TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Employment standards for Australian urban firefighters: part 4: physical aptitude tests and standards
JO  - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
A1  - Fullagar, Hugh H. K.
A1  - Sampson, John A.
A1  - Mott, Brendan J.
A1  - Burdon, Catriona A.
A1  - Taylor, Nigel A. S.
A1  - Groeller, Herbert
SP  - 1092
EP  - 1097
VL  - 57
IS  - 10
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Firefighter physical aptitude tests were administered to unskilled subjects and operational firefighters to evaluate the impact that testing bias associated with gender, age, activity-specific skills, or task familiarity may have upon establishing performance thresholds. <br><br>METHODS: These tests were administered in sequence, simulating hazmat incidents, ventilation fan carriage (stairs), motor-vehicle rescues, bushfire incidents, fire attacks, and a firefighter rescue. Participants included two unskilled samples (N = 14 and 22) and 143 firefighters. <br><br>RESULTS: Firefighter performance was not significantly different from the unskilled subjects. Participants from both genders passed the test, with scores unrelated to performance skill or age; however, familiarization significantly improved performance when the test was repeated. <br><br>CONCLUSION: These outcomes confirmed this test to be gender-, age-, and skill-neutral. Familiarization effects could be removed through performing a single, pre-selection trial of the test battery.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1076-2752
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000528
ID  - ref1
ER  -