Assessment of the Warrant Officer Technical and Tactical Certification Course (WOTTC)

Download or read book Assessment of the Warrant Officer Technical and Tactical Certification Course (WOTTC) written by Scott A. Beal and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to a request from the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) initiated a research effort to assess the effectiveness of the new Warrant Officer Technical and Tactical Certification Course (WOTTC) in terms of producing Special Forces (SF) Warrant Officers (WO) who could perform effectively on the job. A behaviorally anchored rating scale (BARS) was developed to assist in the assessment process. Seventeen SF battalion commanders and 13 senior WOs provided individual job performance ratings for 91 WOTTC graduates, in addition to rating their performance as a group relative to other SF WOs of the same rank and experience. In general, the ratings for junior WOs suggest that the WOTTC produces graduates who perform capably on the job. Written comments provided by leaders reinforced the positive assessment of the WOTTC graduates' job performance. This report describes the methods used to complete the effort, documents the results, and discusses how the findings reflect the utility of the WOTTC for SF WOs.