Handbook for Construction of Task Inventories for Navy Enlisted Ratings

Abstract : The primary objective of the Navy Occupational Development and Analysis Center (NODAC) is to collect, process, and analyze occupational information about the job content of enlisted ratings and officer specialties in the United States Navy. This information is used as the major basis for making decisions related to the occupational classification structure of the Navy, the design of training curriculums, enlisted advancement requirements, manning determinations, and future manpower/hardware interface requirements. The procedures followed by NODAC in conducting occupational analysis for the most part have gone undocumented, with the notable exception of a recent manual describing 'Task Inventory Development Procedures' (February 1981). This procedural guide was prepared by NODAC to meet two needs. First, the loss of an experienced task inventory developer can have a serious negative impact on NODAC's program in that the expertise acquired by this individual is no longer available either in written or spoken form. Further, there is a need to train new people, as they are hired or transferred into NODAC, in the basic information and techniques required in task inventory development. In the past, this training has been accomplished primarily by on-the-job experience.