Environmental/Occupational Training Services: SIN 899-3
Price List: SIN 899-3
RTI is a leader in developing and implementing innovative and effective training on a variety of environmental and occupational topics. We offer
- Conventional course development and customized courses to meet specific needs
- Computer-based interactive course development
Conventional Course Development and Customized Courses to Meet Specific Needs
In the 1990s, RTI conducted environmental training events at hundreds of locations nationally and internationally including Research Triangle Park, New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, Dallas, Puerto Rico, Cairo (Egypt), and Santiago (Chile). Recipients of our training services included representatives of federal, state, and local government; industry; Native Americans; and the general public. Our training programs have been successfully designed, produced, and taught within the time (and budget) constraints of EPA-directed regulatory implementation schedules.
RTI has developed a training approach that also serves as the basis for EPA's training. This approach is detailed in EPA QA/G-10, Quality Assurance Training for Environmental Data Operations (Internal Working Draft), which RTI produced and released for EPA/QAD in 1997. RTI uses this framework to develop custom-designed courses that meet the audience's environmental training needs as well as the client's resource constraints.
Computer-Based Interactive Course Development
RTI has extensive experience in computer-based and interactive course development. RTI's computer-based products have been formatted for DC-I, CD-ROM, Internet, and Intranet. Our interactive video conference/classroom is linked by microwave to the MCNC video network. Multipoint video conferences are also possible.
RTI is a leader in developing expert systems related to environmental compliance. Expert systems are the most effective method for tasks requiring world knowledge and technical expertise. Beginning with an expert system prototype to assist RCRA permit writers, RTI has developed two widely used expert systems: the Solvent Alternatives Guide (SAGE) and the Coatings Guide. These Internet-accessible systems provide up-to-date technical information on numerous processes and chemicals. The target audiences are small and medium-sized businesses and state technical assistance offices.
RTI also produces virtual reality (VR) products that deliver interactive, immersive, and three-dimensional learning experience through computer technology. VR enables learners to practice skills, rehearse procedures, troubleshoot problems, and develop new approaches. Situations in which VR has proven to be useful include training that involves
- Hazardous working conditions
- Interaction with equipment that is expensive, unavailable, or inaccessible
- Process or unit shutdown resulting in costly downtime.