What STARS Can Do for You
STARS has features to help the entire training center. This section describes how people with different responsibilities use STARS to do their jobs effectively.
Training program managers
use STARS as:
- A way to plan for capacity
- An overview of the schedule for the entire program
- An instructor credential tracking lifecycle
- A resource utilization
Sales & Customer Service departments
use STARS for:
- Multiple ways of registering
- Historical reservations
- Favorite course bookings
- Graphical views of available training
- Availability engine to “fit in” training
Schedulers
use STARS as:
- An automatic scheduling program
- A graphical schedule editor with flexible views
- A unified schedule—one change updates all affected schedules
- A way to multi-select, split, merge, or share appointments
- A way to compare the schedule against the expected training plan
- A way to receive automatic regulatory and rule conflict notifications
Instructors
use STARS to:
- Provide access to up-to-date schedules
- Assign a role within an appointment
- Enter availability and unavailability dates
- Prepare before lessons
- Grade with carryovers and non-proficiency tracking
- Train instructors
- Provide training as a client
Students
use STARS as a way to:
- Access a schedule
- Use the self-service on the portal
- Access published records
Compliance Departments
use STARS to:
- Define and enforce instructor credentials
- Approve simulators and devices
- Satisfy multiple regulatory agencies and regulations
- Track electronic signatures on grading
- Review the extensive audit trail
Records Departments
use STARS to:
- Attach files to records
- Require specific documents based on training objectives
- Monitor course completion
- Generate certificates
Training Development departments
use STARS to:
- Edit a course footprint with a graphical editor
- Define required instructor credentials
- Associate content, tasks and maneuvers to lessons
Engineering & Maintenance departments
use STARS to:
- Provide direct access to up-to-date schedules
- Manage simulator changeouts
- Block simulator time
- Access simulator utilization data
Information Technology departments
use STARS as:
- Easy integration (inbound and outbound)
- Compatibility with common hosting environments
- An extensive audit trail
Management
use STARS to:
- Provide direct access to up-to-date schedules
STARS has the scalability and partitioning features necessary to effectively manage multiple training centers. It works fine for a single center too.