Selection of UAS Personnel (SUPer) Phase I Report: Identification of Critical Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics and Recommendations for Test Battery Development
Abstract
This report describes a review of recent military Unmanned Aircraft System/Remotely Pilot Aircraft (UAS/RPA) job/task analyses, with the goals of identifying the most critical skills, abilities, and other characteristics (SAOCs) needed for successful Air Vehicle Operator (AVO) performance, and recommending the development of a test battery to assess these SAOCs. Subject matter experts (SMEs) from the Navy, Air Force, and Army performed the review. The SMEs identified and assigned importance ratings to 115 SAOCs that appeared in one or more existing military job/task analyses. Where available, psychometric data for current DoD proprietary personnel selection and classification tests were examined to determine the extent to which the tests measure these critical SAOCs and to identify measurement gaps. The review indicated that many of the most important SAOCs could be measured by existing tests. Where gaps in measurement were identified, recommendations were made regarding modification of existing tests or development of new tests to measure the requisite SAOCs. Consideration was also given as to whether or not candidate tests could be adapted for administration on the Automated Pilot Examination (APEX) system, the web-based system used to administer other Navy aviation aptitude tests. Future work will focus on applying the results of this review toward the development and validation of an UAS/RPA AVO selection battery.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 20, 2014
- Accession Number
- ADA613545
Entities
People
- Cristina D. Kirkendall
- Henry P. Williams
- John E. Stewart
- Laura G. Barron
- Mark R. Rose
- Thomas R. Carretta
Organizations
- Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton