IAEA Documents on Nuclear Training and Qualification documentation Use of Control Room Simulators for Training of Nuclear Power Plant Personnel, IAEA-TECDOC-1411, IAEA, Vienna (2004)

David Drury

Technical Head

Nuclear Power Engineering Section

Division of Nuclear Power

IAEA, Vienna

Technical Meeting on

Developing a Systematic Education and Training

Approach Using Personal Computer Based

Simulators for Nuclear Power Programmes

IAEA Headquarters, Vienna, Austria

15 – 19 May, 2017

IAEA Documents on Nuclear Training

and Qualification

NPES - HRD & MS Team

New Staff

(Stakeholder Involvement

Officer)

Ms. Lotta HALT

Training Specialist

(HR and Training)

David Drury

Technical Head

(HR & TQ

Development)

Dr Pekka Pyy

Senior Expert

(Org & Man Systems)

Matthew Van Sickle

(Nuclear HR

Development Expert)

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Wu Fan

(Nuclear Engineering

& IT Specialist)

Heeweon Hyun

(International

Relations Specialist)

What specialist topics and areas of work

does the NPES HRD & MS Team cover?

• Human Resource Development and Workforce Planning

• Training – SAT Nuclear Training (custodians of SAT model)

• Stakeholder Involvement

• Nuclear Leadership

• Management Systems

• Quality

Across the full range of nuclear sector activities from NNB,

Operating, Life-extending and Decommissioning

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Who else supports our activities and

visa-versa in the agency?

• Nuclear Knowledge Management Section

• Nuclear Infrastructure Development Section

• Nuclear Power Technology Development Section

• OSS in the Nuclear Safety Department

• Nuclear Fuel Cycle & Waste Technology Section

All these sections/departments are actively involved in education and training for their own specialist areas

We work closely will all these sections on many joint activities and projects for the benefit of the member states

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What TQ Documents are Available?

• Good news is there are a lot!

– Around 36 documents exist covering topics;

• Human Resource Development,

• Training & Qualification, Competencies

• SAT Application,

• Workforce Planning,

• Human Performance requirements

• Simulation & Simulators

• Specialist training and education requirements, i.e RP,

• However some of these documents are in need of updating and modernisation

• ‘Reduce & Upgrade’ plan now running for the NPES ‘owned’ documents

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Simulator documentation

� Use of Control Room Simulators for Training of Nuclear

Power Plant Personnel, IAEA-TECDOC-1411, IAEA, Vienna

(2004).

� Authorization of Nuclear Power Plant Control Room

Personnel: Methods and Practices with Emphases on the Use

of Simulators, IAEA-TECDOC-1502, IAEA, Vienna (2006).

� Guidelines for Upgrade and Modernization of Nuclear Power

Plant Training Simulators, IAEA-TECDOC-1500, IAEA,

Vienna (2006).

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NPES Document Upgrade Plan

HRD & TQ Related – Upgrades and Reviews

1) NG-G-2.1 Managing Human Resources in the Field of Nuclear Energy

2) NG - T - 2.6 Nuclear Facility Personnel Training: Methodology, Guidance and Practices

3) Use of Control Room Simulators for Training and Qualification of Nuclear Facility

Personnel (review and upgrade to build on the previous 3 simulator TECDOC

publications)

4) TECDOC-1232 Assuring the Competence of Nuclear Power Plant Contractor Personnel.

5) TECDOC 1063 IAEA World Survey of Nuclear Power Plant Personnel Training

6) NG - T - 2 Commissioning of Nuclear Power Plants: Training and Human Resource

Considerations

7) NG - T - 3.10 Workforce Planning for New Nuclear Power Programmes

HRD & TQ Related – New

8) Fitness for Duty – Psychometric requirements for Nuclear Power Workforce

9) HRD Infrastructure Assist & Review Service

10) Independent Accreditation of an SAT based Nuclear Training Programme, Guidelines and

Activities

11) CRP I22004: Organisational Cultural Basis for Successful performance in NPPs

Other activities & stuff of interest?

• ‘New Ways of Learning’ Technical Meeting July 17th to 20th

– VIC in Vienna, Austria

– Use of simulation, gaming, e-learning, digital media to

• Maximise Cognitive Learning experiences

• Optimise TQ activities and costs

• 3rd HRD International Conference 2018

– Republic of Korea, May 28th to June 1st

– ‘Meeting Challenges to Ensure the Future Nuclear Workforce Capability’

• HRD Digital Hub

– To provide a ‘one-stop’ shop approach to the key topics/areas of interest associated with Human Resource Development, Training & Qualification, Nuclear Leadership & Management Systems

– Foster more efficient exchange of information and best practices across the world communities in the specific topic areas

– Reach out to the wider communities using modern digital processes and communication channels

– Save us significant amount of time and money in working with member states on these topics

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Thank you!

Appendicies;

- Digital Hub structure

- HRD 3rd International Conference 2018

- NPES HRD Team Business Plan Activities

HRD - Capacity Building

Digital Hub

Workforce Planning

Community of Practice

'Ebooks' under development

Member State information

sharing

Links to relevant e-learning

Links to other agency site, ie NKM,NS etc

IAEA Topic Documents

Meetings

Nuclear Training & SAT



Member State Information

Sharing


Links to other agency sites, ie NKM, NS etc


Meetings

Nuclear Leadership




Sharing


Links to other agency sites, ie

NS,NKM etc


Meetings

Stakeholder Involvement




Sharing


Links to other agency sites, ie NKM, NS etc


Meetings

Management Systems



Member state Information

Sharing


links to other agency sites ,i.e. NS, NKM, etc


Meetings

Quality


‘Ebooks’ under development

Member state information

sharing


Links to other agency sites, i.e

NS, NKM etc


Meetings

3rd HRD International Conference 2018

Republic of Korea

May 28th to June 1st

Meeting Challenges to Ensure the

Future Nuclear Workforce Capability

• Selection, Recruitment and Retention of a Nuclear

Workforce

• Development of Individuals and Teams within the

Organisations

• Education and Training of a Nuclear Workforce

• Organisational Culture & the Impact on the Workforce

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Challenges and Solutions (NPES –HRD & MS Projects)

Independent Nuclear Training

SAT Model Accreditation System

Nuclear Leadership

DNA (LeaD)

Worker Lifecycle

Psychometric Fitness

For Duty

Full Plant Lifecycle

HR Infrastructure Review

CRP - Organisational

Culture for Successful

Performance in NPPs

HRD

Capacity Building

Digital Hub

- HR Development

- Workforce

Planning

- SAT Model

- Stakeholder

Involvement

- Management

Systems

- Nuclear

Leadership

- Quality

New Ways of Learning -

Digital Technology and

Blended Learning

3rd HRD International Conference 2018

Meeting Challenges to Ensure Future

Nuclear Workforce Capability

Assessment of Management

(incl. project management)

in all life cycle phases

Roles and uses of Nuclear

Management and Quality

Standards

15th IAEA-Foratom Workshop

Summer 2018