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Understanding PCAPP Worker Certifications
January 2014
Personnel Certification
Key factor in ensuring PCAPP is operated in a safe, environmentally compliant and efficient manner
Ensures employees possess adequate skills and knowledge to safely perform assigned duties
Culmination of a training process that typically includes:
Classroom training (qualification training)
On-the-job training (OJT)
Evaluation of skills and knowledge (on-the-job evaluation or OJE)
For many PCAPP employees, only classroom and OJT will be required
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When is Certification Required?
When specified by federal, state or Department Of Defense regulations
When required by corporate or site procedures
When required as a condition ofuse of a commercial serviceor product
When determined to beneeded by project ordepartment managers
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Types of Certifications
Government agency
Commercial Driver’s License
Colorado Wastewater Operator
Vendor
AHA first aid and CPR/AED instructor
Scaffold builder/inspector competent person trainer
Backflow preventer maintenance
NCCCO crane operator
Local
AHA first aid and CPR/AED
Plant operations and maintenance certifications
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Workforce Selection
Hiring process HR and department develop job description for
each job title to establish minimum qualifications/requirements for position as well as desired qualifications and experience
HR screens and selects applicants to be considered
Hiring department further screens and selects applicants to be interviewed
Selected candidates interviewed by HR and department representative
Only candidates who meet or exceed basic job requirements will be hired
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PCAPP Training & Certification Program
Training paths Each job title is evaluated to determine training needs to be provided to
employees assigned to that position and certifications that must be completed
Training paths are documented on a training matrix
Training matrix is developed and maintained by the training department with inputs from project, plant and department managers
Currently includes 307 job titles and 123 courses accounting for 1,216 hours of training
All PCAPP employees receive at least 27 hrs. of initial training
A control room supervisor receives 446 hrs. of training
Required plant certifications also identified on the matrix
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PCAPP Training & Certification Program
Initial training program (PCAPP site worker training) Basic training requirements for all PCAPP employees
Includes courses such as:
PCAPP orientation Plant overview General industry safety Environmental compliance
awareness
Two full days of classroom instruction and must be completed prior to having unescorted access to the site
One additional day of accountability/human performance improvement training also provided to all employees
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Hazard communication Conduct of operations Security awareness Treaty awareness
PCAPP Training & Certification Program
Additional safety and health, regulatory, and miscellaneous training
Includes courses assigned as additional requirements for specific job titles
49 courses, 488 hours total
Includes courses such as:
Confined space operations Fall protection Technical transportation of
hazardous materials Fire extinguisher user
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PCAPP leadership skills Lockout/tagout Powered industrial truck Overhead crane
PCAPP Training & Certification Program
Systems training program Typically assigned to plant operators and maintenance
personnel
23 courses, 134 hours total
Includes courses such as:
Plant systems description Munitions treatment unit systems Agent monitoring systems Cascaded ventilation systems Off-gas treatment systems Agent collection and neutralization system Biotreatment system Toxic storage and spent decon system
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PCAPP Training & Certification Program
Maintenance training program Classroom and hands-on
maintenance training on demilitarization equipment and systems
18 courses, 132 hours total
Includes courses such as:
Munitions washout system (MWS) maintenance
Manual load lift assist maintenance Projectile/mortar disassembly (PMD)
machine maintenance
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PCAPP Training & Certification Program
Operator training program Classroom and hands-on operator training on demilitarization
equipment and support systems
15 courses, 330 hours total
Includes courses such as:
Basic control room operations Control room operations electrical Control room operations MWS Control room operations PMD Entry support operations Laundry operations Munitions handling operations
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PCAPP Training & Certification Program
Toxic area training
Classroom and hands-on 50 hour course for operators and technicians who must enter toxic areas in order to perform equipment operations, inspections or maintenance
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PCAPP Training & Certification Program
Emergency response training program
Five courses, 40 hours total, for personnel who may be called upon to respond to hazardous material spills
Courses include
Hazwoper 1: first responder operations level
Hazwoper 2: hazardous materials technician
On-scene incident commander
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PCAPP Training & Certification Program
Classroom training
Classroom training is considered “qualification” training
Qualification training provides employees with the basic knowledge and skills needed to complete on-the-job training and/or the certification process
On-the-job training (OJT)
OJT is conducted by other qualified or certified individuals and/or supervisors
OJT reinforces qualification training and further develops the skills needed to perform the task or job safely and correctly before being allowed to perform those tasks unsupervised
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PCAPP Training & Certification Program
Certification
Completion of qualification and OJT prepares employees to undergo the certification process
The certification process is documented on a certification card specific to that job or task
Certification cards are developed by the cognizant department in accordance with the PCAPP personnel certification procedure
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PCAPP Training & Certification Program
Certification cards will contain the following: Prerequisites: lists qualification training or other certifications
that must be completed prior to commencing OJT associated with this certification and verified by a training department representative
Documentation: lists plant documents and procedures that employee must read, understand, and comply with and is verified by department-specified personnel
On-the-job training record: documents the standing of watch under instruction, signed off by certified evaluator or supervisor
Theoretical/systems knowledge: lists specific knowledge requirements that must be verified by certified evaluator or supervisor
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PCAPP Training & Certification Program
Practical factors: lists specific tasks that must be successfully performed, simulated, or discussed and verified by certified evaluator or supervisor
Contingency/upset procedures: lists knowledge and performance requirements for responding to upset conditions that must be successfully performed, simulated, or discussed and verified by a certified evaluator or supervisor
Certification: documents successful completion of the certification process to include the final certification signatures
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