Abstract of Meeting Paper

Society for Risk Analysis 1995 Annual Meeting

Contribution of Risk Analysis and Management Methodology in Syllabuses of Training Personal Responsible for Environmental and Human Health Safety and Emergency Handling in Russia. O. V. Schilova, International Independent University of Ecology & Politolgy (IIUEP); and V. A. Eremenko, ICES, 31-57 Lensoveta Street, St. Petersburg, 196143 and 4 Entrance, 4 Serova Street, Moscow, Centre

A vital problem for Russia of the optimum filling the gap between the scientifically based methods (SBM) for identifying and analysis of environment and human health status on the one hand, and policy and business techniques for profit analysis, decision making and execution on the other hand provides a historic chance to introduce SBM based on objective data, e.g., risk methods in the economy, industry, and politics of the country. Nowadays, they all are energetically searching for concerning infrastructure for securing of people and environmental safety (ISPES) that could fill the existing gap. The ICES strongly perceived the interest and try to give their contribution for establishment and maintaining of the aforenamed ISPES through the optimization of educational training processes for personnel in question. We take into account that Russia has a relatively well-developed system of training specialists who will further work in particular industries either at specialized secondary schools, or colleges and universities. Any solution to this problem lacks certainty and also requires multivariant approaches if there is the need for a more advanced further training, e.g., specialists should be able to perform in a way which is not typical of that particular industry using interdisciplinary knowledge available. In such cases training must be based on objective and comprehensive initial principles. Our 3-years of experience in the field will allow us to lay more right stress on and to approach solution of the important problem of "how" and "what" to study on the basis of the principles elaborated in the ICES. Methodology of the ICES training system includes five solution levels. On Level I are defined positions and ranks of the ISPES personnel completed in a list of "Major Training Objectives (MTO); on Level II are compiled a CURRICULUM; on Level III are set a SYLLABUS; on Level IV are compiled a Topic Plan; and at least on Level V are created Individual Plans. The hierarchy allows us to provide for an optimum completeness of study documents, as well as the whole training system. Logical structure of concerning schemes is an analog of the respective standard structure obtained by means of diatropics.