Helping Soldiers Leverage Army Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities in Civilian Jobs

by Jeffrey B. Wenger, Ellen M. Pint, Tepring Piquado, Michael G. Shanley, Trinidad Beleche

Overview

This report discusses the results of occupation surveys administered to soldiers in selected Army military occupational specialties (MOSs) to assess the level and importance of the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed in these MOSs and to develop better crosswalks between military and civilian occupations. The report identifies both a broader range of military-civilian occupation matches and higher-quality matches than existing crosswalks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780833096715
Publisher:	RAND Corporation
Publication date:	02/13/2017
Pages:	166
Product dimensions:	5.93(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.41(d)

Table of Contents

Preface iii

Executive Summary v

Summary ix

Acknowledgments xv

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Literature Review: Theory of Job Search 2

Outline of Report 4

Chapter 2 A Methodology for Comparing Military and Civilian Occupations 7

Background on O*NET 8

Implementation of O*NET Surveys 13

Distance Metric 15

Evaluation of Occupation Matches 19

Chapter 3 Improving Military-Civilian Occupation Crosswalks 23

Occupation Analysis for Infantryman (MOS 11B) 24

Occupation Analysis for Combat Engineer (MOS 12B) 31

Occupational Analysis for Cannon Crewmember (MOS 13B) 38

Occupational Analysis of Calvary Scout (MOS 19D) 44

Occupational Analysis for M1 Armor Crewman (MOS 19K) 51

Occupational Matches for Military Police (MOS 31B) 55

Occupational Analysis for Intelligence Analyst (MOS 35F) 64

Occupational Analysis for Health Care Specialists (MOS 68W) 70

Occupational Analysis of Wheeled Vehicle Repairer (MOS 91B) 76

Occupational Analysis for Unit Supply Specialist (MOS 92Y) 83

Conclusions and Recommendations 90

Chapter 4 General Matches with Soldier Skills 91

Common Soldier KSAs 93

Chapter 5 Findings and Recommendations 101

Findings 101

Recommendations 101

Appendixes

A Soft Skills in Army Occupations 103

B Introduction to Task Lists for Army MOSs 115

C Additional Information on Occupation Surveys 125

D Additional Military-Civilian Occupation Matches 133

Lists of Figures and Tables 139

Abbreviations 145

References 147