1. National Ice Center National Ice Center(NIC) TRAINING INITIATIVES AT THE NATIONAL ICE CENTER PRESENTED TO THE INTERNATIONAL ICE CHARTING WORKING GROUP 5 OCTOBER 2000 BY LCDR ERIC MILLER OPERATIONS OFFICER NATIONAL ICE CENTER

2. UNIQUE CHALLENGES AT NIC LIMITED NUMBER OF OPS PERSONNEL FOR MISSION HIGH TURNOVER RATE AMONG MILITARY DOCUMENTATION CORPORATE KNOWLEDGE VARIED MISSION A. MAPPING B. TACTICAL - SPECIFIC TASKING C. CLIMATOLOGY D. GIS (EWG) E. MILITARY SPECIFIC DUTIES

3. TRAINING OUR ICE ANALYSTS AT NIC TODAY COMPREHENSIVE JOB QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS DETAILED GEOGRAPHY STUDIES REFERENCE LIBRARY CLIMATOLOGY DATABASE RIGOROUS ON THE JOB TRAINING WITH MENTOR SCIENCE TEAM LECTURES TARGETING JQR ITEMS

4. TRAINING OUR ICE ANALYSTS AT NIC TODAY IN HOUSE ANALYST TRAINING BRIEFS: FREEZE-UP AND MELTOUT PATTERNS DYNAMICS CLIMATOLOGY OF REPRESENTATIVE AREAS

5. NEAR TERM TRAINING INITIATIVES AT NIC FY-01 DOCUMENT CORPORATE KNOWLEDGE AND ANALYSIS PROCESS THROUGH COMPUTER BASED TRAINING (CBT) Collaborative project with CIS Contract awarded to NOETIX ICE Tutor 1.0 (Ice Recognition & SAR Interpretation) Building on what exists Acquired US government rights to use FOLLOW ON MODULES

6. NEAR TERM TRAINING INITIATIVES AT NIC FY-01 CBT MODULES Ice Physics Remote Sensing Geography TESTING COMPLETION OF THE CBT’S WILL SATISFY THE JOB QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS ENABLES MENTORS TO FOCUS ON TEACHING THE JOB

7. LONG TERM INITIATIVES FY-02 AND BEYOND EXPAND EXISTING ICE TUTOR CBT MODULES FUTURE MODULES