Avaliação do desempenho de operadores no treinamento da operação de sistemas elétricos em ambientes simulados.

Abstract

The observation, recording and analysis of operator performance, has been the method widely adopted for evaluating training results. Supporting the proposal of changes in: methods, techniques and the focus of training sessions. This research consisted in investigating the possibility of automating this performance analysis, when the training has been conducted in simulated environments; aiming to simplify the analysis and to achieve quicker results. In this research work, the evaluation of training effectiveness was investigated through the analysis of its impact on the operator competence level measured according to the industry’s standards. This assessment enables to identify acquired knowledge and skills and remaining weaknesses, which must be addressed in subsequent training sessions. This work also evaluated the relationship between the operator’s state of fatigue during a training session, in order to consider this information during the performance analysis. This thesis proposes a method and a supporting tool to be used during the operator training effectiveness analysis. Both the method and the tool have been validated through experiments conducted with two simulators: SIMULOP an Operator Training System employed by the Brazilian Power System Companies and . Some sessions were conducted at an electricity company using the simulator-; and SimuLIHM, a simulator developed at UFCG for the same purposes.