skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Training implications of skills needed for environmental cleanup

Abstract

Well-trained staff are needed to perform the diverse tasks associated with environmental cleanup. Although educational and training programs are intended to help professionals learn relevant environmental skills, these programs may or may not be teaching the most appropriate skills. This project investigated the skills needed to carry out environmental activities at a headquarters office of a federal agency. The primary skills needed for environmental cleanup activities emphasize program management, problem solving/critical thinking, and communications. Furthermore, using Bloom`s taxonomy of educational objectives, most of these skills fell into the areas of {open_quotes}application{close_quotes} or {open_quotes}evaluation.{close_quotes} The results of this investigation suggest that rather than focusing on discipline-specific activities, such as helping improve people`s knowledge about regulatory requirements, training and education should emphasize complex problem-solving skills.

Authors:
;  [1];
  1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
48604
Report Number(s):
ANL/EA/CP-85788; CONF-9409328-1
ON: DE95008301; TRN: 95:003740
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Annual meeting of the North American Association for Environmental Education, Cancun (Mexico), 23-27 Sep 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY; REMEDIAL ACTION; EDUCATION; TRAINING; COMMUNICATIONS; PROGRAM MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; RECOMMENDATIONS

Citation Formats

Young, C, Hensley, J, and Lehr, J. Training implications of skills needed for environmental cleanup. United States: N. p., 1995. Web.
Young, C, Hensley, J, & Lehr, J. Training implications of skills needed for environmental cleanup. United States.
Young, C, Hensley, J, and Lehr, J. 1995. "Training implications of skills needed for environmental cleanup". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/48604.
@article{osti_48604,
title = {Training implications of skills needed for environmental cleanup},
author = {Young, C and Hensley, J and Lehr, J},
abstractNote = {Well-trained staff are needed to perform the diverse tasks associated with environmental cleanup. Although educational and training programs are intended to help professionals learn relevant environmental skills, these programs may or may not be teaching the most appropriate skills. This project investigated the skills needed to carry out environmental activities at a headquarters office of a federal agency. The primary skills needed for environmental cleanup activities emphasize program management, problem solving/critical thinking, and communications. Furthermore, using Bloom`s taxonomy of educational objectives, most of these skills fell into the areas of {open_quotes}application{close_quotes} or {open_quotes}evaluation.{close_quotes} The results of this investigation suggest that rather than focusing on discipline-specific activities, such as helping improve people`s knowledge about regulatory requirements, training and education should emphasize complex problem-solving skills.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/48604}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1995},
month = {Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1995}
}

Conference:
Other availability
Please see Document Availability for additional information on obtaining the full-text document. Library patrons may search WorldCat to identify libraries that hold this conference proceeding.

Save / Share: