Development of Occupational Physical Selection Standards for Canadian Forces Trades: Performance Considerations
Abstract
DCIEM is currently undertaking a study to establish occupational physical selection standards (OPSS) for each trade in the Canadian Forces (CF). Work is underway to identify and quantify specific tasks that impose high physical demands on trade personnel. Future work will involve the development of a battery of physical tests from which the most reliable, sensitive, and predictive measures of task performance will be selected for screening purposes. This report presents a discussion of some of the major factors affecting strength, endurance, and work performance, as well as a review of occupational screening procedures and methods. The discussion illustrates the need to account for the effects of factors such as fitness, sex, and age when selecting individuals for physically demanding jobs. It also recommends that task-oriented models to relate individual characteristics to task demands be considered as a potential methodology to establishing standards.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA121803
Entities
People
- E. J. Celentano
- I. Noy
Organizations
- DRDC Toronto