Establishing Physical Criteria for Assigning Personnel to Air Force Jobs

Abstract

The objective of this project was to develop and validate a criterion with which the Air Force could reliably evaluate the compatibility of an individual's physical capacities with the physical demands of the various Air Force Specialty Codes (AFSCs). The benefits derived by the Air Force from this capability are a reduction in early discharges due to the inability of the individual to physically qualify for an AFSC after enlistment; a corresponding decrease in training costs, both initial and cross-training, due to a lower probability of an individual's eventual failure in the AFSC; a reduction in injury related costs due to a fewer number of individuals performing physical work at levels near or exceeding their maximum safe capability to work; and a reduction in operating costs by improving the work force capacity relevant to the physical demands of the task.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA135211

Entities

People

  • B. K. Lambert
  • J. D. Denardo
  • James L. Smith
  • M. M. Ayoub
  • N. J. Bethea

Organizations

  • Texas Tech University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Health Services
  • Hygiene
  • Medical Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Patient Care
  • Personnel Management
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Students
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Therapy

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Occupational Health and Safety.
  • Systems Analysis and Design