Factors Influencing Skill Retention in Multi-Skilled Air Force Aircraft Maintainers

Abstract

The 2013 National Defense Authorization Act allows the Air Force Air Logistics Complexes (ALCs) to promote workers proficient in more than one trade by one pay grade. Multi-skilling is the term used to describe workers trained in more than one job. The United States Air Force wants to utilize multi-skilling at these ALCS, but the effects of implementation are still unknown. This research focuses on the identification of skill retention influences to better understand this multi-skilling through the conduction of a human subjects experiment at two Air Force bases. We examine the retention of aircraft mechanics skill to evaluate the feasibility and consequences of initiating multi-skilling at the ALCS along with any traits correlating to higher levels of skill retentions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 24, 2016
Accession Number
AD1054013

Entities

People

  • Jessica A Salgado

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Aircraft
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircraft Maintenance
  • Aircrafts
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Literature Surveys
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Motor Skills
  • National Security
  • Regression Analysis
  • Social Sciences
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Students
  • United States

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  • Aerospace Research.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Military Logistics and Supply Chain Management