Several new programs have been added to those of the Comprehensive Occupational Data Analysis Programs (CODAP), all oriented toward analyzing and manipulating information describing work tasks, rather than jobs or persons. REXALL analyzes the inter-rater agreement among judges concerning task-factor ratings. TSKFAC adds factor weight vectors to…

This report presents interim results of a study developing a methodology for management engineering teams to determine the appropriate grade requirements for officer positions based on job content and responsibilities. The technology reported represents a modification and extension of methods developed between 1963 and 1966. Results indicated that…

The Air Force has developed a data bank which classifies job descriptions into occupational clusters. A retrieval system, also recently developed computes and publishes a consolidated description of the work being performed by any group which can be defined in terms of the background information. Other retrieval programs are available which enable…

This informal presentation describes how and why the Air Force uses the job inventory approach for collecting, analyzing, and reporting information describing the work performed by its personnel. This is followed by a brief description of the Comprehensive Occupational Data Computer Program (CODAP) system, the applications of job survey…