CONOPS Elements

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Air Education and Training Command
Sustaining the Combat Capability of Americas Air
Force
Non-Training Applications of Occupational Survey
Data
Johnny J. Weissmuller, AFPC Cindy Luster,
AFOMS Apr 07
Presented at the 15th International Occupational
Analysis Workshop
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Air Force Occupational Measurement SQ
AFOMS/OA 1550 Fifth Street East Randolph AFB, TX
78150 DSN 4876811 https//www-r.omsq.af.mil/OAE/i
ndexomy.htm
I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l
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Overview

• Introduction
• Main Stream Applications
• Specialized Applications
• Personnel Management Issues
• Past and Future Applications

Non-Training Applications
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MAIN STREAM APPLICATIONS

• AFOMS gathering data for 30 years
• Recent Projects - 2006
• Utilization Training Workshops (UTWs)
• Weighted Airman Promotion Systems
• (WAPS)
• Automated Course Content

Non-Training Applications
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MAIN STREAM APPLICATIONS

• 41 Air Force Specialties Analyzed (139 Total)
• 1,185 Subject Matter Experts
• 88,659 Air Force Members Invited
• 121 Surveys Fielded
• 46,873 Survey Returns
• Supported 29 Utilization Training Workshops
• 95 Occupational Data Extracts Delivered

Non-Training Applications
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MAIN STREAM APPLICATIONS

• AFOMS gathering data for 30 years
• Recent Projects - 2006
• Utilization Training Workshops (UTWs)
• Weighted Airman Promotion Systems
• (WAPS)
• Automated Course Content

Non-Training Applications
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SPECIALIZED APPLICATIONS

• Within the Air Force

• Training Impacts Decision Support (TIDES) System
• Job Structuring Technology
• Benchmarked Occupational Learning Difficulty
  (BOLD)

Outside the Air Force

• Training Not So Important?
• Validating General Hiring Practices
• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other
• Characteristics (KSAOs)

Non-Training Applications
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OTHER PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT ISSUES

• Equal Work Equal Pay

• Workload Required Staffing Levels

Non-Training Applications
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PAST AND FUTURE

• BIG FIVE

• Air Force OA Software

• Occupational Reinforcer Patterns (ORP)

• Armed Services Vocational Battery
• (ASVAB) Validation

• Occupational Surveys of the Future

Non-Training Applications
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PAST AND FUTURE

• BIG FIVE Plus 2 OCEAN ST
• Openness
• Conscientiousness
• Extraversion
• Agreeableness
• Neuroticism (Emotional Stability)
• ---
• Service Before Self
• Team Orientation

Non-Training Applications
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PAST AND FUTURE

• BIG FIVE

• Air Force OA Software

• Occupational Reinforcer Patterns (ORP)

• Armed Services Vocational Battery
• (ASVAB) Validation

• Occupational Surveys of the Future

Non-Training Applications
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PAST AND FUTURE
Air Force OA Software Christal 1960 ONR
Symposium Occupational Analysis One Route to
Improved Selection Procedures and Better
Utilization of Available Talent. Task Analysis,
Policy Analysis, Profile Analysis
Non-Training Applications
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PAST AND FUTURE

• BIG FIVE

• Air Force OA Software

• Occupational Reinforcer Patterns (ORP)

• Armed Services Vocational Battery
• (ASVAB) Validation

• Occupational Surveys of the Future

Non-Training Applications