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contract to contract, through the implementation of industry- agreed and cross-site-recognised training standards. The Nuclear Skills Passport concept comprises four key elements: • a learner database that provides a registry of training records for individual passport holders and the facility to generate a skills passport card;
• datasets that describe job roles, industry training standards and the Skills Academy-assured provider network;
• benchmarking and signposting tools to support upskilling, involving skills gap analysis against job context role profi les, with signposting to training provision to meet the gaps identifi ed; and
• a reporting suite that generates statistics at industry, regional and corporate levels.
As we can see, there are fundamental similarities between the goals and structure of the Nuclear Skills Passport and the EASIT2 project deliverables. The EASIT2
Educational Base will however
defi ne a comprehensive list of competencies across 23 technical areas, which will in turn assist with personal development and the production of training resource materials designed to deliver the stated competences.
Conclusion The EASIT2
project has produced deliverables that will allow
individuals and organisations of all sizes to assess and develop competencies in the analysis and simulation area. NAFEMS will take responsibility for the development and
maintenance of the Educational Base, Competence Framework and Professional Simulation Engineer System. The success of any qualifi cation system will be largely dependent upon industry seeing its implementation as a business imperative and this will remain one of the biggest challenges for the new Professional Simulation Engineer System. The Nuclear Skills Passport does not specifi cally address analysis and simulation and there is clearly potential for the two systems to be interfaced. The EASIT2
Competency Framework is being developed with
the goal of openness and fl exibility, to allow this to happen across all industry sectors, including nuclear. The EASIT2 project deliverables were prepared in consultation with nuclear employers at every stage. The EASIT2
Educational Base, Competence Framework
and Professional Simulation Engineer System represents a signifi cant step in competency development, evidencing staff and organisational competence, promoting staff mobility and eventually helping to transfer simulation skills from other industry sectors to the nuclear sector.
References and endnotes 1. EASIT2
Nawal Prinja Nawal Prinja is the technical director of UK- based AMEC Nuclear, where he manages technical capability and the application of codes and standards, as well as advising on technical issues. An Honorary Professor
in the School of Engineering at the University of Aberdeen, Nawal holds an honours degree in aeronautical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, as well as an MSc from the University of Newcastle, and a PhD in applied mechanics from the University of Manchester. He chairs the International Task Force on Harmonisation of Codes set by the World Nuclear Association’s CORDEL project, acts as a technical consultant for IAEA and is a member of the International Scientifi c Committee of SMiRT. Nawal has co-authored three books for NAFEMS and written articles for several technical publications. He was recently appointed a member of the Government’s Nuclear R&D Advisory Board. e:
nawal.prinja@
amec.com
Jim Wood Jim Wood is a senior member of staff in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. Jim is a Fellow of IMechE and IMMM and a Member of Council of NAFEMS. His research
interests include fatigue of dissimilar joints, including brazing and weld cladding. He is currently collaborating with the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy amd is leading various EU-funded CCOPPS and EASIT projects.
, Grant UK/10/LLP-LdV/TOI-305, EU Leonardo Transfer of Innovation.
www.easit2.eu/.
2. The CCOPPS Educational Base is freely available. Email
j.wood@strath.ac.uk.
3. Qualifying the Analysts. Panel Workshop PW4, 20th International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor
Tim Morris Tim Morris is CEO of NAFEMS. Before joining NAFEMS, Tim worked for 16 years in industry, reaching the position of Associate Director at one of the UK’s leading engineering simulation companies. During
this time, he developed expertise in a variety of simulation technologies including dynamic analysis and advanced non- linear analysis. Tim is qualifi ed as a Chartered Engineer and is a graduate of Oxford University.
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Technology (SMiRT-20), Espoo, Finland, 9–14 August 2009.
4. Lees, A. and Wood, J. (2011) Industry Needs Survey Report, April 2011. Available for free download at
http://www.easit2.eu/
5. Lees, A. and Wood, J. (2011) Skills Development and Recording in Engineering Analysis and Simulation: Industry Needs. Proceeding of the NAFEMS World Congress, Boston, 23–26 May 2011.
6.
http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/ 7. (2011) Babcock signs up to the nuclear skills passport. Nuclear Future 7(3), 24.
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