:44 PM 6/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>At 11:13 AM 6/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>>The highest level would be to test after
>>>training to document that each person understands what to do.
>>>  My goal is to ensure adequate training and documentation without going to
>>>overkill. I'd appreciate comments on what you might be doing in this area.
>>
>>In the DOE world, 10CFR835.901 requires an examination for everyone who is
>>permitted unescorted access into a Controlled Area.
>>
>
>Experience in nuclear power and the DOE environment tells me that testing
>is necessary as the only lasting record that the trainee demonstrated some
>degree of knowledge at the time of training. Also, it is important, even
>with the shortest, simplest test, to craft the questions deliberately.
>Every test should have questions that show knowledge of when to wear a
>dosimeter, what areas not to enter, who to call if there is a problem, etc.
>If the trainee misses a question, always tell the trainee the correct
>answer and have the trainee initial next to the missed question to
>acknowledge receiving the correct answer. This way, if a worker later
>claims he wasn't trained on that subject ("the training didn't cover it",
>or "they didn't say anything about it in the class I attended"), you can
>produce the test paper on which he gave (or ackowledged receiving) the
>correct answers.
>
>A training program has adual obligation: 1) it must provide the trainees
>with the information needed to work safely, and 2) it should show that the
>company providing the training met obligation number 1.
>
>
>Bob Flood
>Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
>(415) 926-3793     bflood@slac.stanford.edu
>Unless otherwise noted, all opinions are mine alone.
>
>
>
Jeff Eichorst
Occurrence Investigator
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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