Safety critical industries workplace learning telematic network-SAFETY-NET

SAFETY-NET is a project which demonstrates the potential of emerging multimedia information and communication (ICT) technologies to assure the performance of employees engaged in safety critical work in the railway, maritime, port and offshore exploration industries. The project is part funded by the European Commission´s Telematics RTD Programme and will be undertaken over a 2-3 year period. SAFETY-NET aims to directly confront various problems and demonstrate the value that new ICT technologies can add through providing: safety critical employees (learners), in remote locations, with access to competence development (training and assessment) resources and services in the workplace; traditional learning service providers with guidance, methodologies and resources to deliver competence development services to the workplace; managers in organisations with competence standards, methodologies and tools for conducting performance assessments in the workplace, the results of which can support company wide work authorisation systems; designers and producers of multimedia flexible and distance learning/assessment materials with experience and best practice guidance on the design of such materials for users in safety critical contexts