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Operations Training

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History & Purpose

Established by the Institute for NuclearPower Operations in 1980

To establish standards for training

To assist nuclear power plants in training

entry-level engineers

Provides training and support for all nuclear

power professionals across the United States

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Futuring & Scenarios Futuring is a science that:

Analyzes history and current trends Explores possible alternative futures and predicts future

scenarios. Encourages the consideration of the possible impacts of

different choices and strategies

Scenarios: Are a combination of different ideas that form pictures of

possible futures Challenge to an organizations internal belief system by

persuade management to rethink strategies Support communication and coordination within the

organization and improving its decision making process

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Scanning for Scenarios

Identifies forces that maydrive the future

Can form a baseline totrend what could happenand identify weak areas inwhat has happened

Explore forces and trendsby using a set of categoriessuch as STEEP:

Social

Technological

Economic

Environmental

Political

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Social Trends

The nuclear powerindustry faces a

growing demandfor skilledpersonnel.

The use of networksand technology

are identified skillsneeded for thefuture.

6600

6800

7000

7200

7400

7600

7800

8000

Nuclear Technicians Jobs

("Nuclear Technicians," 2012)

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Technological Trends

Social networks

Powerful tools that

link learners andexperts in oneshared workspace.

Give learners theability to receive

informationanywhere at anytime.

Web 2.0

Internet

technology thatconnects users byutilizing blogs, wikis,and socialnetworking.

Increasing trendtoward onlinelearning.

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Economic Trends

Increasing demand

for skilled personnel

in the nuclear powerindustry

Refurbishment ofexisting power plants

Decommissioning of

aging power plants

Building new plants

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Environmental Trends

Rapid growth ofpeople in the

workforce who areage 65 or over.

Increasingdemand for

postsecondaryeducation

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Political Trends Majority of

Americans favorusing nuclear power

to provide electricityfor the United States.

Support hasincreased to 60% inthe last two years

28% of Americansnow say they"strongly favor"nuclear power

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INPOs Future Training Program

Blended training

Computer based

training

Simulator training

Task based training

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Environments for Training

Virtual trainingcenters will be

created wheretrainees canpractice tasksbefore performing

them in the field Reduction in

human error

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Inclusive Blended Training Computer based

Review site access

requirements Review task

procedures

eLearning Modules

Interactive training

sessions Trainee

engagement

Simulator training

Practice tasks in

using augmentedreality within avirtual environment

Task based

Perform tasks in the

actualenvironment withsupervision

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