Team-Based Virtual Field Exercises for HAZMAT Training

基于团队的危险品培训虚拟现场练习

• 批准号: 10684418
• 负责人: Cesar Bandera
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: CELL PODIUM
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10684418
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Summary/Abstract Among the most educationally valuable components of in-person 40-hour HAZMAT courses are team-based field exercises. This capstone activity combines skills and protocols into an experiential exercise in which learners practice different roles (e.g., entry team, decon team, site supervisor) and equipment (e.g., PPE, sensors, communications). Team-based HAZMAT training exercises have been found to yield statistically significant improvements in preparedness when compared to individual non-collaborative training. However, for several reasons, the more frequent 8-hour refresher courses lack team-based field exercises. First, set-up/tear-down time for such an exercise (~1 hour) would consume a significant amount of the 8 hours. Second, in response to pandemic protocols and emerging worker and instructor preferences, training organizations now offer most 8-hour refresher courses virtually in a synchronous online format. Third, HAZMAT video simulators are currently single user games with no interactivity between learners, and require each training organization and learner to install expensive video game software - and sometimes hardware like VR goggles. Instead, instructors use a case study approach whereby certain aspects of a current hazardous waste site are revealed to the students, who then are required to discuss how they would respond. This is far from experiential. The proposed effort develops a web-based teaching tool that brings the pedagogical value of the physical team-based in-person field exercises of 40-hour HAZMAT courses to the virtual 8-hour refresher courses. The proposed experiential worker training tool exploits recent advances in web standards in order to achieve multiple significant innovations. First, it is the first browser-based HAZMAT training tool to provide team-based HAZMAT field exercises. Thus, any person or training organization with a web-enabled device can use the tool, and no installation of hardware or software is required. Second, the training tool is intuitive. Team members in the virtual field exercises communicate via Zoom, which is integrated with the teaching tool. Third, every student experiences her/his individual realistic and immersive 3D view of the common training scenario, including a virtual chemical and radiation exposure sensor. Fourth, as with in- person exercises, the instructor has the ability to dynamically interject events during the exercise, such as change in the intensity of a hazardous spill or on-the-spot questions, to assess students and keep them engaged. This proposal is based on requests from several training and community organizations, including participants of the 2022 Bi-Annual Midwest Consortium Trainer Conference. Cell Podium will work closely with the following five HAZMAT worker training centers to meet their specific requirements and to deploy in their courses several iterations of the prototype teaching tool for evaluation: the Center for Public Health Workforce Development (Rutgers School of Public Health), the Midwest Consortium for Hazardous Waste Worker Training, the Environmental Management Institute (Indiana), the Green Door Initiative (Detroit), and the UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program. The ultimate goal of the proposed effort is to develop a tool that is adopted by the HAZMAT training community, enriches online training, and improves the preparedness of our HAZMAT workers.

摘要/摘要 面授40小时危险物质课程的最具教育价值的组成部分之一是基于团队的现场培训 练习。这一最重要的活动将技能和协议结合到一个体验式练习中，供学员练习 不同的角色(例如，进入团队、DECON团队、现场主管)和设备(例如，个人防护设备、传感器、通信)。 以团队为基础的危险物质训练演习已被发现在准备方面产生了统计上的显著改善 与个人的非协作培训相比。然而，出于几个原因，更频繁的8小时 进修课程缺乏以团队为基础的实地练习。首先，这种练习的安装/拆卸时间(~1小时)将 在这8个小时中消耗大量的时间。第二，为应对大流行方案和新出现的工人和 讲师偏好，培训机构现在几乎同步在线提供大多数8小时的进修课程 格式化。第三，危险物质视频模拟器目前是单用户游戏，学习者之间没有互动性，以及 要求每个培训机构和学员安装昂贵的视频游戏软件，有时还需要安装硬件，如 VR护目镜。取而代之的是，讲师使用案例研究的方法，即当前危险废物场地的某些方面 被透露给学生，然后他们被要求讨论他们将如何回应。这与经验相去甚远。 拟议的努力开发了一个基于网络的教学工具，它带来了基于物理团队的教学价值 从40小时的现场练习危险物质课程到8小时的虚拟进修课程。建议的体验式 工人培训工具利用网络标准的最新进展，以实现多项重大创新。第一, 它是第一个基于浏览器的危险源训练工具，提供基于团队的危险源野外演习。因此，任何人或 拥有支持网络的设备的培训机构可以使用该工具，无需安装硬件或软件 必填项。其次，培训工具是直观的。虚拟野外演练中的团队成员通过Zoom进行交流， 它与教学工具集成在一起。第三，每个学生都体验了自己的个性、逼真和身临其境。 常见培训场景的3D视图，包括虚拟化学和辐射暴露传感器。第四，就像在- 个人练习时，教练有能力在练习期间动态插入事件，例如 危险泄漏的强度或现场问题，以评估学生并保持他们的参与度。 这项提案是根据几个培训和社区组织的请求提出的，其中包括2022年的参与者 每两年举行一次的中西部财团培训师会议。牢房讲台将与以下五种危险物质密切合作 工人培训中心，以满足他们的特定要求，并在他们的课程中部署几个迭代的 评估的原型教学工具：公共卫生人力发展中心(罗格斯公共学院 健康)，中西部危险废物工人培训联盟，环境管理研究所 (印第安纳州)、绿色之门倡议(底特律)和加州大学洛杉矶分校劳动职业安全与健康计划。终极的 拟议工作的目标是开发一种被危险物质培训社区采用的工具，丰富在线 培训，并提高我们危险品工人的防备能力。