Cancellation of Department of Energy Good Practices for Training Handbooks

Department of Energy Washington, DC 20585 October 26, 2015 MEMORANDUM FOR JEFFREY D. FEIT PROGRAM MANAGER FROM: SUBJECT: DOE TECHNICAL STANDARDS PROGRAM OFFICE OF NUCLEAR SAFETY OFFICE OF ENVIRONM NT, HEALTH, SAFETY AND SECURITY JAMES B. O'BRIEN DIRECTOR OFFICE OF NUCLE~ SAFETY OFFICE OF ENVIRO 'MENT, HEALTH, SAFETY AND SECURITY Cancellation of Department of Energy Good Practices for Training Handbooks The Office of Nuclear Safety (AU-30) recommends the cancellation and archiving of the Handbooks in Attachment A, and submits this proposal for review and comment in accordance with the Department of Energy (DOE) Technical Standards Program (TSP). The Office of Nuclear Facility Safety Programs (AU-32), within AU-30, conducted a comprehensive survey of DOE field and contractor training personnel, and found that the Handbooks are rarely used, that processes for performing the training-related processes that are the subject of the Handbooks are already in place, and that the effort needed to update the Handbook is not warranted. However, the community indicated that they had some background and historical information that made it beneficial to have the Handbooks available as archived documents. AU-32 recommends these Handbooks be cancelled as active documents and be archived on the TSP website. AU-32 has worked with the National Training Center (NTC) Training Resources website to have these documents also posted on the NTC website as Training Support Documents. The NTC Training Resources Site provides a readily available location to post these documents. This site also provides a means for the training community to propose additional documents for posting questions, comments, and recommendations regarding the training materials. The framework of the site is active and these Handbooks proposed for cancellation are posted as "Former DOE-HDBK-xxxx-xx" in categories. The proposed site can be viewed at: https://sites.ntc.doe.gov/partners/tr/SitePages/Home.aspx. * Printed with soy Ink on recycled paper I request the standard sixty (60) day review and comment period to begin once the document is posted and available in the RevCom. The of contact this document is Mr. can be reached at (202) 586-2671 or via e-mail at brendan.burns@hq.doe.gov. Attachment Attachment A Cancellation of Department of Energy Training Handbooks