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Train effectively for CAD/D

Journal Article · · Hydrocarbon Process.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5614857

After failing with an unstructured computer-aided drafting/ design CAD/D program, Bechtel changed to a structured training program. Five considerations are presented here: teach CAD/D to engineers, not engineering to CAD/D experts; keep the program flexible enough to avoid rewriting due to fast technology evolution; pace information delivery; and rote learning of sequences only works if the students have a conceptual model first. On the job training is necessary, and better monitoring systems to test the OJT are needed. One such test is presented.

Research Organization:
Bechtel Petroleum, Inc., San Francisco, CA
OSTI ID:
5614857
Journal Information:
Hydrocarbon Process.; (United States), Journal Name: Hydrocarbon Process.; (United States) Vol. 62:4; ISSN HYPRA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English