TABLE OF CONTENTS "I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said I don't know."
Mark Twain
With [1] the gas turbine developing at the rate that it does, education and teaching methods struggle to keep pace. This chapter provides specific examples and case studies of training and education in both the industrial and academic worlds. All cases are detailed with regard to program structure and content. However, in the hands of creative in-house trainers in industry or professors, they could suggest potential for creating one's own tailor-made program.
All OEMs offer some kind of training to their customers. These presentations can vary from "sales-type" commercial overviews to those that are considerably more comprehensive. The latter are generally given to customers who bought the OEM's equipment, and the training is included in the price, in other words, "free."
In addition to theoretical courses, the OEMs offer practical training at the customer's plant or in their own plants, with a very "hands-on" approach. This type of training is generally given to key mechanics, operators, and service crew.
Independent firms, which frequently are owned and staffed by ex-OEM senior people, offer similar training. They point out that they offer a more objective perspective than an OEM might.
The job titles given to engineers in field operations or field operations consulting are varied: Field service representative, field service engineer, applications engineer, field engineer, or simply OEM's rep are common. Project application engineers is the term used by the...
