VTS1 Following Instructions
Measures the ability to follow written instructions. The topics covered are relevant to a technical environment and draw on the kind of materials often associated with equipment manuals or operating instructions. No prior knowledge of technical words is assumed.
Time: 20 minutes
NTS2 Numerical Estimation
Measures the ability to estimate quickly the answers to numerical calculations. Fractions and percentages are included as well as basic arithmetic. A calculator is not used in this test.
Time: 10 minutes
MTS3 Mechanical Comprehension
Assesses the understanding of basic mechanical principles and their application to such devices as pulleys and gears and simple structures.
Time: 15 minutes
FTS4 Fault Finding
Assesses the ability to identify faults in logical systems. No specialist knowledge is required, rather the ability to locate which element in an arrangement of colour coded symbols is not working as specified. This ability is appropriate in many applications including those of electronics fault finding, debugging of software, process control systems and in systems design.
Time: 20 minutes
STS5 Spatial Checking
Measures the ability to locate differences between complex designs rotated and reversed in two or three dimensions. This ability is likely to feature in the checking and design of electronic systems, engineering components and in some applications of computer-aided design.
Time: 15 minutes
DTS6 Diagrammatic Thinking
Assesses the ability to follow a sequence of interdependent symbols arranged in a logical order. This ability to apply checks and follow sequences is likely to be relevant in tracking process control systems, debugging software and in systems design.
Time: 20 minutes
Reviews of these assessments:
Review of Ability and Aptitude tests (level A) for use in Occupational Settings. 2000, Bartram and Lindley, Published by BPS Books, 2001. Available from the British Psychological Society, email: enquiry@bps.org.uk
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