Simulator Management: Ideas for Today and Tomorrow

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The Situation

•  New simulator supervisor •  Significant experience in training

environment •  Experience as simulator user •  No experience as simulator supervisor •  No turnover from predecessor •  Limited on-site experienced individuals

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The Needs

•  Understanding regulatory requirements •  Understanding standards •  Tasked to evaluate current processes •  Tasked to evaluate best practices •  Tasked to make recommendations to

management for potential changes

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The Gap

•  No class available in the industry to train new simulator supervisors

•  Heavy workload and no time to be “self taught”

•  Time consuming to visit/contact several different sites for benchmarking and best practices

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The Solution

•  Turned to simulator vendor for support –  2-day training class –  Experienced simulator supervisors on staff – Real-world past experience - ”Been there,

done that” – Broad range of industry experience –  Experienced with current situation and

simulator configuration –  Experience with multiple simulators and

systems – Knowledge of several ways to accomplish

common tasks across the industry

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The Content

•  History of the regulations •  Applicable regulations •  Applicable NUREGs •  Applicable regulatory guides •  The ANSI standard •  Industry papers (NEI White Papers, etc.) •  Inspection procedures •  Industry interactions and groups

–  Peer visits, USUG, etc.

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The Content

•  Best practices – Simulator review committee –  Performance indicators –  Etc.

•  Planning – Short-term –  Long-term –  Etc.

•  Staffing options

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The Content

•  Configuration control options •  Open item tracking options •  Load control options •  Tools to make my job easier:

– Configuration control – Web-based tool –  Free or inexpensive

•  Disaster recovery and backup options

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