PMID- 20582767
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110106
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1366-5847 (Electronic)
IS  - 0014-0139 (Linking)
VI  - 53
IP  - 7
DP  - 2010 Jul
TI  - A framework for the design and development of physical employment tests and 
      standards.
PG  - 858-71
LID - 10.1080/00140139.2010.489964 [doi]
AB  - Because operational tasks in the uniformed services (military, police, fire and 
      emergency services) are physically demanding and incur the risk of injury, 
      employment policy in these services is usually competency based and predicated on 
      objective physical employment standards (PESs) based on physical employment tests 
      (PETs). In this paper, a comprehensive framework for the design of PETs and PESs 
      is presented. Three broad approaches to physical employment testing are described 
      and compared: generic predictive testing; task-related predictive testing; task 
      simulation testing. Techniques for the selection of a set of tests with good 
      coverage of job requirements, including job task analysis, physical demands 
      analysis and correlation analysis, are discussed. Regarding individual PETs, 
      theoretical considerations including measurability, discriminating power, 
      reliability and validity, and practical considerations, including development of 
      protocols, resource requirements, administrative issues and safety, are 
      considered. With regard to the setting of PESs, criterion referencing and norm 
      referencing are discussed. STATEMENT OF RELEVANCE: This paper presents an 
      integrated and coherent framework for the development of PESs and hence provides 
      a much needed theoretically based but practically oriented guide for 
      organisations seeking to establish valid and defensible PESs.
FAU - Payne, W
AU  - Payne W
AD  - School of Human Movement and Sport Sciences, University of Ballarat, Ballarat, 
      Australia.
FAU - Harvey, J
AU  - Harvey J
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Validation Study
PL  - England
TA  - Ergonomics
JT  - Ergonomics
JID - 0373220
SB  - IM
MH  - Australia
MH  - Employment/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Ergonomics/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Guidelines as Topic
MH  - Humans
MH  - Occupational Health/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - *Physical Fitness
MH  - Predictive Value of Tests
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Statistics, Nonparametric
MH  - *Task Performance and Analysis
EDAT- 2010/06/29 06:00
MHDA- 2011/01/07 06:00
CRDT- 2010/06/29 06:00
PHST- 2010/06/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/06/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/01/07 06:00 [medline]
AID - 923356289 [pii]
AID - 10.1080/00140139.2010.489964 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ergonomics. 2010 Jul;53(7):858-71. doi: 10.1080/00140139.2010.489964.