Tnat Riga
Tnat Riga
A. Introduction
1. Background
Based on the IAEA Guideline on The Education and Training Review Service, any nuclear installations should develop and maintain a sustainable and adequate education and training program in nuclear safety, consistent with the IAEA safety standards and good international practices with due recognition to national conditions. In order to ensure that the adequate competence are achieved and maintained, nuclear installations should define a well training program for its staff. It is essential that systematic approach to training (SAT) be applied in design, develop and implement the training program. For many years BATAN had designed, developed, and implemented several training course on nuclear technology as well as in nuclear safety, but we had not implemented the SAT methods as a whole, especially on the first step i.e. the training needs analysis. In 2002, the IAEA education and training review team conclude that nuclear facilities in BATAN need a systematic approach to training, including a systematic self-assessment of competencies and training needs in co-operation with the education and training center. IAEA also published some documents related to the competency
requirements especially for research reactor personnel as well as the guideline to assess the competency of personnel. These IAEA documents should be used as a reference to carry out the training needs analysis for research reactor personnel.
2. Objective
The objective of this activity is to conduct the training needs analysis according to the IAEA guideline. The result can be used either by the reactor facility to propose annual training program or by the Education and Training Center to set up the training program.
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3. Scope
The training needs analysis is implemented to the nuclear facilities that operate the TRIGA MARK research reactor i.e. the Center for Research and Development of Advanced Technology (P3TM) at Yogyakarta and the Nuclear Technology Research and Development Center (P3TKN) at Bandung. Only three fields of work (division) are assessed: division of reactor operation, reactor safety, and reactor maintenance.
4. Methodology
Based on the IAEA guidance, training needs analysis can be conducted following the steps below.
Step 1
Expertise of Manager/Senior Staff
Step 2
Description of Job Positions in relevant Units Description of Competencies for each Job Position
Step 3
Step 4
Gap Analysis
Step 5
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Training Needs Analysis TRIGA MARK Research Reactor Facility Step 1 The organizational mandate should take into account the present needs as well as the future aspirations of the organization. The list of units should be presented with corresponding functions. It does not matter if some of the units may not be in place at the time of selfassessment, however their need may be accounted for in the development of training program. The information required for this step is usually available in the Quality Assurance Manual of each facility and in IAEA draft Safety Series DS 325 for research reactor operating organizations. Step 2 Describe the job positions. If the job position do not exist then it may be useful to define the job positions and the prerequisites such as academic and professional background. Describe duties for each job positions. Typical duties in regulatory body can be found in IAEA draft Safety Series DS 325. Step 3 Taking into account the job positions and corresponding duties, relevant competencies should be identified. This is a time consuming task and it is suggested that this may be effectively done in a group exercise composed of subject matter specialist, supervisor, trainer and the incumbent of that position. Step 4 Taking into account the professional and academic background of the staff, evaluate the existing competencies for the job positions to determine the existing gaps. It is suggested that this task be performed by the same group of people as in step 3 for consistency. To facilitate the execution of this step, the questionnaires are needed to be developed. Step 5 Once the competency gaps are identified, the training modules can be designed or existing training modules can be refined, accordingly. Education and Training Center National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN) 4 of 20
B. Organization Aspect
BATAN owns and operates two TRIGA MARK research reactors, one in the Center for Research and Development of Advanced Technology (P3TM) at Yogyakarta and another in the Nuclear Technology Research and Development Center (P3TKN) at Bandung.