Performance and Skill Requirements for Fire Support Teams

Abstract

This research developed a Task Data Base for Fire Support Teams (FIST) and identified 48 tasks, grouped them into six functional areas, classified them as either procedural or semi-structured, and ranked them according to criteria of criticality and performance. The FIST Task Data Inventory resulted from the task analyses and integration of task descriptions and information obtained from questionnaires, interviews, and observations administered at three CONUS and four USAREUR divisions. Statistical analyses of the data indicated that (1) criticality and performance were negatively correlated, (2) procedural tasks were the least critical and best performed, (3) semi-structured tasks were the most critical and poorest performed, (4) task difficulty was the principal factor in ratings of criticality, and (5) traditional tasks were performed better than non-traditional tasks. The results of these analyses, and the utilization of the FIST Task Data Inventory, are discussed in terms of personnel and training assessments, simulation and training device recommendations, task analyses methodologies, and selection criteria.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADP001356

Entities

People

  • J. D. Hutcheson
  • John A. Modrick
  • R. M. Chambers
  • T. A. Plocher

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

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Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Close Support
  • Databases
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Fire Support
  • Inventory
  • Maneuvers
  • Military Research
  • Observers
  • Personnel Management
  • Simulations
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Training
  • Training Devices
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects

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