Explosives Safety Training Distributive Education Computer Based Training

Abstract

The Ammunition School at USADACS provides explosives safety training to all four military services under the guidelines established for the Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition. Traditionally students travel to the school location to attend class or the instructors travel to the student's location to present the training. The costs for both methods have increased resulting in limitations on the number of students that receive training. However, the number of people requiring explosives safety training has increased. USADACS has initiated the use of modern training methods to overcome this dilemma. One of these methods is a form of distributive education known as computer based training (CBT). Explosives safety courses are being developed by USADACS using CBT software that allows a complete course to be distributed to a student in a diskette or CD-ROM mode. Students complete the course at their home station at their own pace. The first course in circulation, The Basics of Naval Explosives Hazard Control has been distributed to over 250 Navy/Marine Corps locations. Training requirements are met and the installation has avoided the cost of sending students to a formal school or paying costs to bring instructors on-site. Additional courses have been developed or are under development for Air Force Weapons Safety, Handling of Hazardous Materials, Army Explosives Safety, and Naval Explosives Safety for Supervisors and Managers. The CBT environment offers benefits previously unattainable. Travel time, travel cost, and per diem are saved. Students are not restricted to formal school schedules, having the flexibility to complete CBT courses at their own individual learning rate. Job disruptions are virtually eliminated. This presentation will demonstrate explosives safety CBT.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA514101

Entities

People

  • Upton R. Shimp

Organizations

  • Defense Ammunition Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ammunition
  • Classification
  • Computer-Aided Instruction
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Explosives
  • Instructions
  • Instructors
  • Materials
  • Resilience
  • Schools
  • Students
  • Training

Readers

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