Technical Report - International Military Testing Association

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Bevisicn of First Draft
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On the basis of the suggestions and recorenendatl.ons of the technical
adticers the first drraft of the inventory is revised. Teaks which urre
not lisC:d are added, dutfee oad tetzkn not performed nre deleted, and f3properly
worded statements are corrected.
Yield Revlev
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UcualSy frc-m 15 to 20 copies of the reviEed draft of the job invntoq
are reproduced In booklet form. Theee booklets are then malled to Test
Control Officers (TCOe) at rrelectcd baecs in different gf?ogPnphiCal arena
la major air commands. The Test Control Officer8 distribute the inventorlea
to senior job incumbents for review. The senior NW’s, like the technical
advioere, are instructed to add duties aad tasks which are not listed, Co
delete tasko not performed in the career ladder, to revise improperly worded
statements, to meke reccoreeadatioas for improving the invcnioq and to return
their suggesttoaa and comments to the Personnel Reeearch Laboratory.
Construction of @peratloaal Job Lnventory
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Tasks statements added by senior job incumbents in the field cre extracted
verbatim from the invector; booklets, clnsstffad by type, and grouped
by duty category. After careful consideration and close inspection for overlapping
atatemente, decision 5.6 made regarding the ecccptance or rejectf.oa
of each ndded statement or susested modification. Accepted tcsk statements
are coll.ated with statements Fn the inveatorj under their reepective duty
headings. This second revision coastitutee the first operational form of
the job iaventory.
Sesnple Selection and Location
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Sample size depends upoa the aumber of incumbents available in the
career lndder being surveyed. Since 2,000 ie the limit of the computer
program capacity, thfe sets the maximum size of the sample. An attempt fe
made to obtain anproximetely 500 incumbents fn each of the four skill levels
in the career ladder. In order to insure having a stctistically adequate
sRnple of each skill level, surveys us~.~elly have not been conducted in any
career ladder where fever thaa 500 airmen are aseigned.
Reproduction and Mailing
TCO addresses end numbers aad locatfone of incumbents in the appropriate
specialties are detenined from manning information suppliee by headquarters
of the several ccmmande. The aumber of inventory booklet0 to be published
may vary from about 600 to about 2,500 to allow for booklets not completed
for one reason or another. Sufficient copies of the inventory for the portion
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of the sample under hi.8 jurivdicttoo are mailed to each participating TM.
Included in the package are administrative directions and other fnotrucrfone
for hendling and returning the booklets.
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