Training implications of skills needed for environmental cleanup
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
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.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 48604
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/EA/CP-85788; CONF-9409328-1; ON: DE95008301; TRN: 95:003740
- 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
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