Optimal Performance Limited, Bristol BS8 3RA, UK, Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Chichester PO19 6PE, Chichester, UK,
Optimal Performance Limited, Bristol BS8 3RA, UK, Mark Rayson Consulting, Bristol BS8 3RA, UK.
Occup Med (Lond). 2016 Jan;66(1):38-45. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqv122. Epub 2015 Oct 1.
Evidence-based physical employment standards are vital for recruiting, training and maintaining the operational effectiveness of personnel in physically demanding occupations.
(i) Develop criterion tests for in-service physical assessment, which simulate the role-related physical demands of UK fire and rescue service (UK FRS) personnel. (ii) Develop practical physical selection tests for FRS applicants. (iii) Evaluate the validity of the selection tests to predict criterion test performance.
Stage 1: we conducted a physical demands analysis involving seven workshops and an expert panel to document the key physical tasks required of UK FRS personnel and to develop 'criterion' and 'selection' tests. Stage 2: we measured the performance of 137 trainee and 50 trained UK FRS personnel on selection, criterion and 'field' measures of aerobic power, strength and body size. Statistical models were developed to predict criterion test performance. Stage 3: matter experts derived minimum performance standards.
We developed single person simulations of the key physical tasks required of UK FRS personnel as criterion and selection tests (rural fire, domestic fire, ladder lift, ladder extension, ladder climb, pump assembly, enclosed space search). Selection tests were marginally stronger predictors of criterion test performance (r = 0.88-0.94, 95% Limits of Agreement [LoA] 7.6-14.0%) than field test scores (r = 0.84-0.94, 95% LoA 8.0-19.8%) and offered greater face and content validity and more practical implementation.
This study outlines the development of role-related, gender-free physical employment tests for the UK FRS, which conform to equal opportunities law.
循证体力工作标准对于招募、培训和保持高体力要求职业人员的运作效能至关重要。
(i) 为在职体力评估制定标准测试，这些测试模拟英国消防和救援服务（UK FRS）人员的相关体力要求。(ii) 为 UK FRS 申请人制定实用的体力选拔测试。(iii) 评估选拔测试预测标准测试表现的有效性。
第 1 阶段：我们进行了体力需求分析，包括 7 次研讨会和专家小组会议，记录 UK FRS 人员所需的关键体力任务，并开发“标准”和“选拔”测试。第 2 阶段：我们对 137 名受训人员和 50 名在职 UK FRS 人员进行了选拔、标准和“现场”有氧能力、力量和身体尺寸的测试。开发了统计模型来预测标准测试表现。第 3 阶段：由专家得出最低表现标准。
我们开发了单人模拟 UK FRS 人员所需的关键体力任务作为标准和选拔测试（农村火灾、家庭火灾、梯子提升、梯子伸展、梯子攀爬、泵组装、封闭空间搜索）。选拔测试是标准测试表现的略强预测指标（r = 0.88-0.94，95%置信区间[LoA]为 7.6-14.0%），而现场测试分数（r = 0.84-0.94，95% LoA 为 8.0-19.8%）则稍弱，且选拔测试具有更高的表面和内容有效性以及更实用的实施。
本研究概述了符合机会均等法的 UK FRS 相关、性别自由的体力工作测试的开发。
