The National Job Analysis Study (NJAS) originated from the work of the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills and was designed to provide research necessary to identify and establish a taxonomy of workplace skills. Phase 1 identified an initial set of core behaviors common across occupations. The process began by identifying task…

A semistructured research interview was used to study current task analysis procedures used by Air Force technical training personnel, and to develop and field test an improved task analysis procedure for designing and conducting technical training courses. It was found that current task analysis procedures varied widely, and that no individual or…

Explains human interactive analysis as an architecture for using computer interactive technologies in the analysis of complex work environments. A project at the Naval Training Systems Center that used video-audio data to develop a multimedia database is described; the analysis and management of data are discussed; and decision processes are…