I__. - International Military Testing Association

Medical certificate (exclusions from certain assignments)
Aptitude test results
General application documents
School reports
Testimonials
curriculum vitae
First the new superior will be initiated in the procedure and trained as a rater by the psychologist. Under
this personal responsibility and independently he will observe, judge and evaluate the military conduct
of the applicant’s military qualification for a temporary-career enlistment.
The superior’s aptitude statement must have been completed independently before the psychologist
starts the aptitude test based on following documents:
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Application documents.
School reports and reports of professional performance.
Declaration of pending proceedings and financial liabilities.
Section and platoon leaders make contributions to an efficiency assessment based on their observations,
judgements and evaluations of the military conduct in the following military areas
of activity:
In general and specialized instruction
in practical technical training
in hand weapon training
during drills
in physical training
in march training
in field training
Based on the contributions to an efficiency assessment and on his own conclusions from a personal interview
with the applicant, the superior has to evaluate the following aptitude characteristics:
- devotion to duty
- comradeship
- technical abilities
- self assertion
From the documents and the results of the psycho-diagnostic interview, the psychologist evaluates the
aptitude characteristics:
- initiative
- motivation to perform
- articulateness (verbal comprehension and expression)
- judgement
The characteristics “sense of responsibility” and “performance under stress” have to be judged by both
the psychologist and the superior.
Four gradations are the superior’s and the psychologist’s disposal for their recommendations:
After psychologist and the superior have made their evaluations independently, this commission
prepares a joint decision on acceptance or rejection of the applicant for a temporary-career enlistment.
Then it is the psychologist task to determine a suitable placement for the applicant and to discuss it in
detail.
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