Accession Number ADA559160
Title Integrated Training Solutions: An Effective Tool to Synchronize People and Maintenance.
Publication Date Aug 2011
Media Count 15p
Personal Author A. M. Korn K. P. Kennedy M. Hartey
Abstract Operating and maintaining today's ships in an efficient, safe, and cost-effective manner in the face of manning reductions and dwindling budgets requires well-planned and integrated training solutions. This paper focuses on the positive outcomes of training and how it contributes to reducing Total Ownership Cost (TOC). An effective training program will enhance material readiness and reduce TOC by educating personnel to understand and recognize the importance of maintenance and its relationship to material readiness and reduced TOC. To be valid and effective, the training solution must educate personnel with regard to maintenance practices; safety requirements; causes and effects (including environmental impact) of maintenance failures/shortcomings; and proper procedures, processes, and materials for accomplishing maintenance. An integrated training solution provides student-centric training that can be offered using multiple methods featuring current technologies and best practices. It can be delivered as instructor-led, computer-aided instruction in a classroom/laboratory environment or synchronous/asynchronous interactive multimedia instruction available to any student with access to a computer and Navy Knowledge Online (NKO) at home, in a schoolhouse, or afloat. An excellent example of a successful integrated training solution is how the Navy's Assault Craft Unit (ACU) community designed and implemented comprehensive corrosion control training as its first line of defense in combating corrosion and its long-term effects on the Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC).
Keywords Case studies
Computer aided instruction
Corrosion
Cost effectiveness
Courses(Education)
Individualized training
Internet
Job training
Laboratories
Landing craft
Long life
Maintenance
Maintenance personnel
Naval personnel
Naval training
Naval vessels
Operational readiness
Ship maintenance
Symposia


 
Source Agency Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category 92D - Education, Law, & Humanities
92A - Job Training & Career Development
70D - Personnel Management, Labor Relations & Manpower Studies
47A - Marine Engineering
74E - Logistics, Military Facilities, & Supplies
Corporate Author Naval Ship Systems Engineering Station, Philadelphia, PA.
Document Type Technical report
Title Note Conference paper.
NTIS Issue Number 1219
Contract Number N/A

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