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(4) The Computer-Assisted Reference Locator (CARL) provides
listings of occupational studies, technical reports, films, and
, other documents related to Air Force jobs.
(5) The Enlisted Statistical Subsvstem (ESS) provides statistical
distributions of selected data elements for enlisted personnel on
the Uniform Airman Record (UAR) file at the end of the calendar
year as well as personnel with records on the Pipeline Management
System (PMS) file (1987 - present).
(6) The Archived Statistics Subsvstem contains pre-generated
statistics on demographic, aptitude, education, training, turnover, __
and duty-related information on Air Force enlisted personnel
previously generated for calendar years 1980-1986. The CY 89 task
phased out pre-generated statistics which are now accessed from
this subsystem.
(7) The Weaoon Svstem Information Subsvstem (WSIS) permits access
and retrieval of Air Force occupational information by weapon
system, special experience identifier (SEX), or AFSC.
The capabilities which ORDB developers are seeking are best
summarized as an up-to-date occupational research data base,
containing a wide variety of both historical and current
information on United States Air Force enlisted and officer career
fields. The CARL subsystem is continually updated as material
becomes available, AFSC descriptions are updated semi-annually,
Occupational Measurement Center study reports are loaded into the
system on a continual basis as soon as an analysis is complete, and
all modifications are documented in the User's Manual and/or
Procedural Guide on a day-to-day basis (Olivier et.al.). Overall,
the conscientious effort to update and maintain the ORDB is the key
to its success.
RECEN!I? ENHANCEMENTS
Presently, research is continuing with the ORDB to facilitate
the planning and analysis of MPT requirements earlier in the weapon
system acquisition process. There are presently two primary areas
of improvement. First was the development of the Weapon System
Information Subsystem (WSIS). A second major enhancement was the
conversion of the Statistical Variable Subsystem from aggregated
occupational statistics to current user-defined population
statistic variables from the UAR and PMS.
As was mentioned earlier, the WSIS allows users to obtain
information cross referenced between a specific Air Force weapon
system, SEIs and enlisted AFSCs or any combination thereof. An
enlisted AFSC is a six character field (i.e. 41131C) including
suffix. Prefixes are not used. Special Experience Identifiers are
three digit numeric codes which identify special experience not
otherwise reflected in the USAF enlisted classification structure.
SEIS are used to achieve greater flexibility in the management of
personnel, particularly in the quick identification of specially
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