The NASA Workmanship training credential extension web tool was created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which severely disrupted operations at NASA training centers. These disruptions made it challenging for personnel to renew their Workmanship training credentials, which typically expire after two years. To mitigate the risks associated with personnel continuing work with expired credentials, NASA initially issued memos extending credential validity. However, as the pandemic's impact persisted, a more sustainable solution was needed, leading to the development of the web tool.

Start the new year off right with Human Factors training! If you’re interested in learning about the impact of Human Factors across the agency, the Human Factors Task Force (HFTF) is hosting an in-person NASA Human Factors Analysis and Classifications System (NASAHFACS) training and certification course this January. This course is open to both civil servants and support service contractors interested in learning about the impacts of Human Factors and improving human performance for their center and across the agency.

Have you ever wondered if your current method for testing and measuring data is as accurate and efficient as it could be? Find out now in SATERN.

The NASA Safety Center (NSC) released two new courses about selecting, maintaining and using Measuring and Test Equipment (MTE) devices aimed at improving measurement data reliability and accuracy throughout the mission lifecycle.

NASA’s Range Flight Safety program recently released “UAS Range Flight Safety” (SMA-AS-WBT-300) to address the Range Flight Safety aspects of flying Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) at NASA. 

NASA’s Explosives and Pyrotechnics Safety program recently released “Explosives Safety Awareness Training for Managers, Supervisors and Non-Explosives Personnel” (SMA-HQ-WBT-222) in SATERN. This online course provides an overview of Explosives Safety flow-down requirements and responsibilities for program, project and element managers throughout NASA. It emphasizes the responsibilities of personnel and safety awareness of operations that involve the handling, storage, transportation and processing of explosives.

The NASA Range Flight Safety Program, with support from the NASA Safety Center, recently released an update to “Range Flight Safety Analysis” (SMA-AS-WBT-435), available in SATERN. The new training includes recent policy changes, updated materials and the new Federal Aviation Administration Code of Federal Regulations Part 450 requirements. It also converts previous in-class exercises to instructor-led demonstrations.

Last month, the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance and NASA Safety Center released “Planetary Protection Overview” (SMA-STL-WBT-300) in SATERN. The new course includes the definition of Planetary Protection, details of its implementation and practices, and information about its applicability to some of NASA’s space flight missions.

NASA’s radiation effects community, with support from the NASA Electronic Parts and Packaging program, collaborated with Texas A&M University academia and Radiation Effects Facility staff to develop a radiation effects training “boot camp,” first held in February 2022, with plans for future annual training. The boot camp was in response to a National Academy study called “Testing at the Speed of Light,” that looked at the available U.S. infrastructure available to provide the types of energy and ions used to do the type of spaceflight testing NASA aims to do and also the people available to do the work. Training included attendees from government, industry and academia.