Deirdre J. Knapp

Gordon W. Waugh

The goal of this project was to develop the certification standards for the new specialty in Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (AI/Robotics) for Army civilians. A job analysis was conducted to identify AI-related job tasks performed by Army civilians and the knowledge areas (i.e. competencies) that are necessary to successfully perform them. Four one-on-one interviews and two workshops were used to develop comprehensive lists of AI-related job tasks and associated competencies. A job analysis survey was completed by 171 incumbents. The competency standards were developed at three workshops using the job analysis information. Competencies identified as the most important to successful job performance across different types of Army civilian jobs form the bases for the certification standards. To be certified, applicants will need to demonstrate that they have had sufficient amounts of education or experience or combinations of the two for all of the 6 'core competencies' and for three of the 18 'supplemental competencies.'

Development of an Army Civilian Artificial Intelligence (AI) Specialty

John P. Campbell

Beginning in the early 1980s and continuing through the middle 1990s, the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) sponsored a comprehensive research and development program to evaluate and enhance the Army's personnel selection and classification procedures. This was a set of interrelated efforts, collectively known as Project A. Project A had a number of basic and applied research objectives pertaining to selection and classification decision making. It focused on the entire selection and classification system for Army enlisted personnel and addressed research questions that can be generalized to other personnel systems. It involved the development and evaluation of a comprehensive array of predictor and criterion measures using samples of tens of thousands of individuals in a broad range of jobs. The research included a longitudinal sample--from which data were collected at organizational entry--following training, after 1-2 years on the job and after 3-4 years on the job. This book provides a concise and readable description of the entire Project A research program. The editors share the problems, strategies, experiences, findings, lessons learned, and some of the excitement that resulted from conducting the type of project that comes along once in a lifetime for an industrial/organizational psychologist. This book is of interest to industrial/organizational psychologists, including experienced researchers, consultants, graduate students, and anyone interested in personnel selection and classification research.

Deirdre J. Knapp

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