OSC 2007 Evaluation Report

2007 OSC Readiness Training Program Evaluation Report
Summarized below are the written comments provided on the evaluation forms. Similar observations
have been combined and paraphrased.
Comments on course relevance to job responsibilities
• I do a lot of field sampling and the material will certainly help with my job. (Two responses)
• I found the final presentation on more efficient data collection design to be very informative and
expect it to help me to do a better job.
• More applicable to remediations and long-term removal actions than emergencies.
Comments on course content
• Case studies were valuable. (Two responses)
• Course would benefit from more case studies and removal driven talks.
• Course was over analytical and needs more practical application.
• Course was too heavy on statistics. (Three responses)
• Good course for preliminary assessment/site inspection, remedial investigation/feasibility study,
but not for the OSC.
• Information should be more practical and applicable to field sampling used by OSCs. (Two
responses)
Comments on instructional methods and materials
• Pace was good. Outlines and wrap-up are always a great strategy.
• Cut down on number of slides.
• Too much information for amount of class time. (Four responses)
• Handouts were unorganized, did not follow the presentations, and some slides were missing.
(Seventeen responses)
• Presentation was unorganized and difficult to follow. (Four responses)
• Phone lecture was difficult to hear and understand. (Four responses)
• Course was heavy on lecture. More teaching methods need to be employed. (Two responses)
• Course should be longer than one day. (Three responses)
Comments on recommending course to colleagues
• Yes, if modifications are made. (Three responses)
• Yes, to ones who are more experienced in sampling.
• Yes, to a new RPM maybe. Course not useful in emergency response context.
• Good course for an RPM.
Attendee’s suggestions for future course offerings
• Topics to shorten:
- Statistics, especially the USP model
• Topics to lengthen:
- How the Triad approach can be used in removals
C-24 Comments about Individual Training Courses