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Does a epidemiologist require technical training or a four-year degree??

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My tech school is located in Lackland, TX
Job is Air Transportation.

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Munsch asked:


I’m going to be in tech training during Thanksgiving. Would it be possible to take leave? Can my girlfriend or family members come visit and stay at the hotel on base? If so, would I be able to sleep in their hotel room at night?

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Philip Tufano asked:


By Philip Tufano

InterActive Training Incorporated (ITI) is at the forefront of providing a broad range of strategic consulting services to corporations and educational institutions in developing training, technical documentation capabilities and web design for implementing distance learning programs. 

ITI works with organizations interested in developing and implementing internal and customer facing training offerings, E-Learning programs, technical documentation development capabilities and corporate communication departments.

ITI has developed large scale training programs for SAP and Siebel implementations for over 2,000 end users on some projects. We have developed customized training programs for manufacturing corporations, software companies, the US Government, and foreign and multi-national organizations.

Some of our past clients include:

* USAID

* The US Treasury Department

* Time Warner

* ISO

* Fidelity Investments

* Fleet Financial Corp

At ITI we us the Systems Approach to Training (SAT) methodology, a proven results driven method of training an audience that incorporates evaluation and focused course curriculum development for a specific need, expectation and audience.

The Systems Approach to Training (SAT) methodology is a five-phase process that ensures that training accomplishes the following goal:    

* A practical, results-oriented training program that provides people with the skills and knowledge to do their tasks correctly, efficiently, and with confidence. 

Overview

The systematic approach and development model goes by many names; however, Systems Approach to Training has remained the standard. This model takes into consideration audience characteristics, the nature of the knowledge, skills, job, and tasks to be learned, and environmental constraints. 

ISD is a field that takes many of its concepts and principles from various disciplines. For example, as an applied discipline, SAT uses learning theory from psychology to determine how a person learns (learning style) and how to best address their learning need. Instructional theory uses that person’s learning style to determine how to best design instruction.

 The five-phases of the SAT model are:

* Analysis

* Design

* Development

* Implementation

* Evaluation or Control

Metrics may be pictorially represented as a linear model, but the approach involves continuous iterations. Decisions made in one phase affect actions and plans in other phases.

Graphic Representation of the SAT Methodology:



The Systems Approach to Training (SAT) Methodology and the Instructional System Development (ISD) are Synonymous…





SAT EVALUATION PROCESS



Analysis

An aggressive evaluation process to determine the effectiveness of the training program along with concise customer feedback to ensure that expectations are being met (according to the Training Needs Assessment) is vital for the success of any training program.

Analysis provides a method of responding to changes in human resource requirements, solving job performance problems, and learning from “real world” experience.

In the analysis phase, detailed practical studies are performed to determine what areas require instruction, learner characteristics, the cost effectiveness of a selected delivery system (e.g. Technology Based Training –TBT), and the scope, timeline, and budget of a training project/program. 

These facts are gathered to make informed training development decisions and provides the linkage between the job and the training project/program.

The following types of analysis may be completed: 

* Needs or Performance Analysis

* Audience or Learner Analysis

* Job/Task Analysis       

* Skill/Knowledge (Ability) Analysis      

* Content Analysis

* Learning Analysis

* Instructional Analysis

       

EVALUATION METHOD



* Evaluation

* Analysis

* Design

* Development

* Implementation.

Design

Design uses the performance information collected earlier to help the training project/program take shape.

The information gathered specifies, measurable terms, the knowledge, skills, and aptitudes that training will develop.Learning objectives are developed for groups of related knowledge and skills. 

These written statements of learning outcomes define exactly when, what, and how well the learner must perform during training.Defining how individual tasks are performed focuses training development efforts. 

In addition, the information gathered permits more effective decisions regarding such things as:

            

        * How the learning materials will be

        * Organized and presented

        * Learning activities & instructional strategies

        * Time spent on each topic

        * The use of presentation media

        * How learners will be evaluated

        * Evaluation instruments

Practical measures as well as written/knowledge tests are produced to ensure that learning objectives are achieved and competencies are reliably evaluated.



Development

Development organizes the instructional materials needed for learners to achieve the learning objectives.

Emphasis is on maximizing the use of existing materials and resources. Instructor and

learner activities are defined and these activities describe how the instructor and learners will perform during training to achieve  the learning objectives.

            

Existing, suitable training materials and lesson plans are selected and new ones produced as needed. Resulting training materials are reviewed for technical accuracy, tried out with a group of

learners, and revised as necessary. 

Performance based training materials are the products of this phase.

            

Implementation 

Implementation is the process of putting the training project/program into operation.This finalized training is ready to be delivered to the target audience.

If the training is to be instructor-led or facilitated, instructors are selected and trained usually with a train-the- trainer session. Training is delivered as planned and learner and instructor performance is evaluated.

These evaluations serve two purposes: 

* First, they verify that learners have achieved the learning objectives. 

* Second, learner evaluation results and instructor comments are useful for future program revisions and iterations and follow-up evaluation.

            

Evaluation or Control 

The Evaluation or Control phase ensures trainings continuing ability to produce qualified workers.

A Follow-up evaluation is conducted to get an assessment of how well the training prepared learners to perform their jobs after having been on the job for a selected period of time.

            

Evaluation is the dynamic process of assessing performance, identifying concerns, and initiating corrective actions.

Data sources for evaluation often include:

* Exams or Testing

* Surveys

* Phone or Personal Interviews

* Course evaluation results

* Service or product data

* Observations

            

Summary of the SAT Implementation



The systematic approach to training provides a method for analyzing, designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating cost-effective, results oriented training programs. 

For more information and for a customized implementation cost analysis for your company, call ITI today or contact us by email.

Contact ITI:

New England:

ITI

Philip Tufano, Director of Training & Technical Communications Development

55 Crystal Avenue

Derry, NH 03038-1725

603-247-5835

Ptufano@iti-com.biz      

NEW YORK CITY:  

ITI

917-676-7586

Kblanchard@iti-com.biz      

SCARSDALE NEW YORK:



ITI/Nuvo Strategies

Danny Palmer, President

138 Fox Meadow Road

Scarsdale, NY 10583

914-268-2900

dpalmer@iti-com.biz



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centraltech asked:


im looking for additional training manuals and dvds for technical reference and further education in my heating and cooling profession

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JessSR1&2 asked:


For example, would a person who majored in a liberal arts subject that was very writing intensive still be able to become a technical writer if they didnt actually have any technical training?

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Air Force Dad asked:


My son is in the Air Force and has just started technical training at Sheppard AFB (Aerospace Medical Apprentice). He has told me that if he fails technical training he will be out of the air force. I had thought he would be reclassified if he fails tech school. Has this policy changed? Is he getting bad info (or feeding me bad info)?

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Translation Services asked:


Just imagine what an incorrect translation of safety would mean to a technician whose job is to maintain a large machine. Getting technical translation right is not as easy as it may seem. There can be quite number of significant differences in English terminology between seemingly similar fields. In a technical translation, a technical translator must not only possess an excellent command of both the source and target languages, but also an in-depth understanding of the subject matter, its terminology and right way of expressing in a catchy and simple language.

A key to a best technical translation is the consistent use of correct terminology. It plays the role to promote consistency and accuracy in the technical translation. A Technical translator should be much familiar with technical jargon in both languages. A major part of technical translation is technical writing or a good technical translation requires good technical writing. The main challenge a technical translator face during technical translation is that documents are often written with different stylistic conventions in different languages in a given industry or the standard market prevailing in that region. Technical translation is not like translating literature. There are no cultural cues to preserve and no great literary techniques to convert into specific rules. What needs to be preserved is the technical content of the document in the right manner.

The technical translation may involve documents such as technical manuals, Product literatures, Users Guides, installation instructions or Installation manuals, Operating Manuals, system requirement documents, Pre sale and post sale booklets,  patents, service manuals, Maintenance manuals, technical training material, Service manuals,  technical brochures, Engineering specifications, User guides,  CAD drawings,  data sheets, E-Learning,  tender documents, Bill of Materials, Catalogs, Labels, Presentations, Safety Manuals (for print and interactive media), Software and Hardware UI, Training materials, Technical proposals, Website, Other marketing Materials Magazines, periodicals, scientific journals and more.

Technical translation always deals with technical material which runs into pages that are quickly translated and deliver within a few days. Most of the technical translation is written in MS Word. In certain case technical translation is done in other file formats such as Adobe Framemaker, InDesign, XML and just about any other document file format according to the client’s requirements. If your technical translation involves technical drawing and illustrations, it call also be done by the textual call outs and captions.

A technical translator should  use the combination of his/her experience, absolute technical accuracy, language expertise and proven quality procedures to ensure that the technical translations which are produce conform to even the most exacting standards in the industry and the prevailing market standard all over the world. A technical translator should adhere to quality verification procedures that are unusually very stringent. Every technical translation project should be inspected and certified for delivery by a Quality Assurance Agent who delivers an anonymous report to the Senior Tech Project Manager assigned to the project of technical translation. Corrections should be made on-the-fly, and technical translation is always delivered on time and within budget.



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537 asked:


If so will I be able to live on-base or off-base with my family
ok can i choose where to take technical training

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Winston McCafferty asked:


Until relatively recently fundamental analysis, or looking at past political and economic events to help them predict price movements in the underlying currencies they traded, is how most traders arrived at trading decisions.

However, fundamental analysis requires a trader to absorb lots of diverse information from many sources and considerable knowledge to interpret it accurately. Couple this with basic disagreements as to what information is important and what weight to assign it and you can begin to see why this method took enormous resources and time. Two characteristics not commonly associated with the individual investor.

The end result was that for years currency trading was the exclusive playground of large banks or other institutions with the resources to accomplish this type of analysis

Now, the rise of computing power and the proliferation of electronic information sources have lead to a fundamental shift in the way most traders analyze the Forex market.

Today most traders employ another, more automated, form of analysis known as technical analysis. This involves the combined charting of real-time and historical price movement data of currencies. Today this is mostly accomplished using computers which have the ability to do the sometimes complex math quickly in near real-time.

Technical analysis really boils down to simply taking the over one hundred years worth of recorded historical price data available from the foreign currency market and running it through a computerized charting application to look for patterns and trends.

Once these patterns or trends are identified they must be quantified in there ability to predict price moves in a particular direction. Once done, a trader can then look at the manner in which a currency’s price is currently moving and compare this to similar past patterns to predict the future direction of movement.

So, while technical analysis still requires skill, experience, and judgment the fact that it is more automated and less subjective than the research involved in fundamental analysis contributes to it’s popularity. The debate over which method is better will probably never be resolved, but most traders feel that technical analysis is easier to learn and master.

There are three underlying principles one must be familiar with to fully understand technical analysis.

First, there are many factors, such as political or economic events, that will produce price movement in a particular currency pair. However, these factors, or reasons, are not what’s important to technical analysis, but rather the price movement itself.

Second, technical analysis assumes that pricing moves follow a trend that can be discerned by tracking the patterns that emerge over time in the market.

Finally, the trends and patterns that emerge from historical charting and analysis of price will also be reflected in future price action movements. This is because, in the view of the technical analyst, the trading psychology of humans remains for the most part constant over time. So market participants will react in similar fashion to similar news in the future the same as they have in the past.

This “wisdom of crowds” or at least the predictability of crowds is dismissed by followers of the fundamental analysis approach. They hold to their belief that a deep understanding of the factors that affect pricing and not a reliance on patterns is the only way to produce reliable long term results.

In spite what the fans of fundamental analysis say the majority of traders today rely almost entirely on a some form of technical analysis for trading currency.

No system, whether based on fundamental and technical analysis, can accurately predict price movements every time but a good technical trader who takes the time to learn a sound methodology can do quite well.



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