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DIRECTIVE NUMBER: '9285.9-01
TITLE: Inauguration of the OSC/RPM Program
APPROVAL DATE: 2/3/89
EFFECTIVE DATE: 2/3/89
ORIGINATING OFFICE: Office of Solid Waste
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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON, O.C. 20460
FB 3 (989
OFFICE OF
SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY RESPON
OSWER Directive
J9285.9-01
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
FROM:
TO:
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Inauguration of the OSC/RPM Progra
Henry L. Longest, II, Director
Office of Emergency and Remedial
Bruce Diamond, Director^
Office of Waste Programs Enforcement
Waste Management Division Directors, Regs. I-X
Environmental Services Division Directors, Regs. I,VI,VII
Emergency and Remedial Response Division Director, Reg. I I'
Congressional and Intergovernmental Liaison Office Director,
Reg. VII . • '
Purpose
The purpose of this memorandum is to formally announce the
commence.ne-1 of several of the principal components of the OSC/RPM
Support Program and to solicit estimates of participants fcr the
first class of the OSC/RPM Basic Training Academy.
Background
As you may recall, we briefed you on the OSC/RPM Support Program
at the Waste Management Division Directors' meeting last October.
Since then staff from OSWER and the Office of Human Resources Manage-
ment have »«t with the management of most of the Regions to provide
additional Information and obtain their feedback on this effort.
The remaining meetings (2) will be held within the next few weeks.
In general, the responses have been positive, with each Region
making valuable suggestions based on its own experiences. We will
provide you with a summary of those meetings, upon completion.
Objective
The objective of this memorandum is to (1) ensure that Regional
managers and staff are aware of the initial implementation of several
elements of the OSC/ RPM Support Program, (2) ensure that we can
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accommodate ajRticipated new hires In the first training class of
the n«u .0££^fi£M Basic Training Academy, scheduled for May 13-26 in
C i nc I an-afciqnM^and >3) provide an update on other on-going activities
of the Support Program.
ImpIementat ton
The following elements of the OSC/RPM Support Program are
in place and require your participation:
OSC/RPM BASIC TRAINING ACADEMY
The first class of the Academy will begin May 15 - 26, 1989
at ERT and laboratory facilities in Cincinnati, Ohio. Attached
is the curriculum outline for the proposed six week Academy. Our
first class of employees, who will attend an initial two-week
Session (A) In May, can expect to attend a second two-week session
(B) in August/September, 1989, and complete the final three-week
session (C) by December, 1989. The courses will be conducted at a
permanent residential facility in 1990, but will begin in existing
Cincinnati facilities and nearby hotel accommodations. A second
class cycle is anticipated to begin Cwith session A) before the end
of calendar 1989. Regional personnel will be asked to review
course materials and to serve as instructors for some of the modules,,
The first session (A) will focus primarily on orientation, •>? '
project management, communications skills, and personnel protec-
tion and safety training (ERT). The second session (B) will cover
site management, contract administration, legal fundamentals and
community relations. The third session (C) will address technical
fundamentals, treatment technologies, groundwater, negotiations,
risk assessments, and specific regulatory requirements.
This memorandum solicits your hiring projections for OSCs
and RPMs :- d to be on board for the first session. Please
send the arracned form by February 16, 1989, to Marlene Suit,
OSWER/OPMT, USEPA, 401 M Street, SW Washington, D.C. 20460. Please
call Marlene at FTS 475-6647, if you have any questions.
STRUCTURED TRAINING AND EVALUATION PROGRAM (STEP)
Dr. Porter has signed the initial group of OSC and RPM Masters
certificat** seIected from your nominees after review by Head-
quarters divisions. He will shortly announce the recipients, and
we plan to recog-n'z? them formally during an upcoming OF.RR Regional
one-way video conference. Revised criteria for all STEP levels will
be distributed later this year following Headquarters and Regional
Adv i sors ' review.
MENTORS
Mentors will be assigned to proteges who attend the pilot
academy session in May. Information sheets for those desiring to
be mentors and their supervisors have been drafted and, following
theon-going advisors review, will be distributed in March with
nomination forms.
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JOB ANALYSIS
Job analysis is the key to career tracks, grades, special
pay rates, training needs assessment, etc and is dependent upon
Regional Input. A schedule for Subject Matter Expert (SME) panels,
to be held in the Regions, is being developed. A request for
employees from the following groups to participate in the panels
will be sent to the Regions in February: OSCs, Fund and Enforcement
RPMS, Preremedial SAMs, CEPP Coordinators, Technical Specialists,
and First Line Supervisors.
SUPERFUNO UNIVERSITY TRAINING INSTITUTES (SUTI)
The initiation of the SUTI training workshops, to address the
more specialized training needs of our more senior OSCs and RPMs,
is contingent upon the development of case studies involving tech-
nical, legal and/or administrative concerns. Initial case study
development has b-egun at several SUTIs, and the first training
workshop will be - id by the end of FY 89.
OTHER COMPONENTS
Working closely with OHRM, OSWER staff is 1) collecting data
needed to submit our special pay rate request to 0PM later this
year, 2) developing routine exit interview, format and former
employee and employee retention/development surveys (for release
later in 1989), 3) revising the special award criteria based on
Regional input, 4) revising the database/tracking system to provide
you with regular reports on the OSC/RPM Support Program participants,
and 5) developing supervisors' implementation guides for the program.
Remaining components, rotational assignments, developmental hiatus,
and continuing education, will be implemented in FY 90.
Attachments
cc: Bob Pavlik, OHRM
Reg ionaI Adv i sors
Tom Dunne, OSWER
Tim Fields, ERD
Russ Ky«r, HSCO
Clem Rastatter, 0PM
Steve tingle, HSED
Meg KelIy, OPMT
Ron Wi I helm, OPMT
Headquarters Advisors
Marlene Suit, OPMT .
Bettie Van Epps, OERR
Documents Coordinator
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Potential OSC/RPM HIRES
December 1988 - October 1989
1. Number hired from
December I/ 1988 to date
2. Number of hires anticipated
prior to May 1, 1989
3. Number of hires anticipated
for May 1, 1989 to
October 1, 1989
Completed by
Title
Total
Date
Region
Phone
OSCs *RPMs Total
* includes both fund and enforcement RPMs
Please return to Marlene Suit
USEPA-OPMT
401 M Street, SW (os-110)
Washington/ D.C. 20460
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Contract
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Wednesday
Site
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Case Study Group
Work
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Friday
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Social Options
Contract
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Overview of
Cooperative
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Statutes and HcgutaHons
Wrap Up/
Homework for
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Sports/
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Session A
Proposed Schedule
Two Weeks
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Travel
Registration
Dinner
Cincinnati
Tour
Monday
Introduction (P)(E)
Overview of
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(CEHCLA. SARA.
RemovafRemedal
Processes)
OSC/RPM Roles
& Responsibilities
(Authorities and LlabMMes
Policy and Guidance)
Presentation
Skills (P)(E)
Homework*
Case Study
Health
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(Personnel Protection
Hazard Recognition.
Safety Procedures)
Tuesday
Project
Management
(Project Planning and
Schedulng. Cost
Estimation^
Communication Skite)
Superfund Film
Fest
Wednesday
Project
Management
Meeting
Management
(Leadership Skits)
OSC/RPM
Panel: Keys to
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Dinner
Case Study Group
Work
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Project
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Conflict Resolution)
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Friday
Project
Management
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Case Study
Presentations/
Videotaping
Wrap Up
Social Event
Wrap Up/
Homework for
Next Session
Saturday
Videotape
Viewing/Feedback
Sports/
Shopping
Social Activity
Options
Travel
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Superfund Training Academy
Session C
Proposed Schedule
Three Weeks
Sunday
Travel
Registration
Dinner
Tours/Homework
Sports/Social
Options
Monday
Introduction (E)
Technical
Fundamentals
(Standard Operating
Procedures. Sampling
Methods. QA/OC.
Detection Limit
Objectives)
Homework
Groundwater
Fundamentals
(P)(E)(AV)(D)
(GW Fundamentals.
Con lamina Ron.
Clean Up Goals and
Technologies)
Homework
ARARS/State
Speakers (P)(E)
(Identification and
Communication
Procedures. Federal/
Stale Requirements)
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Tuesday
Technic
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Groundi
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