U.S. Navy, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River

Period of Performance

1996-open ended

Project Description

Global Secure Training was contracted by Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) to provide Occupational Safety and Health, Hazardous Material, and Environmental related courses to be taught on site. There are over 45 courses offered, including: Supervisory Safety Global Secure Training; Hearing Conservation; HAZWOPER Awareness; HAZWOPER Operations; HAZWOPER Technician; HAZWOPER Incident Commander, Hazardous Waste for Handlers; Confined Space Entry; NEPA; DOT; Motorcycle Safety; Forklift Safety; First Aid/CPR; Ionizing Radiation; and Non-Ionizing Radiation. This project involved the development, customization, implementation, and delivery of a detailed technical training program. The training program provides safety and health employees with in-depth technical knowledge of Federal safety and health standards and the Navy Instruction.

The contract was divided into two phases. Phase I included course design, development, and conducting a pilot program. Phase II involved conducting and administering approximately 200 training courses annually covering a wide range of topics. The scheduling and management of the courses was very difficult in that in one week they may have required six different courses that needed to be taught by four different instructors. The coordination effort was critical in making the program work. Global Secure Training and the government representative worked very closely to coordinate the training needs for Pax River. When the contract expired in 1999, we moved this contract to our GSA schedule. In 1999, we placed a full-time instructor on site, not only to teach the courses but to coordinate, schedule, update, revise, and manage the training database for the Navy.

Unique Challenges

One challenge of the PAX River Training Contract was the need to continually assess and revise the training program to ensure that it addresses the unique challenges faced by PAX River personnel. Global Secure Training has responded to these challenges by modifying existing courses to address new concerns and conditions and adding new courses as the need arises such as Anthrax Awareness Training.