Implementing a work support and training tool for control engineers

This paper presents a prototype of a work support and training tool for control engineers (Autaki). The concept for the work support tool and the prototype of the tool are results of a study in which the core task and competence development of control engineers were analyzed. Novel techniques and modern design methods were used in the development of the Autaki application. For example, the architecture of the application is based on SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) which makes it flexible and accessible. Also generally accepted reference models, such as SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) and IMS LOM (IMS Learning Object Metadata), were used when structuring the content of the application. AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) techniques, on the other hand, were utilized for making the user interface more interactive and comfortable.