Technical b r Report - International Military Testing Association

FINDINGS
I. After over one v,t;tr oi graduate field cspcricncc. iindings indicated that:
,\ccordittg’ LO ~~:~II;ICCY and thchir supervisors, training provided in
Y the control (regular) courses is very closely nligncd with the needs of
: field units and is compatib;c with cstnbli>hcd unit OJT programs, career
dcvelopmcnt COIIL-SCR. and specialty knowlk*ds:c tcsLi.ng r~~quircmcnts. Field
supervisors almost uncnli~tousl~ oppos~b � ny rrduction in the current scope
and quality of residcbnt technical training.
The shorter scrvicc tc st courst s \;ith drastically rcdttccd clcctronics
fundantcntal s tr:iinittg (“:;” cocrsc’). vhil~~ ::i)t c~~~pi~*eely unsucccssfitl, rcsill
ted i n b~.Ver;ti i:nporc;tnt tr3inin.C ~~iici~~~ci~~s rv vocitl i n their ndvcrsc
crit icism of tit‘. “S” typl* cxpcritx*nL:tl training tilcty recrived.
lht* SIIJrtL.: scrvicc> test co~trS\*s. A: icti cmp!tasizc~d ~‘i~ctronic
flltld.l:Th’ll~;l~d Lr.tinittg bit; de-ezpit:ts iZ,‘d ? pltntt’t wubst;tnLi;tl dif ficul tics
;tmong Lhcsc d~~ii~i~;tciC~s in g;radtt;tl,* it~)h proiic icattcy wc’rc:
L;tck of sttfficicnt initi.11 skill in using published
tcchniC.il d3Ln (tr~citnic,tl ,,ord~rs. m.titttc’n;tnc~* mnnuals. etc.)
Ton 1 iLtlc vcrsntiliig rind skill in using stnnditrd
test cqltip”cvlt.
T o o limitc~d a knowlc~d~,~ t>i ~*lcctronic systems
,>pcr;iL ian 3nd m-1 i ittc-nnncc t,.citttiqu~*s (this wns very
pronouncr.d for nlrcr.?ft cqttiprr*nt. rcpairtttcn becnuse
ctwy t;,,rca rc~sponaiblc f o r n.tint.tit;ing st*vcrnl diffcrcnt
L\‘ix’s 0i cqtlipment ~vet3 during: ini tin1 job assignments).
Gr;tdu;tLcs wt*rc niso v0rv crl.ti:.*r of tl*is training.
Evidc*ttcc L O date, Al thou& inro3pictc. indicates that if field
condiLions r~~ntsin tltc sxx~ ,zdoption ei Lhc shorter courses would:
~cxtttcc ittiLi;tI j d b proficik%ncy.
KcflccL ndditinnai t:;tininl: worklo;td nnd loss of
produc L iv,* work into opcr.ation.tl ttnits.
~ntl,~r prcst.nt st.?nd;lrds. irxreasc SET failures.
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