Technical Report - International Military Testing Association

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CRTTRRU FOR IDXNTIFYINC APPROPRIATE OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES
The general cha=actcristics of occupational apacialties in vhich
performance check test6 might be expected to make a significant contrlbutfon
tovard Increased validity are mmarizcd belov:
a. Performance Check Tests should be considered for occupational
specialties in which special motor skills or the direct product of such
skills are critically involved. These rkille must NOT be comton to most
men. Protzlnent among such occupational specialtie8, probably should be
those having as their principal duty the operation, and perhaps in some
instancea the maintenance of equipment.
b. The motor okills ig the job must be consistently end readily
obrervable to a. clearly definable level by an adequately informed evaluator.
c. The rotor skill8 in the job must be crucial determinators of
differences in level8 of proficiency, I.e., the physical skills must play
an important role in discriminating betveen relative level8 of proficiency.
Frequently MOST of the duties of such HOS vi11 entail special physical
okills employed In the manipulation, use, and/or adjustment of toolfi,
equipment, mechanism end/or meter:als. Typical are the equi-ent
operator’e, .drivers, mechanic8 . machinfs t8, bandamen, fmne maintenance
technicians, and 8ome automatLc data processing equipment technicians.