Survey on FAA Aviation Safety Inspector Training
(GAO-05-704SP)
Section IV: Training Requests
| 16. | As part of the shared supervisor/employee responsibility for determining training needs, to what extent does your supervisor encourage you to request the technical training courses you need to do your current job? | ||
| (CHECK ONLY ONE ANSWER) | |||
| 1. | Very great extent | ||
| 2. | Great extent | ||
| 3. | Moderate extent | ||
| 4. | Some extent | ||
| 5. | No extent | ||
| 6. | Don't know | ||
| 17. | To what extent have the technical training courses you requested been approved? | ||
| (CHECK ONLY ONE ANSWER) | |||
| 1. | Very great extent | ||
| 2. | Great extent | ||
| 3. | Moderate extent | ||
| 4. | Some extent | ||
| 5. | No extent | ||
| 6. | Don't know | ||
| 18. | Have the following factors helped or hindered your ability to take the technical training you requested to do your current job? |
| (CHECK ONE IN EACH ROW.) |
| Greatly helped | Helped | Neither helped nor hindered | Hindered | Greatly hindered | No basis to judge/Not applicable | Don't know | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18a. | Availability of courses | |||||||
| 18b. | Availability of funds | |||||||
| 18c. | Management's determination of your need for the course | |||||||
| 18d. | The impact on your workload of the time commitment required for the training | |||||||
| 18e. | Your personal schedule | |||||||
| 18f. | Other (Please specify below.) | |||||||
| 19. | If you checked "Other" above, please describe in the space below. |
| 20. | To what extent, if any, did the possibility of an institutional conflict of interest or the appearance thereof (i.e., FAA's acceptance of training from a regulated entity without a benefit in return or the payment of compensation) limit your ability to take training from an airline, manufacturer or other regulated entity? | ||
| (CHECK ONLY ONE ANSWER) | |||
| 1. | No extent | ||
| 2. | Some extent | ||
| 3. | Moderate extent | ||
| 4. | Great extent | ||
| 5. | Very great extent | ||
| 6. | No basis to judge | ||
| 7. | Don't know | ||
| 21. | In the past two years, approximately how many times, if any, have you attended or surveilled a technical course offered by an airline or manufacturer for which you did not receive FAA training credits? (Enter 1 to 2-digit whole numbers only.) |
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