Hazardous Material Shipping Computer-Assisted Training Course

Imagine the ideal training course. The training material is relevant. The instruction is sometimes humorous, but the humor relates to the subject at hand. Rather than teaching countless bits of trivia, the instruction reveals a process that can be used to derive the trivia as needed. Now imagine the ideal instructor. This instructor is extremely patient, and will review material as many times as necessary for each student without boring the other students. The instructor will also determine which subjects a student may have already mastered and will not give unneeded instruction on those subjects. But the instructor will ensure that each student has a satisfactory level of mastery of each required subject. The Hazardous Material Shipping Computer-Assisted Training Course (HAMSCAT) developed by the Westinghouse Hanford Company (Westinghouse Hanford), under contract to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has all the attributes listed above and more. It is a powerful training tool that can be integrated into existing training programs or become the core of a new program. The course combines an innovative Instructional System Design (lSD) with the flexibility and reliability of a personal computer. Designed to train personnel in the use of the most recent version of Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 171-173 (DOT 1987a, 1987b, 1987c), the course teaches the process of using the regulations, rather than trying to teach the regulations themselves.