SAIT/NAIT/BCIT Joint Venture IPECC 2001 The Charlottetown Accord Bob Clarke Dave Stanley June 11, 2001

A Partnership for the Profession Formed November 21, 2000 A Joint Venture agreement to develop Power Engineering training materials Support for professionals at all levels of Power Engineering

Why? Increased resources –Support and maintain the curriculum Three Partners to share development –Makes technology affordable A National Focus Increased accessibility

Products Print Materials –updated and aligned with CD 4th Class CDs –Course Materials Text Based HTML Based –Multimedia, and interactive elements 5th Class CD On-line services

2001 Joint Venture Price List Student Materials (4 th Class) Basic Package (CD only)$300 Full Package (CD and Text)$350 Upgrade to Full package$150 *15% discount to educational institutions * The Joint Venture Does not Sell to Individuals

Learning Web-site –Annual Web-site Fee$2,000/year –Annual User fee $150 per user –Web-site set up $500 flat fee –On-site training $1000 plus expenses

Network Licensing 4th Class Users per user $350$330$310$290$270$250 5th Class Users per user $250$235$220$205$190$175 Media Library Users per user $150$135$120$105$90$75

Future Directions New 3rd Class Course Development 2nd and 1st Class –Syllabi and Courses –Structural consideration –Curriculum design considerations –A Nationally Focused Power Engineering DACUM International Interest –Standard and Custom Courseware Industry Advisory Steering Committee

3 Institutions

2 Provinces

1 Vision

What Is The DACUM Process A first step in Developing A CurriculUM. An approach to Occupation (Job) Analysis. An “Experts” panel identifying the job duties and tasks that form the occupational profile or competency profile. ?

DUTIES Operate Boilers Generate Power Start Boiler Start gas turbine Synchronize Generator Blow down boiler TASKS Shut down boiler Take generator off-line Broad Area of Competency TASKS Specific Area of competency

How Does DACUM Work? Review the occupation and draft a definition of it. Identify duties (broad areas of competence) Identify tasks (specific competencies) Review and refine duty and task statements. Sequence the duty and tasks statements

Validation Process Develop a DACUM chart Send to industry experts for rating –Frequency, Importance, Performance Assemble syllabus Validate with another group of equally expert Power Engineers, IPECC members and SOPEEC Members Return

Build New Courseware

DACUM Philosophy Expert workers are better able to describe/define their occupation than anyone else. Any job can be effectively and sufficiently described in terms of the tasks successful workers in that occupation perform. All tasks have direct implications for the knowledge and attitudes that workers must have in order to perform the tasks correctly.