Abstract
To date, only limited entry requirements exist for selection of vehicle operators for the U.S. Navy landing craft air cushion (LCAC) vehicle training program. What these requirements should be has not been empirically determined, hence a research effort in this area is needed. An additional impetus for such research has been a series of costly accidents resulting from operator error. Our objectives were to develop a cognitive, psychomotor, multiple-task, and personality-oriented test battery having the potential to predict the training outcome of LCAC operators and serving as an LCAC-personnel screening system. Automated tests used included Dichotlc Listening, Psychomotor, Manikin, One-dimensional Compensatory Tracking, Digit Cancellation, and Risk-taking. Significant predictors of training grade criteria included a multiple Dichotic Listening test. Training grade also correlated with the stick-rudder-throttle conditions of the Psychomotor task and with the One-dimensional Compensatory Tracking task when performed in combination with the Digit Cancellation task. Risk-taking tendencies were also significantly related to overall training grade. These findings suggest that components of the test battery have the potential to predict LCAC training performance.
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