National Ice Center

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National Ice Center (NIC)
TRAINING INITIATIVES AT THE NATIONAL ICE CENTER
PRESENTED TO THE INTERNATIONAL ICE CHARTING
WORKING GROUP 5 OCTOBER 2000 BY LCDR ERIC
MILLER OPERATIONS OFFICER NATIONAL ICE CENTER
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UNIQUE CHALLENGES AT NIC

• LIMITED NUMBER OF OPS PERSONNEL FOR MISSION
• HIGH TURNOVER RATE AMONG MILITARY
• DOCUMENTATION CORPORATE KNOWLEDGE
• VARIED MISSION
• A. MAPPING
• B. TACTICAL - SPECIFIC TASKING
• C. CLIMATOLOGY
• D. GIS (EWG)
• E. MILITARY SPECIFIC DUTIES

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TRAINING OUR ICE ANALYSTS AT NIC TODAY

• COMPREHENSIVE JOB QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
• DETAILED GEOGRAPHY STUDIES
• REFERENCE LIBRARY
• CLIMATOLOGY DATABASE
• RIGOROUS ON THE JOB TRAINING WITH MENTOR
• SCIENCE TEAM LECTURES TARGETING JQR ITEMS

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TRAINING OUR ICE ANALYSTS AT NIC TODAY

• IN HOUSE ANALYST TRAINING BRIEFS
• FREEZE-UP AND MELTOUT PATTERNS
• DYNAMICS
• CLIMATOLOGY OF REPRESENTATIVE AREAS

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NEAR TERM TRAINING INITIATIVES AT NIC FY-01

• DOCUMENT CORPORATE KNOWLEDGE AND ANALYSIS
• PROCESS THROUGH COMPUTER BASED TRAINING (CBT)
• Collaborative project with CIS
• Contract awarded to NOETIX
• ICE Tutor 1.0 (Ice Recognition SAR
• Interpretation)
• Building on what exists
• Acquired US government rights to use
• FOLLOW ON MODULES

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NEAR TERM TRAINING INITIATIVES AT NIC FY-01

• CBT MODULES
• Ice Physics
• Remote Sensing
• Geography
• TESTING
• COMPLETION OF THE CBTS WILL SATISFY
• THE JOB QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
• ENABLES MENTORS TO FOCUS ON TEACHING
• THE JOB

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LONG TERM INITIATIVES FY-02 AND BEYOND

• EXPAND EXISTING ICE TUTOR CBT MODULES
• FUTURE MODULES