TLB training book

[patrick_g]

I think that the repetition you found is due to the book having been formatted as a lesson plan, or a textbook complete with summarization and short quizes following each section, no?

For a time, one of the things I did was to manage an integrated team comprised of civil servants, military, and contractors, 30 people designing and producing instructional materials for US Naval warfighting systems.

Some of the team were ex navy instructors come back as contractors. They used to say it was standard practice in the Navy to tell students what you were going to tell them, then tell them, and then tell them what you told them.

I haven't read the book in question but sometimes if you want a section of instruction to be able to stand on its own you have to give information that may be covered in another stand alone section. The redundant information could be eliminated if everyone read the whole book cover to cover and remembered it before using the information.

If you go to the book to find out about a particular operation it will be a good thing if you get ALL the info you need without having to be referred to other sections although some of that info may be repeated as part of other operations and procedures.

If it were interactive hyper-textual (computer based) instead of a print-on-paper book then the redundancy could easily be eliminated. It isn't.

Pat

 

[MadDogDriver]

I also highly endorse this book you are referring to, Operating Techniques for the Tractor-Loader-Backhoe , by Gary J. Ober, ISBN: 0934041075 : 9780934041072 ; OCLC: 12949633. Many regard it as the "Bible" to TLB operations. What I like about this particular book is that it is appropriate for any level of operator expertise.

You can probably get a copy either directly from your library or through an inter library loan. I live in a rural area (like many of us TBNers) and used [WorldCat.org] Search for books, music, videos, articles and more in libraries near you with the help of my county librarian to find this book and have it loaned to our library. You could purchase it through Amazon.com as well as, directly from Equipment Training Resources: Tractor-Loader-Backhoe Safety and Training Book - Operating Techniques for the Tractor-Loader-Backhoe , like richarbro first mentioned.
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