HFETAG - Personnel
From Human Factors Minute by Human Factors Cast
June 10, 2026 · 2 min · Episode 128
About this episode
This episode discusses the Personnel SubTAG of the Department of Defense Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory Group and its focus on personnel selection and performance prediction in military occupations.
Did you know the The Department of Defense Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory Group is composed of 19 sub Technical Advisory Groups? One of those is the Personnel SubTAG. The Personnel SubTAG addresses methods and technologies for selecting personnel for military occupations requiring complex human machine interactions as well as the screening of military personnel and the prediction of performance of personnel in military occupations. With an increasingly complex nature and high value of land , sea , air , and spaceborne military systems, there is a demand that highly capable soldiers, sailors, and airmen be tasked with their operation and care. Among the list of topics of interest, are methods and technologies for quantitative assessment of individual differences for purposes of improving screening and prediction systems, performance based standards for screening of applicants to technical training and transition programs, defining performance criteria and methodologies for assessing performance in training and operational settings, and predicting performance in training and operation of complex systems. To find out more about the The…
People in this episode
Host: Human Factors Cast
Topics covered
- human factors
- military personnel
- performance prediction
- screening methods
- human machine interaction
Keywords
- human factors
- military
- personnel selection
- performance prediction
- screening methods
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Department of Defense Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory Group, Personnel SubTAG
Places: land, sea, air, spaceborne military systems
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