A Personnel Readiness Training Program: Operation of the AN/BQR-20A

Performance-oriented tests were used to diagnose deficiencies in job performance among Fleet personnel. Self-instructional training materials, designed for shipboard use, were then individually prescribed to correct identified deficiencies. Testing and training programs were developed for three appl...

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Main Authors: Winchell,Jim D, Panell,Robert C, Pickering,Edward J
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustic Detection and Detectors
BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES
BOILERS
FEEDBACK
GUIDED MISSILE PERSONNEL
Humanities and History
Marine Engineering
NAVAL TRAINING
PASSIVE SONAR
PE63720N
PERFORMANCE TESTS
PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT
SHIPBOARD
SONAR PERSONNEL
SUBMARINE PERSONNEL
TECHNICIANS
TEST CONSTRUCTION(PSYCHOLOGY)
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Summary:Performance-oriented tests were used to diagnose deficiencies in job performance among Fleet personnel. Self-instructional training materials, designed for shipboard use, were then individually prescribed to correct identified deficiencies. Testing and training programs were developed for three applications: (1) the submarine Sonar Technician operating the AN/BQR-20A, (2) the submarine Missile Technician maintaining the Missile Test and Readiness Equipment, and (3) the Boiler Technician operating and maintaining the 1200 PSI Steam Propulsion Plant. This report describes the AN/BQR-20A application in which Sonar Technician Teams from 12 FBM submarines were given a diagnostic pretest and then retested approximately 5 months later. STs from four submarines were assigned to each of three experimental groups: (1) a Control Group in which the participants were given feedback on the pretest in terms of an overall percentage score, (2) a Feedback Group in which the members were given both an overall percentage score and a written outline indicating their specific weaknesses, (3) a Feedback + Training Group in which the members were given the same type of information as the Feedback Group but were assigned specific remedial training.