Research into problems associated with job training programs resulted in a method for defining on-the-job training where a substance organization must serve as the training base for the organization in which the trainee ultimately will serve. The method involves determining the tasks required by the jobs men do in the target organization and…

The objective of Work Unit SKYGUARD has been to facilitate the development of an improved Air Defense Officers Advanced Course (C-22) by the U.S. Army Air Defense School. Focus is on techniques for improving the completeness and relevance of the instructional objectives with respect to future job requirements. The job description procedures…

This document demonstrates the impact of systems analysis on functional job analysis for occupations in human services. The first section discusses the goals and components, and data analysis techniques of the systems approach. In the next section, systems analysis is applied to the tasks performed in a variety of human services occupations. These…

Papers presented at the 65th annual American Medical Association Congress on Medical Education are contained in this publication. "Core Curriculum in Allied Health Education" by Joseph Hamburg clusters general subjects into environmental, communicative, and interpretive categories and clusters allied health subjects into those three and an…

This document provides guidelines for preparing job descriptions and specifications in educational institutions. Various terms are defined, conditions that precede the compilation of job descriptions for school district personnel are discussed, and suggestions regarding the description formats are offered. The remainder of the document consists of…

READNEED research was concerned with the development of methodologies for determining reading requirements of Army Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs). Three approaches for assessing MOS literacy demands are described: (a) analysis of readability of Army MOS materials using a newly developed readability formula calibrated on Army personnel…

This federally funded report provides the results of a task inventory analysis survey for data processing occupations. Presented before completion of the major project so that pertinent occupational data may be available for curriculum developers, instructors, and others involved in planning and conducting vocational and technical programs, this…

This manual contains guidelines for editing task statements written according to the principles and techniques of functional job analysis to be used in preparing input data to the National Task Bank. It does not include any descriptive matter about the task bank, which was developed to provide a model for State and local public welfare agencies…

The purpose of this publication is to present information concerning the environmental conditions imposed upon workers in industries which require clean room facilities to eliminate particle-caused equipment failure. The information, which was collected through interviews, observation, and other standard job analysis techniques, discusses these…

This study was conducted to test the effectiveness of proceduralized job guides in enabling placement of work experience students in allied health work stations requiring the performance of complex tasks. Phases of the study included: (1) establishment of work stations, which involved the identification of potential work station sponsors in San…

The team staffing patterns and the experience, education, and training backgrounds of the staff of 51 Work Incentive Program (WIN) teams are described. Current team functioning is described for these teams in terms of how they proportion their time over the major duty areas identified in the Job Activities Inventory developed for this study. In…

AN INSTRUMENT WAS DEVELOPED AND PILOT TESTED FOR MEASURING OCCUPATIONAL ATTITUDES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TOWARD COMPONENT DIMENSIONS OF NONPROFESSIONAL-LEVEL WORK INVOLVED IN OFFICE, RETAIL, HEALTH SERVICE, AND CONSTRUCTION VOCATIONS. THE DIMENSIONS MEASURED WERE TOOLS, MATERIALS, NATURE OF TASKS, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, AND PHYSICAL…

CLUSTERS OF KNOWLEDGES WIDELY USEFUL TO BUILDING TRADES WORKERS WERE IDENTIFIED. BY QUESTIONNAIRES AND INTERVIEWS, UP-TO-DATE FACTS WERE OBTAINED REGARDING MAJOR TYPES OF TASKS PERFORMED BY A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE (229) OF BRICK LAYERS, CARPENTERS, CEMENT FINISHERS, ELECTRICIANS, IRON WORKERS, AND HEATING WORKERS. ON THE BASIS OF THIS INFORMATION,…

Both the project report and the resultant role delineation for entry level physician assistants are included in this first volume of a two-volume report of a study which had two major purposes: (1) To further develop a role delineation for the assistant to the primary care physician and (2) to provide an educational resource for those involved in…

This select bibliography lists books, government documents, journal articles, monographs and legal citations about fair employment. The majority of entries relate to the employee selection and testing process and its ramifications. Titles are organized by topic: guidelines and standards, statistics, selection, legal aspects of testing, overviews…