Technical b r Report - International Military Testing Association

Optimal Utilization of On-the-Job-Training
and Technical Training School
Captain A1q.n D. Dunham
This paper discusses work planned and completed during the AF
Human Resources Laboratory’s effort to develop techniques for
optimizing the use of On-the-*Job Training (OJT) and Technical
‘l’rai.ning School (TTS) as methods of initial upgrading for non-prior’
service personnel.
1. INTRODUCTION
The author’s previous MTA paper (1972) discussed criteria relevant
to selecting optimal OJT/‘TTS mises and then described the results of
wor:k which established the feasibility of obtaining OJT cost data.
Significant improvements in the O.JT costing methodolog have been
obtained in the year since the first report and progress has been made
in the application of a measure of one other relevant criterion, the
quality of the training methods. This progress is discussed in the
following text.
II. ‘REFTSEMENT OF CJT CCSTTSG METlIODOLOGY
The original OJT costing methodologl identified the following cost
factors:
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Table 1
@JT Cost Factors
Student Time
Instructor Time
Delayed Entry into Training
Records Managcmcnt
Remedial Trainins
Equipment and Materiais
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