Army Personnel Testing Test Control Officer Handbook July 2019
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APT Army Personnel Testing Test Control Officer Handbook July 2019 Army, National Guard, and Army Reserve Department of the Army Headquarters, U.S. Army Human Resources Command Army Continuing Education System Army Personnel Testing Program Introduction SUMMARY OF CHANGES This revision of the Army Personnel Testing (APT) Test Control Officer (TCO) Handbook, dated June 2019, includes the following changes from the previous version: Changes all references to DLPT-V to DLPT 5 to align with the DMDC website Updates the contact information for the APT Program Office Updates the requirements for completion of a DA Form 4187 for testing (Section 3.1) Updates the perimeters for testing other service academy students (Section 3.6) Updates the Testing Staff Responsibilities (Section 4.3) Revises the wait time from 72 hours to 7 business days before Soldiers may request a trouble ticket for the reporting of their DLPT scores (Section 5.3) Provides the links for the ECL testing reference guides (Section 6.1) Revises and clarifies the requirements for requesting an exception to policy for retesting (Section 7.5) Updates several Points of Contact (Appendix 3) Updates several Sample Forms (Appendix 13) Adds a blank Account Validation form to the Sample Forms (Appendix 13) Updates several Sample Memorandums (Appendix 14) CREDITS Cover photo copyright © 2019, SFC Scott Raymond, Kentucky Army National Guard. Used by permission. Warning icon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Octagon-warning.svg. Usage permitted under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. Alert icon: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Warning_icon.svg. File has been released into the worldwide public domain by its author, Amada44. Lightbulb icon: http://www.clipartpanda.com/clipart_images/yellow-light-bulbs-clipart- 3698743. Copyright © 2017 ClipartPanda.com. Used by permission. Paperclip icon: Public domain image downloaded from http://www.clipartlord.com/wp- content/uploads/2014/05/paper-clip4.png. APT Test Control Officer Handbook Page ii July 2019 Introduction TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. APT PROGRAM OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. APT PROGRAM ....................................................................................................................................... 1 APT Program Manager (PM) Functions ............................................................................................... 1 1.2. APT BUSINESS POLICY ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.3. APT EXAMS APPLICABILITY AND ELIGIBILITY ....................................................................................... 3 1.4. APT EXAMS ........................................................................................................................................... 3 1.5. APT TEST ACCOUNTS ............................................................................................................................ 3 1.6. APT ACCOUNT ....................................................................................................................................... 4 1.7. APT RESOURCES .................................................................................................................................... 4 1.8. ARMY REGULATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 4 1.9. APT HANDBOOK SUGGESTIONS ............................................................................................................. 4 2. ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES .......................................................................... 5 2.1. KEY PERSONNEL ..................................................................................................................................... 5 2.2. CONFLICT OF INTEREST .......................................................................................................................... 5 2.3. PERSONNEL INELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT: .......................................................................................... 5 2.4. APT KEY PERSONNEL APPOINTMENT PROCEDURES ............................................................................... 5 Appointment Memorandum .................................................................................................................... 5 2.5. TESTING OF TRAINING PERSONNEL ......................................................................................................... 6 TCO Basic Test ...................................................................................................................................... 6 TCO DFLP Test ..................................................................................................................................... 7 Step-by-Step New APT Personnel Training Instructions ....................................................................... 7 DLPT Learning Management System (LMS) Training .......................................................................... 7 2.6. COMMUNICATION MESSAGES ................................................................................................................. 7 2.7. ACCOUNT ACCESS ISSUES ...................................................................................................................... 8 2.8. GOARMYED COMMUNICATION .............................................................................................................. 8 2.9. MAINTAINING STANDING OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOP).................................................................... 8 3. EXAMINEE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................... 11 3.1. GENERAL ELIGIBILITY .......................................................................................................................... 11 Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Cadets ............................................................................... 11 U.S. Military Academy Cadets ............................................................................................................. 12 3.2. ENLISTMENT TESTING ........................................................................................................................... 12 3.3. OVERSEAS ENLISTMENT AND STUDENT TESTING .................................................................................. 13 3.4. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) ........................................................................................ 13 3.5. ASVAB IN OTHER LANGUAGES ........................................................................................................... 14 3.6. TESTING OF SISTER SERVICE MEMBERS ............................................................................................... 14 Air Force .............................................................................................................................................. 15 Coast Guard ......................................................................................................................................... 15 Marine Corps ....................................................................................................................................... 16 Navy ..................................................................................................................................................... 17 3.7. ARMY WARRANT OFFICER APPLICATIONS ........................................................................................... 18 3.8. TESTING DOD CIVILIANS AND DOD CONTRACTORS............................................................................. 20 4. APT TEST SITE MANAGEMENT .......................................................................................................... 23 4.1. TEST SITE ESTABLISHMENT JUSTIFICATION .......................................................................................... 23 Assigned Test Account ID .................................................................................................................... 23 Determining Test Account ID .............................................................................................................. 23 Correct Format for Test Account ID .................................................................................................... 23 4.2. FACILITY REQUIREMENTS ..................................................................................................................... 24 Establishing New Testing Site .............................................................................................................. 24 Submitting Disestablishment Requests ................................................................................................. 24 4.3. TCO’S AND TESTING STAFF RESPONSIBILITIES .................................................................................... 25 APT Test Control Officer Handbook Page iii July 2019 Introduction 4.4. TEST SITE CHANGES ............................................................................................................................. 26 4.5. TCO AND ATCO CHANGE PROCESS ..................................................................................................... 26 Departure of APT