Technical Report - International Military Testing Association

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Administration of the Job Inventory
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Teat Control Officera conduct the group ndministrntioq of the job
inventory in base testing rooms. They scan completed booklets for adherence
to directions and return them to Khe Personnel Research Laboratory.
A tyRica1 job inventory of some 300 task statemcnta require8 about
two houra adminfatration time.
Reeponding to the Job Inventory
Job incumbents in the selected sample complete the inventory by first
supplying certain identification and biographical information. They then
check al! the tasks in the inventory which they perform and write in any
tasks they do which are not listed. Each incumbent’s statements written in
by incumbents during the survey are transcribed, classified by type, and
grouped by duty category. The job inventory in then revised by adding the
acceptable write-in statements. This final revision of the inventory ia
prepared so that a current instrument will be ready whenever a reaurvey is
required.
Key Yunching and Verifying
Upon completion of a survey, incumbents’ responses entered in the
inventory booklets are key punched into electronic data processing cards
and verified. For each incumbent in the sample there is required a “background
information” card, a “position title” card ond several task response
carda, the Ku-rber depending upon the number of tasks in the inventory. One
such taek reaponsa card is required for each 69 tasks In the inventory.
Computer Analysis
And nw we come to the phase of the Air Force job analyefcl procedure
which justifies the “new perepectivea” of my title. It is In the processing
of occupational data by means of the high speed electronic computer that tho
most recent major advance has been made. Computer progr8ma have been written
for the publication of a job description of the work performed by any specified
group of individuals. These groups may be identified in terms of current
skill level, grade, command, time on the job, geographical location, kind of
base, typa of previouo training, or any other variable deeircd.
Routinely, the statistical analysis of the occupatfonal data includes
for each ekill level, apprentice, journeyman, supervisor, and superintendent
cmputatLon of the percent performing each task, Aloo computed are the
average percent time #pent by members of each group who perform the task,
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