Technical training is TFE's primary "core competency." We have become especially well-known in the Department of Energy nuclear complex for providing top-quality training program design, development, and implementation services. Over the past five years we have effectively staffed and managed several multi-million dollar training upgrade projects. The following project summaries provide insight into the depth and breadth of our capabilities and proven performance.


Training Privatization
TFE was selected to provide training and records support for a Department of Energy facility in Golden, CO in 1996.  TFE continued to provide this service until site closure in 2006. TFE provided training for 5000 Site employees in over 50 different courses in topics including:

TFE was awarded a contract in 1999 with Bechtel-Jacobs and  in 2011 continues to provide the services to URS CH2M Oak Ridge, LLC.   This contract includes all supervision, personnel, material and equipment necessary to provide training services in support of Environmental Management and Enrichment Facility operations of the Oak Ridge,  and originally included the Paducah and Portsmouth sites.   The three major work elements of this contract are:

We deliver training in many formats. We are proficient in developing standard instructor-led classroom and OJT training. We also develop and deliver training in CBT and Web-based formats.
 

TFE continues to provide similar training in Paducah to the Infrastructure and Remediation contractors that are doing environmental restoration at the enrichment facility.  TFE also provides the Learning Management System to the Infrastructure and Remediation environmental restoration at the enrichment facility contractors at Portsmouth. 
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Facility Operations and Maintenance Qualification and Certification
TFE has developed operator, maintenance, and technical support staff training programs for a host of customers. We have successfully developed training programs for operators of nuclear power generation facilities and for chemical processing facilities. We have developed a pilot decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) worker training program for use at DOE facilities.

Our instructors are selected from throughout the nuclear and non-nuclear fields. We strive to find the best training professionals and actually train them to the operator or supervisor level for a facility prior to allowing them to conduct training.

TFE has designed and implemented initial and retraining programs for plant personnel, their first line supervisors, and facility management.

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TFE was originally founded to provide engineering services to augment the staff of several major Architect and Engineering firms. Product lines and service areas TFE has supported include:

Configuration management has been a topic of intense interest and scrutiny during the past decade. TFE personnel have assisted our customers in developing or verifying baseline facility design configurations. Our engineers have drafted or revised piping and instrumentation diagrams, verified equipment nomenclature and location, and have analyzed building structures and supports and their ability to withstand the effects of various natural phenomenon and external events (earthquake, high winds, explosions).

TFE provided design-engineering services in the area of spent fuel transportation and storage. This project included the development of specifications and design of a heated vacuum drying system to be used in the preparation of spent fuel for transportation and storage. Additional efforts include development of methods and procedures for the validation of leakage testing of canister and cask welds, review of Safety Analyses, and the preparation of oral and written responses to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Our personnel have been instrumental in developing standards based requirements programs (Order Compliance Assessments, S/RIDs, Work Smart Standards, and Integrated Management Safety Systems (ISMS)) and in conducting audits and assessments. We have assisted in the preparation of Safety Analysis Reports, Basis for Interim Operation (BIOs) and restart strategic plans for "troubled" plants in both the commercial industry and for DOE. Personnel comprising the nucleus of the company have a great deal of experience assisting clients in a variety of technical areas including: configuration management, procedure development, regulatory compliance, waste management, nuclear operations and maintenance, safety analysis and licensing, maintenance programs, and environmental restoration.

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Many programs and organizations require detailed procedures and manuals to provide technical and administrative guidance to personnel. State and Federal laws and regulations require certain tasks to be documented and retained for specified periods of time. TFE has been providing technical writing support for DOE and commercial customers since its inception. Our personnel helped develop the guidelines for procedure writing and technical manual development now in use throughout the DOE complex.

Types of procedures and manuals we have developed include:

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