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 40 小时 HAZMAT 面对面课程中最具教育价值的组成部分是基于团队的现场 练习。这项顶点活动将技能和协议结合到学习者练习的体验式练习中 不同的角色（例如，进入团队、净化团队、现场主管）和设备（例如，个人防护装备、传感器、通信）。 已发现基于团队的 HAZMAT 培训练习可在统计上显着改善准备情况 与个人非协作训练相比。然而，由于多种原因，更频繁的 8 小时 进修课程缺乏基于团队的现场练习。首先，此类练习的设置/拆卸时间（约 1 小时）将 消耗了8个小时的大量时间。其次，为了应对大流行病协议和新兴工人和 根据讲师的偏好，培训机构现在以同步在线方式提供大多数 8 小时的复习课程 格式。第三，HAZMAT 视频模拟器目前是单用户游戏，学习者之间没有互动性，并且 要求每个培训组织和学习者安装昂贵的视频游戏软件 - 有时还需要安装诸如 VR眼镜。相反，讲师使用案例研究方法，其中当前危险废物场的某些方面 向学生透露，然后要求学生讨论他们将如何回应。这远非经验性的。 拟议的工作是开发一种基于网络的教学工具，带来基于物理团队的教学价值 40 小时 HAZMAT 课程的现场练习到 8 小时虚拟复习课程。拟议的体验 工人培训工具利用网络标准的最新进展来实现多项重大创新。第一的， 它是第一个基于浏览器的 HAZMAT 培训工具，可提供基于团队的 HAZMAT 现场练习。因此，任何人或 拥有网络设备的培训机构可以使用该工具，并且无需安装硬件或软件 必需的。其次，培训工具直观。虚拟现场演习的团队成员通过 Zoom 进行交流， 与教学工具集成。第三，每个学生都会体验到她/他个人的真实和身临其境的体验 常见训练场景的 3D 视图，包括虚拟化学和辐射暴露传感器。第四，与内一样 人练习时，教练有能力在练习过程中动态插入事件，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。 该提案基于多个培训和社区组织（包括 2022 年参与者）的请求 双年度中西部联盟培训师会议。 Cell Podium 将与以下五个 HAZMAT 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多次迭代的 评估原型教学工具：公共卫生劳动力发展中心（罗格斯公立学校） 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）、绿门倡议（底特律）和加州大学洛杉矶分校劳工职业安全与健康计划。终极 拟议工作的目标是开发一种被 HAZMAT 培训社区采用的工具，丰富在线内容 培训，并提高我们的危险品工作人员的准备情况。