Characterizing the Maintenance Work Force. Fiscal Years 1991 - 1995.

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Abstract:

The Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics asked the Logistics Management Institute to identify the specific changes, both in size and characteristics, that have occurred in the DoD maintenance work force as a result of downsizing and privatization of non-core functions. With this information about significant trends, the Office of the Secretary of Defense OSD can identify the potential impact of strategy, force structure, maintenance policy changes, and business decisions on the maintenance work force. Using data approximately 4,500,000 file records from the Defense Manpower Data Center DMDC, the Institute analyzed trends for a five-year period, FY91 through FY95, for a broad range of characteristics-age, years of service, retirement eligibility, quality as measured by the Armed Forces Qualification Test AFQT and level of formal education, skills, gender, and ethnicity. In addition, DMDC provided data for the period for the total DoD work force for the same characteristics these data were used to compare the overall DoD work force to the maintenance work force. In general the maintenance work force changes paralleled the overall DoD work force. The proportion of personnel with greater than 10 years service increased while the number of maintainer with fewer than 10 years service decreased, resulting in a more experienced work force with a greater percentage of personnel eligible to retire. The quality of the work force continued to improve as indicated by higher AFQT scores and higher levels of formal education. Finally, the work force is becoming more diversified with a large proportion of women and ethnic minorities in the maintenance population.

Author(s):
Hand, William ; Peck, Adam ; Wightman, Dennis
Author Organization(s):
LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT INST MCLEAN VA
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.,
Pagination:
0171

Security Markings

DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
LMI-LG5118RD1
Contract/Grant Number(s):
DASW01-95-C-0019
Monitor Series:
XD
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_1.1_Force Management; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_1.4.1_Force Health Protection; JCA_1.4_Force Support; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_4.3.1_Depot Maintenance; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_1.3_Human Capital Management; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_4_Logistics
Modernization Areas:
Space
Communities of Interest:
Weapons Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*DATA BASES, *PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, *MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, *MILITARY BUDGETS, FILES(RECORDS), MILITARY RESERVES, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, POLICIES, DECISION MAKING, STRATEGY, EDUCATION, SKILLS, LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT, MODIFICATION, ENLISTED PERSONNEL, MINORITIES, POPULATION, MANPOWER, INFORMATION CENTERS, PATTERNS, ACTIVE DUTY, TABLES(DATA), ETHNIC GROUPS, OFFICER PERSONNEL, WOMEN, RETIREMENT(PERSONNEL), MILITARY DOWNSIZING
Field(s)/Group(s):
Information Science, Personnel Management and Labor Relations, Military Forces and Organizations
Keyword(s):
AFQT(ARMED FORCES QUALIFICATION TEST), PE92198D
Report Date:
1996 Jun 01
Creation Date:
1997 Feb 05