I__. - International Military Testing Association

TAADS and PMAD Data Base
Personnel and Training Data Base
Ability Domains
Equipment Domains
Task Domains
\
Cunent and Pfojected Position &
Manpower, Personne/, and Tmhing Resources
Operations-Based
Optimum
+ Manpower,
Personnel,
and Training
Alternatives
Fisure 1. Overview of the MOS restructuring program to develop
decision aids.
Ecuinment Domains
Recent Accomplishments
Equipment domains are defined as groupings of equipments
based on their similarities with respect to equipment
descriptors. Human factors specialists dealing with the
development of new systems have always defined tasks, ability
requirements, etc. in terms of the design of that new item of
equipment. Many MOSS, however, deal with many systems and, when
a new item of equipment is entered into the inventory then one
must consider.inventory groupings in making MOS assignment or
restructuring decisions. The identification of appropriate
descriptors began as a part of assisting the Signal Branch
Personnel Proponent in developing a training strategy to Support
the merger of three MOSS with two of them becoming an Additional
Skill Identifier (ASI) to the merged MOS. After investigation it
was determined that, in terms of equipment commonalities, only
one of the MOSS should be assigned an ASI. This finding resulted
96