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TEC
Meeting on15/11/2002 Participants:
Isabel Bejar-Alonso, Gerrit Jan Bossen, Paula Carvalho-Correia,
Sudeshna Datta-Cockeril, Gianni Deroma, Sue Foffano, Andrée Fontbonne,
Anne Kerhoas, Erwin Mosselmans, Linda Orr-Easo, Josi Schinzel, Peter
Sievers, Mick Storr, Davide Vite, Sylvain Weisz Excused:
André Arn, Margrit Burry, Enrico Chiaveri, Friedmann Eder,
Francois Fluckiger, Michelle Mazerand, Alberto Scaramelli, Tony Shave,
Mauro Taborelli, Marc Tavlet, Myriam Veyrat 1.
Minutes of September 27th meeting and matters arising:
The minutes of the previous TEC meeting were approved. 2.
Report
on the Procurement & Contract Management course:
Linda Orr-Easo presented the program of the 9CM course that was
established following advices of experts in the SPL division and
interviews with different contract managers. This training splits into two
levels: -
Level I presents general information and explains the standard
procedures; -
Level II is a workshop, the first session was organised in November
2002, for those responsible for Industrial Service Contracts. A level II
workshop for people involved in Supplies Contracts will be organised early
in March 2003.
Level I presents the basic policy, legal aspects, rules and procedures for
specifying, purchasing and contracting with external providers. It is a
one-day session targeting a large audience and is a pre-requisite for
Level II. The objectives of Level II are to develop the skills needed to
manage Industrial Support contracts, to create a network of people
involved with such contracts and to ensure a coherent approach within CERN
on this subject. Linda presented some statistics about the participation
and feedback received for these courses (see Annex
I). She also mentioned that safety aspects still need to be added in
this training.
The next step is the pilot session on Supplies Contracts. Further
developments are envisaged, such as the creation of a database of
participants/contracts or the organisation of half-day case study
sessions.
Answering to questions about the target audiences, Linda replied every one
involved in contract management should follow Level I while ~50 persons,
to be identified by their division, are expected for the IS version of
Level II. There was also a suggestion to invite a CERN contractor to the
round table discussion of Level II to get some feedback from our partners.
3.
Present situation of Safety Courses
Safety courses enter into 3 categories:
general courses that are described on the catalogue, courses dedicated to
a particular audience and courses organised on demand (see Annex
II). Anne Kerhoas reviewed the list of general safety courses
accessible through the web pages of the HR-TD group. In particular, she
described: -
The training of safety officers which splits into an external training
in the speciality (Flammable Gas, Radiation or Cryogenics), a partial
participation to the RSO course and a web-based training in the relevant
domain presenting all aspects specific to CERN. -
The courses for new comers that need to be followed by all people
working on the site fall in the second category. Those are organised every
Tuesday (morning in French and afternoon in English), without previous
enrolment, and it is the responsibility of the supervisor to insure that
every-one working for him/her indeed followed that course. -
The course for first-aid is organised in 3 half-day sessions with a
refresher every 3 years. The list of first-aider is available at http://safety.cern.ch
but a review of building with risks is going on to identify people likely
to follow that training. -
The course for TSO, with 5 sessions organised in 2002, corresponding to
a total of 100 persons trained. The course lasts 3 days, alternating
theory and practice. -
Examples of courses organised on demand for work in the Hall 180 or for
team leaders in the CMS assembly facility at point 5. The radiation safety course is under
preparation and a pilot session is foreseen for ISOLDE before the end of
the year. It is evaluated that ~1000 persons a year need to be trained to
cope with CERN’s obligations regarding the host states and the INB
regulations. This will require the help of external trainers; a web-based
version of the radiation safety course is also foreseen in the long term. Anne is also working, together with the
M&C Training team of HR-TD, on the development of a safety course for
supervisors and contract managers, aiming at raising their awareness in
safety matters and specifying their obligations in this field. Finally, Anne also mentioned that safety
courses organised on the CERN site should be free for Member of the
Personnel (Staff, Fellows,
Users …) . However, external companies would have to pay for their
staff, except for the course for newcomers. 4.
Update on Technical Training: Davide Vite gave an update on a selection of
new Technical trainings (see Annex III): -
Technical Training Seminars: announcement is made through the Bulleting
and directly to relevant groups (list available on the TT web pages). It
takes place in the auditorium of the Training Centre, usually on Wednesday
afternoon, and is well attended (10-50 persons). -
Learning for the LHC series: this is the ELEC2002 or FEED2002 courses.
Those are recorded and available on the Web -
New courses: o
CAO-CADENCE: introduction to CADENCE, VHDL and simulation with NCVHDL
tool (5 sessions, 45 participants); o
HeREF: helium refrigeration technique, pilot course in collaboration
with ALLS consortium; o
CLEAN 2002+: working in a clean room (5 sessions, 52 participants); -
CERN Web Based Training: now up and running, accessible on http://www.course-source.net/sites/cern
Davide also mentioned a long list of project
for next year: -
DISP2003: Digital Signal Processing course on 2 terms (February –
April); -
FEED2003: follow up of FEED2002 - Spring term; -
MAGNE2003: magnetism foe engineers and technicians, by CEDRAT
Technologies; -
AXEL2003: course on accelerator techniques (within the new structure of
the accelerator sector); -
ELEC2003: follow up of ELEC2002 – Under study; -
Reliability Theory: very early stage -
Best Practices in Mechanical Engineering Projects: very early stage. The Technical Training team needs suggestions
and comments from the DTOs, and relies on them to identify likely
lecturers. In this line, Sue Foffano expressed interest for courses on
“Coding Standards” and on “Data Management”. 5.
Proposition f or a temporary help desk for Office software: The courses on Office automation and
Administrative software are becoming less frequent, probably because most
people who need these tools are now familiar with them. However, this does
not mean that they do not have any difficulties with their application. In
order to identify further possible training, Mick Storr proposed to
organise an on-line help service on Office software: this could be handled
during a limited period by the trainers from CIP. A report and an analysis
of the occurrence of the questions would indeed allow a precise knowledge
of the difficulties experienced with the use of the basic Office software
at CERN. It was decided to postpone any decision on that proposal to a
further TEC meeting, in order to get comments from a wider representation
of the divisions. 6.
Next meeting: The next TEC meeting will take place on
December 13th .
Sylvain Weisz
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