Mentoring and Coaching Practices at Chashma Nuclear Power Generating Station (CNPGS), Pakistan. Annex I

Chashma Nuclear Power Generating Station (CNPGS) working under Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) is located on the bank of river Indus, 280 km south-west of capital Islamabad, Pakistan and has four units of two-loop pressurized water reactors (PWRs) C-1 (325MWe), C-2 (330MWe), C-3 (340MWe) & C-4 (340MWe) in operation. Chashma Centre of Nuclear Training (CHASCENT) is playing vital role in providing a quality training to fresh graduate engineers, operators, and maintainers to fulfil trained manpower requirements of its fleet of NPPs. CNPGS formal training and development programmes provide knowledge, skills and abilities required to carry out the duties of a specific position. Chashma Centre of Nuclear Training (CHASCENT) has many effective and well-established formal training programmes in place including: — Basic training programme for newly recruited engineers and technicians; — Operation engineers and field operators initial training and retraining programmes; — Maintenance and technical personnel refresher training programme; — Management training programmes; — General employee training; — Instructor training programme; — Seminars and workshops.