Nuclear education and training: from concern to capability (Nuclear development)

Table of contents
Executive summary
Chapter 1 A decade of change
	1.1  Background
	1.2 The evolving environment
	1.3 A key resource - a competent workforce
Chapter 2 Review of nuclear education and associated facilities
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Education and training - progress over the last decade
	2.3  Present use of research infrastructure for education and training in NEA member countries
Chapter 3  Towards a blueprint for workforce development
	3.1 The benefits of a competent nuclear workforce
	3.2 Classifying competence
	3.3 Analysis
Chapter 4  Ensuring capability - the recommendations
	4.1 Nuclear human resource features and requirements
	4.2 Ten years on - the developments
	4.3 Approach to developing a common job taxonomy
Appendices
	1. Recommendations from Nuclear Education and Training: Cause for Concern?
	2. Country education and training activities
	3. Survey on the use of nuclear research facilities for education and training
	4. Development of the job taxonomy
	5. Applications of the job taxonomy
	6. List of experts
	7. Acronyms
Figures
	E.1  Estimates of the operating personnel needed for retaining market share in nuclear power in the
	E.2 The pyramid of competence
	1.1   Estimates of the operating personnel needed for retaining market share in nuclear power in th
	1.2  The pyramid of competence
	1.3  Competence pathways
	2.1  Trends in federal investment and in university student enrolment
	3.1  An illustrated taxonomy - classification hierarchy
	3.2  An illustrative taxonomy - sectors and functions
	3.3 An illustrative taxonomy - job specifications
	A2.1  Evolution of student numbers in the BNEN programme
	A2.2 Number of post-docs at SCKCEN
	A2.3  Number of PhDs at SCKCEN
	A2.4 Projections of number of professors in nuclear education in Germany
	A2.5  Number of trainees at NuHRDeC domestic courses
	A4.1 An illustrative taxonomy - sectors and functions
	A5.1 United Kingdom energy pathways and nuclear HR requirements
	A5.2 A national nuclear skills taxonomy (United Kingdom)
	A5.3  A Nuclear Skills Passport (United Kingdom)
	A5.4  A modern best practice organisation
	A5.5 Resource scheduling - recruitment needs by educational qualifications
	A5.6  Recruitment schedule
Tables
	A3.1 Data on the use of research reactors and critical assemblies for nuclear education
	A4.1 Nuclear power plant - new build
	A4.2 Nuclear power plant - operation
	A4.3 Nuclear power plant - decommissioning
	A4.4 Nuclear research reactor
	A4.5 Job profiles for nuclear power plant new build
		- Civil design engineer
		- Mechanical design technician
		- Procurement engineer
		- Resident engineer
		- Construction trades (process, mechanical, electrical)
		- Commissioning engineer
	A4.6 Job profiles for nuclear power plant operation
		- Plant manager
		- Operations manager
		- Operations technician
		- Control room supervisor
		- Reactor operator
		- Process equipment engineer
		- Mechanical maintenance engineer
		- Process equipment technician
		- Mechanical maintenance technician
		- Crafts fitter
		- Waste operator
		- Manager, health physics
	A4.7 Job profiles for nuclear power plant decommissioning
		- Site engineer
		- Decommissioning supervisor
		- Operator
		- Nuclear maintenance fitter (mechanical, electrical, instrumentation)
		- Radioactive waste operations manager
		- Radioactive waste supervisor
		- Radiation protection team leader
		- Radiation protection health physics surveyor
		- Safety case lead author
	A4.8 Job profiles for nuclear research reactors
		- Reactor manager
		- Reactor operator
		- Radiation protection officer