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Training Tools.
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Training Tools was conceived in 2006 by Mark Cowin and Duane Davis. The inspiration came from the Manager Tools pod-cast and their approach to management was adopted to improving military Air Traffic Control (ATC) training. It began as a set of technique and behavior models that were used by ATC trainers to increase the effectiveness of on-the-job training (OJT).
Training of this type tends not to fit the 'standard classroom' model and unsurprisingly, there are very few resources available to combat the problems associated with these conditions. Additionally, the typical military member is posted in a particular role for 2-3 years. This means that roughly 30-40% of the unit's staff will turn over every year.
To combat this experience loss, an extremely robust set of procedures is required that can be learnt and implemented quickly by new staff members.
We were surprised however at just how much this senario occurred outside of the military. OJT is widely used throughout most industries to train in 'real world' conditions and produce competent candidates as soon as possible. Once apon a time a career was for life but that trend is fading. The average career length is now less than ten years and most of us will go through three to five major job changes in our life span.
Training air traffic controllers shares a lot of similarities with training in other professions. Drivers, pilots, divers, customer service operators, doctors, security guards and emergency services all use OJT to complete their training. They all had trainers who led them out of the classroom and into a world where time, the people you deal with and mother nature herself conspire to ensure that no day is ever the same as any one that you've seen before.
Welcome to the world of on-the-job training.
Training of this type tends not to fit the 'standard classroom' model and unsurprisingly, there are very few resources available to combat the problems associated with these conditions. Additionally, the typical military member is posted in a particular role for 2-3 years. This means that roughly 30-40% of the unit's staff will turn over every year.
To combat this experience loss, an extremely robust set of procedures is required that can be learnt and implemented quickly by new staff members.
We were surprised however at just how much this senario occurred outside of the military. OJT is widely used throughout most industries to train in 'real world' conditions and produce competent candidates as soon as possible. Once apon a time a career was for life but that trend is fading. The average career length is now less than ten years and most of us will go through three to five major job changes in our life span.
Training air traffic controllers shares a lot of similarities with training in other professions. Drivers, pilots, divers, customer service operators, doctors, security guards and emergency services all use OJT to complete their training. They all had trainers who led them out of the classroom and into a world where time, the people you deal with and mother nature herself conspire to ensure that no day is ever the same as any one that you've seen before.
Welcome to the world of on-the-job training.