Introduction of an applicant Job-Related Task Assessment (JTA) and the effects on the health and fitness of police recruits.
BACKGROUND: In 2020, a police department in the south-eastern USA introduced a Job-Related Task Assessment (JTA). The JTA included running, climbing, crawling, balance, direction changes, stair climbing, dragging, pushing, and simulated controlling of a struggling subject and needed to be completed...
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Sage Publications Inc.
2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=176591147&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 176591147 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10519815 3RC jtl: Work issn: 10519815 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2024 vid: 77 iid: 4 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 176591147 174427083 176591147 176591147 10.3233/WOR-230245 176591147 ppf: 1401 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Introduction of an applicant Job-Related Task Assessment (JTA) and the effects on the health and fitness of police recruits. aug: au: Lockie, Robert G. Orr, Robin M. Kennedy, Kelly Dawes, J. Jay affil: Department of Kinesiology, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA sug: subj: Personnel Selection Job Application Personnel Recruitment Police Physical Fitness Health Status Task Performance and Analysis Human Male Female Southeastern United States Retrospective Design Record Review Convenience Sample Descriptive Statistics Comparative Studies Analysis of Covariance Grip Strength Physical Endurance Data Analysis Software Univariate Statistics Post Hoc Analysis Male Female ab: BACKGROUND: In 2020, a police department in the south-eastern USA introduced a Job-Related Task Assessment (JTA). The JTA included running, climbing, crawling, balance, direction changes, stair climbing, dragging, pushing, and simulated controlling of a struggling subject and needed to be completed by applicants in 6 : 57 min:s. It is not known whether introducing the JTA in the hiring process affected the health and fitness of hired recruits. OBJECTIVE: To compare the health and fitness of recruits hired prior to, and following, the JTA introduction. METHODS: Analysis was conducted on recruit data split into academy training year: 2016 (n = 91), 2017 (n = 129), 2018 (n = 167), 2019 (n = 242), and 2020 (n = 37). The 2020 group was hired after the JTA introduction and included one academy class. The following were recorded for all recruits: age, height, body mass, and body mass index; systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP); sit-and-reach; grip strength; push-ups; sit-ups; 2.4-km run; and a physical ability test (PAT). A univariate ANOVA, with sex and age as covariates and Bonferroni post hoc, determined between-year differences. RESULTS: The recruits from 2020 were significantly lighter than 2018 recruits (p < 0.031), had higher systolic and diastolic BP than recruits from 2016–2018 (p≤0.006), completed the 2.4-km run faster than recruits from all years (p < 0.001), and completed the PAT faster than the 2016 and 2019 (p = 0.006–0.007) recruits. CONCLUSION: The JTA introduction led to the selection of recruits with lower body mass, and better aerobic (2.4-km run) and job-specific fitness (PAT). However, 2020 recruits also had higher BP which should be monitored. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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