94-9869. The MMS' Intent to Join the Training Technology Consortium (TTC)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service (MMS)
The MMS' Intent to Join the Training Technology Consortium (TTC)
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the MMS plans to join the TTC, a
Government-industry nonprofit group, as a means of developing
interactive training modules for use in training members of fits
inspection work force.
ADDRESSES: Minerals Management Service, Information and Training
Branch, MS 4810, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 22070.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph Levine, Chief, Information and Training Branch at the above
address: telephone (703) 787-1033/fax (703) 787-1575.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MMS is responsible for inspecting oil
and gas operations in the Outer Continental Shelf. The MMS inspects
these highly complex operations to make certain that operators conduct
them in a safe and environmentally sound manner. To ensure that a
highly trained and professional work force is available to perform
these inspections, MMS provides this work force with accurate and
timely training information.
To that end, MMS will augment its program of traditional classroom-
based instruction to include computer-based interactive instruction. An
interactive training system will help the agency provide low cost and
simple to use training to its inspection work force. This training will
focus on technical, environmental, and safety issues relevant to
offshore oil and gas operations.
The TTC, when incorporated, will be a nonprofit association
composed of domestic oil and gas exploration or producing companies and
regulatory agencies. The goal of TTC will be to identify common
training needs and to develop training material using an interactive
format (i.e., compact disk interactive or CD-I).
As a training technology, CD-I offers several advantages over
traditional classroom-based training approaches. Short-term retention
has been shown to be better; it is portable and can be displayed on
several platforms; there is less time off the job since it is not
dependent on a classroom setting and can be done as time permits; and
the content can be changed with relative ease and furnished identically
to several locations. Hardware technology supporting CD-I is also
relatively inexpensive.
The TTC will minimize member costs by allowing individuals to pool
their financial and technical resources to develop appropriate training
materials. This is particularly important to MMS because it allows MMS
inspectors to stay abreast of technological advances made by the
offshore industry. It is anticipated that TTC will be incorporated
during the month of April or May 1994. At that time, MMS intends to
become an active member in the consortium.
Dated: April 15, 1994.
Thomas Gernhofer,
Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 94-9869 Filed 4-22-94; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 04/25/1994
- Department:
- Interior Department
- Entry Type:
- Uncategorized Document
- Action:
- Notice.
- Document Number:
- 94-9869
- Pages:
- 0-0 (1 pages)
- Docket Numbers:
- Federal Register: April 25, 1994