It is important to carry out effective education optimally adapted to the operator's knowledge level for the enhancement of the operator's ability to deal with abnormal situations. This paper outlines the educational system that realizes effective education using knowledgeprocessing techniques.
This system is composed of three devices. One is a knowledge-processing computer that evaluates the operator's knowledge level and presents educational materials optimally adapted to his knowledge level. Another is a computer for displaying transients and plant equipments. The other is a computer for voice input and output. The educational materials utilize causeand-effect relationships. It is possible to perform effective education by pointing out the parts the operator failed to understand using the relationships.
An evaluation test was performed using several tens of operators by actually operating the system and then impressions were gathered by questionnaire. As a result, the cause-and-effect relationships were proved to be useful to understand the transients. And the contents of the educational materials and the display pictures were also deemed to have practical value.