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TRAINING SYSTEMS AND SIMULATOR SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS PROCESS

VSAT’s Training System and Simulator System Requirements Analysis Process (TSRAP) is based on extensive tailoring of the Air Forces’ TSRA process. A full TSRA is a highly logical, systematic process can be both costly and time consuming. A full TSRA produces volumes of data but does not always result in expected new approaches to training. This has led to the conclusion by some that TSRAs are not cost effective. VSAT’s TSRAP eliminates these objections. It

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Provides a  logical systematic  process to identify training requirement for new aircrew training systems as well as for revisions to existing systems ensuring the customer gets exactly the data needed for their intended use. It allows carefully tailored application of the processes from very simple systems to very complex systems.

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Can be tailored to specific customer requirements; can include a full Air Force Training Systems Requirements Analysis or can be tailored to provide any subset of the results listed in the figure above.

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Can be used in determining training capabilities for Federations of Interactive Simulations supported by DOD’s High Level Architecture such as Distributed Mission Training especially as additional players are added.

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Can be applied to commercial training for land and sea, law enforcement, manufacturing and education with appropriate tailoring.

 TSRAP may consist of any combination of the following components:

Mission /Task Analysis

Analyzes all types of mission activity associated with a system. Determines what individuals are expected to accomplish to successfully complete jobs as prescribed by their Specialty Code, skill level, or other parameter. Tasks are defined which describe performance requirements during the accomplishment of a mission. This data is compiled in the form of a Master Task List (MTL). The MTL identifies all tasks which personnel possessing specific specialty codes and skill levels may be required to perform.

Training Requirements Analysis

Training requirements for all individuals in a particular group will ultimately be expressed in terms of a Training Task List (TTL). The TTL is derived from the MTL. Before a TTL can be derived,  a number of metrics must be applied to assess task proficiency. These include:

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The skills necessary to perform a task are identified. All skills are directly observable and have measurable outputs. Many skills require the association of knowledge for their execution. The knowledges must be identified The knowledges are hierarchical in nature, progressing from lower level cognitive knowledge to the highest level, that of problem solving. Knowledges are also measurable. Required attitudes are also analyzed for each identified training task. The attitude classification used in this analysis is not hierarchical and attitudes cannot be directly observed or measured.

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In order to identify tasks in which individuals are or are not proficient, it is necessary to accomplish a demographics study. Any task in which the trainee population is deficient in either a skill, knowledge, or attitude is a candidate for the TTL.

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Three other factors are then added to the training task equation to specify which tasks will be in the final TTL.   These factors are Mission Criticality, Safety Criticality, and Level of Difficulty.

Objectives and Media Analysis

The Objectives and Media Analysis identifies and documents all objectives that will be trained. Objectives are developed from the TTL. Once objectives are developed and the rationale for selection of instructional strategies and methods is determined, a media selection or media allocation process is utilized to assign and prioritize appropriate media for each objective. Following media selection, necessary syllabi of instruction are normally developed. Various training system configurations are defined and include descriptions of performance, facilities, management systems, and evaluation methodologies.

 

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Last modified: September 27, 2006