[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 79 (Monday, April 25, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-9869]


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[Federal Register: April 25, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service (MMS)

 

The MMS' Intent to Join the Training Technology Consortium (TTC)

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the MMS plans to join the TTC, a 
Government-industry nonprofit group, as a means of developing 
interactive training modules for use in training members of fits 
inspection work force.

ADDRESSES: Minerals Management Service, Information and Training 
Branch, MS 4810, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 22070.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph Levine, Chief, Information and Training Branch at the above 
address: telephone (703) 787-1033/fax (703) 787-1575.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MMS is responsible for inspecting oil 
and gas operations in the Outer Continental Shelf. The MMS inspects 
these highly complex operations to make certain that operators conduct 
them in a safe and environmentally sound manner. To ensure that a 
highly trained and professional work force is available to perform 
these inspections, MMS provides this work force with accurate and 
timely training information.
    To that end, MMS will augment its program of traditional classroom-
based instruction to include computer-based interactive instruction. An 
interactive training system will help the agency provide low cost and 
simple to use training to its inspection work force. This training will 
focus on technical, environmental, and safety issues relevant to 
offshore oil and gas operations.
    The TTC, when incorporated, will be a nonprofit association 
composed of domestic oil and gas exploration or producing companies and 
regulatory agencies. The goal of TTC will be to identify common 
training needs and to develop training material using an interactive 
format (i.e., compact disk interactive or CD-I).
    As a training technology, CD-I offers several advantages over 
traditional classroom-based training approaches. Short-term retention 
has been shown to be better; it is portable and can be displayed on 
several platforms; there is less time off the job since it is not 
dependent on a classroom setting and can be done as time permits; and 
the content can be changed with relative ease and furnished identically 
to several locations. Hardware technology supporting CD-I is also 
relatively inexpensive.
    The TTC will minimize member costs by allowing individuals to pool 
their financial and technical resources to develop appropriate training 
materials. This is particularly important to MMS because it allows MMS 
inspectors to stay abreast of technological advances made by the 
offshore industry. It is anticipated that TTC will be incorporated 
during the month of April or May 1994. At that time, MMS intends to 
become an active member in the consortium.


    Dated: April 15, 1994.
Thomas Gernhofer,
Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 94-9869 Filed 4-22-94; 8:45 am]
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