Development of a physical employment standard for a branch of the UK military

Anthony J. Treweek; Michael J. Tipton; Gemma S. Milligan

doi:10.1080/00140139.2019.1663271

Development of a physical employment standard for a branch of the UK military

Anthony J. Treweek, Michael J. Tipton, Gemma S. Milligan

School of Sport, Health & Exercise Science

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Abstract

Purpose: To develop a Physical Employment Standard (PES) for the British Royal Air Force Regiment (RAF Regt).

Method: Twenty-nine RAF Regt personnel completed eight critical tasks wearing Combat Equipment Fighting Order (31.5 kg) while being monitored for physical and perceptual effort. A PES was developed using task simulations, measured on 61 incumbents.

Results: The resultant PES consists of: 1) a battlefield test involving task simulations: single lift and point-of-entry (psss/fail); timed elements (react to effective enemy fire and crawl) set at 95^th performance percentile; casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) casualty drag and CASEVAC simulated stretcher carry completed without stopping. 2) a Multi Stage Fitness Test level 9.10 to assess aerobic fitness to complete a tactical advance to battle.

Conclusion: The task-based PES should ensure RAF Regt personnel have a baseline level of fitness to perform and withstand the physical demands of critical tasks to at least a minimum acceptable standard.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1572-1584
Journal	Ergonomics
Volume	62
Issue number	12
Early online date	5 Sep 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2019.1663271
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2019

Keywords

critical tasks
physiological demands
direct task simulations
minimum standard
method of best practice

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