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Training Design in Aviation analyzes the cycle of training design, from the identification of requirement through to measurement of effectiveness. Key issues in training design and management are illustrated with examples and learning is consolidated through case studies. Highly practical without avoiding the theory when it is relevant, the book offers valuable advice, tools and procedures to assist aviation personnel who aim to guarantee cost-effective training. It is essential reading for airline management and personnel responsible for conducting training within airlines.
List of contents
Contents: Introduction; Organizational context; What is learning?; Analysing the requirement; Exams and testing; Curriculum building; Measuring the effectiveness of training; Project management; Quality management; References; Index.
About the author
Norman MacLeod is Director of Integrated Team Solutions, a provider of Crew Resource Management and corporate safety training in aviation. He was Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellow for 1995 - researching national approaches to pilot training and licensing. He has visited Sweden, the Czech Republic, Germany, Russia, the Ukraine and USA, holding meetings in each country with Aviation Authorities, major flying training schools and representative airlines. He has specialised in CBT, worked with WICAT on a Swissair ab-initio training project and acted as consultant to GKN Sankey on Desert Warrior for Kuwait CBT requirements and to UK Civil Aviation Authority on professional pilot exam design. Prior to this, he was Wing Commander in the RAF, responsible for conducting training at 5 RAF schools, covering everything from logistics to combat surgery for doctors as well as directing the work of 6 course design teams. At RAF Hereford, he was responsible for a staff of 250 instructors delivering a range of 45 courses to 10,000 students per year.
Summary
This text analyzes the cycle of training design, from the identification of requirement through to measurement of effectiveness. Key issues in training design and management are illustrated with examples, and learning is consolidated through case studies.
