The training process needs to be well documented following international training quality standards. It will be necessary, therefore, to develop a minimum set of training procedures relating to:

• Training needs analysis

• Training programme design

• Training material development

• Exam development

• Delivering training sessions

• Trainee performance evaluation

• Instructor training and qualification

• Training system effectiveness evaluation.

Training programmes and materials

The development of the training materials (instructor guidelines, student handouts or training aids) is one of the activities that require most time and resources.

Training programmes include proposed long-range training schedules for each programme and a description of how these training schedules will be updated and maintained.

The documentation needed for plant operation and maintenance and design updating needs to be included in the vendor’s scope of supply. This documentation should be structured in such a way as to facilitate effective knowledge transfer to be included in training materials.

184 Infrastructure and methodologies for justification of NPPs Instructors

It is very important to define the recruitment sources, selection criteria and training programmes for instructors and subject matter experts. Usually instructors need to demonstrate proficiency and experience in the field they are going to teach and to be trained on a specific training programme for trainers, in order to acquire the pedagogical skills needed to be able to put into practice the training quality assurance programme.

At this stage it is necessary to have:

• The instructor training programme description for initial and continuing training

• The initial and continuing training requirements for on-the-job trainer and task performance evaluator qualification (or the references to the procedure requirements)

• The process for maintaining instructors’ technical knowledge and proficiency

• Guidelines for the observations of instructor performance.