Job Analysis of U.S. Army Drill Sergeants

Abstract

The U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) and the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy (DSA) collaborated on a three-phase research effort to improve the selection of persons for positions of significant trust and authority, focusing on the position of U.S. Army Drill Sergeant. This report describes the first phase of the research, a job analysis of the Drill Sergeant position. The analytical approach and findings are described as they were applied to an internal DSA review of its Drill Sergeant Course program of instruction (POI). The analysis included input from DSA Drill Sergeant Leaders and current Drill Sergeants and produced a list of 7 duty areas, 61 tasks, and 132 knowledge, skill, ability, and other characteristic (KSAO) descriptors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1056420

Entities

People

  • Christopher R. Graves
  • Elizabeth A Rupprecht
  • Rabiah S. Muhammad

Organizations

  • Human Resources Research Organization

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Combat Casualty Care
  • Doctrine
  • Fish
  • Health Services
  • Human Resources
  • Instructions
  • Job Analysis
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Evacuation
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mental Health Services
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • United States

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation