Patent ID: 6616453
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A method for certifying that contract employees are qualified to work in a selected one of a plurality of work sites, comprising the steps of:providing a relational database; providing a plurality of instruction and test sites which are geographically separate from each other and from the work sites; storing a plurality of training records associated with a particular employee into the relational database; providing site-specific course material and associated tests for each member plant; at one of the test sites, verifying the identity of a worker; selecting a particular work site for which the worker is to be instructed with a site-specific course and for which a site-specific course is to be administered; administering a computer-aided course to the worker keyed to the selected work site; assembling a test from the site-specific questions concerning the selected work site; at the conclusion of the computer-aided course, administering the assembled test; using the model answer to the site-specific questions, grading the test; comparing the test results to the pass/fail criterion for the selected site-specific test; and if the worker has passed the test, informing the database.