Remote certification of workers for multiple worksites
AssigneeKouba-O'Reilly Consulting Group
InventorsDon M. Kouba, Brian O'Reilly
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Abstract
A testing system, particularly directed at contract workers, permits computer-aided instruction and testing at each of a plurality of testing sites. Different tests are created and administered for each of a plurality of work sites, which can be selected by the prospective contract worker. Whether the worker passed a particular site-specific test is stored in a database, which in turn is accessible by the work site management. The system has particular application to safety instruction and testing as mandated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Claims1
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;
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- if the worker has passed the test, informing the database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.