2003 IMTA Proceedings - International Military Testing Association

OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS APPLIED FOR THE PURPOSE OF
DEFINING OF SELECTION CRITERIA FOR NEW MILITARY
OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
Tomislav Filjak, Ingrid Cippico, Nada Debač, Goran Tišlarić, Krešimir Zebec
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
Stančićeva 6, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
ABSTRACT
The decision on all-inclusive re-organisation and downsizing of the Armed Forces of
the Republic of Croatia made in the early 2000 also envisaged the military specialties
structure. The demands included: reduced number of the specialties, less specialised duties
and NATO-compatibility. Within each branch and service one expert was assigned with new
classification of specialties, which he performed in consultation with the branch (service)
specialists. The experts were assisted each by a psychologist and a physician for possible
occupational analysis to serve as a background for a more radical modification of previous
specialties, if required so.
Defining of new specialty structure was followed by a occupational analysis, aimed at
defining the entry criteria (psychological, physical, medical) for each individual specialty.
The analysis was based on the qualitative and quantitative analysis of data collected by means
of a questionnaire administered on a group of experts. The version of the questionnaire used
was the one adapted and tested through previous job-analysis assignments, and comprised the
psychological, the physical and the medical aspects of a duty. One military psychologist per
branch (service) was tasked with the administration of the questionnaire and with the data
analysis for all specialties within it, in co-operation with the specialty expert and the
physician. They had to “defend” the analysis results before the team leading the project. It
“bequethed” us a “manual” containing the job analysis results, and will be transposed into
future regulations books on selection and similar military documents.
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45 th Annual Conference of the International Military Testing Association
Pensacola, Florida, 3-6 November 2003