APPRAISING RESULTS DERIVED FROM A MAINTENANCE TRAINING PROGRAM
A TRAINING PROGRAM DEVELOPED FOR THE USE OF SALT FOR SNOW AND ICE CONTROL IN ONTARIO WAS CONDUCTED IN THE FALL OF 1966 AND EVALUATED THE FOLLOWING SPRING. THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS TRAINING PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED AND ADMINISTERED, AND THE CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM ITS EVALUATION ARE DESCRIBED. THE TRAINING PROGRAM WAS CONSIDERED SUCCESSFUL IN THAT ALMOST 60% OF THE PARTICIPANTS SCORED AT LEAST 75% ON THE POST- TRAINING TEST. EVALUATION OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE MEANINGFUL HAD THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE PRIOR TO TRAINING BEEN KNOWN. WHERE QUESTIONS CONTAINED IN THE POST- TRAINING TEST HAD BEEN POORLY ANSWERED BY A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL TESTEES, SOME DIFFICULTY WAS EXPERIENCED IN ASCERTAINING WHETHER THE DEFICIENCY LAY IN THE TRAINING PROGRAM OR IN THE SPECIFIC TEST QUESTION. NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM ON FIELD PERFORMANCE. HOWEVER, IN COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS THERE WAS A LEVELING-OFF IN SALT CONSUMPTION EVEN THOUGH THE WINTER MAINTENANCE SEASON IN QUESTION WAS WORSE THAN USUAL.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Paper sponsored by Committee on Maintenance Personnel and presented at the 47th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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Authors:
- Cunliffe, A P
- Publication Date: 1968
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 50-58
- Monograph Title: Maintenance management 1967
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 241
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Cold weather; Education; Maintenance personnel; Operations; Salts; Snow and ice control; Training
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Education and Training; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00218428
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Dec 9 1994 12:00AM