Air Weapons Controller and Intercept Director Air Force Specialties, AFSs 174XA/B/C/D/E/F/G and 276X2

Task inventory booklets were administered during the period November 1977 through March 1978 to air weapons controllers in DAFS 174X and to those enlisted personnel in DAFSC 276X2 who function as enlisted weapons controllers or who directly supervise enlisted weapons controllers. Survey results are based on responses from 626 officers (59 percent of the 174X personnel assigned) and 72 enlisted personnel (27 percent of all 276X2 personnel assigned). Task performance comparisons between enlisted weapons controllers (DAFSC 27632/27672) and DAFSC 174XB personnel who control aircraft show a great similarity between these two groups. In addition, the enlisted controllers reflect more positive job satisfaction responses than do either their officer counterparts or the average enlisted personnel in all occupational surveys conducted in 1977. Skill level comparisons indicate that 3-skill level respondents and 7-skill level respondents are primarily technicians, spending 85 and 73 percent of their job time respectively on tasks related to controlling aircraft or to air surveillance. Conversely, 9-skill level respondents are primarily managers, spending 74 percent of their time on managerial tasks. Occupational survey report.