Technical b r Report - International Military Testing Association

The mcijor iIrc3J arc wcightcd nccording to the rclrttivc importance
of the functions in the missions of 311 units thst are authorized dut)
positions in the blOS skill level. .~nd nc; on the basis of the time rcquircd
to teach the subject m:lttcr in form31 clnssroom courses nor on
the basis of the number of pcrsonncl assigned or clxthorized for specific
duty positions. The number of questions allocated to an 3rea out of the
tot31 number of items in an NOS proficiency test indicates the weight
assigned to thax area. Subscorcs for thcsc mnjor 3rc3s 3rc useful not
only to the soldiers tcstcd, uho c3n USC the information to improve their
performance, but. 31~0 to v3rj ous headquarters, to ccntrn 1 i-cd managcmcnt
progr3ms, and to commanders for nnnnging 3ssignmcnts 311J training progrnms.
DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO DUTY AREAS
Unfortunately, there is nc consistent theoretical basis or consistent
approach to the definition of these 3rca scores by test dcvclopcrs, trnining
personnel, or rcquirwcnt ItIanncrs (see Tnhlc 1). Some of the 31~3s
for which the Enlisted Evrnluntixi Ccntcr has dcvclopcd scores cnn bc
classified 3s duty arc35 e .Thcs~ 3rc3 scores roughly correspond to subject
matter are3s within 3n ?IOS. They nrc used to provide informntion as rcgards
3n cnlistcd m3n's strengths and wcakncsscs in sclcctcd subject
areas, and they arc associated *iith specific. subject matter rcfcrcnccs.
Table 1. Differmt Approaches to Duty Areas
Approwh
MOS proficiency tests
Army training schools
Kcquircment plnllncrs
Duty :\rcas
Sclcctcd by test dcvclopcrs
Idcnti ficd by systems
engineering of trilining
, Associntcd with ndditionnl
skill idcntificrs
If subject matter refcrcnccs hnppcn to be organized in terms of dut)
areas, it is easier to find the apl~ropriatc references that need to bc
studied; 110wcvcr, it is not csscntirtl. A snmplc list of major arcns in
an NOS is given:
1 Kcapons
2 T3ctics
3 Field hctivitics
4 IJnit Dcfcnsc
5 ,\dministr3tion
6 Personnel Accounting
The study guides list the rcgulntions and technical manuals for the vorious
iwxs, rind no grc3t amount of effort is nccdcd to find the rcfcrenccs
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