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Task Evaluations and Audits

As an inspector, you will be required at some point to evaluate a person as they
perform a specific task or sit down with a program manager to conduct an audit on their
program. To ensure success, an inspection work plan should be developed for each of these
activities. The inspection plan should answer or identify the following items:
1. What is/are the requirement(s) being evaluated?
2. What is/are the success criteria?
3. What data do I need?
4. What data collection methods will be used (observation form, interview, database extract,
etc.)?
Exercise Scenario Planning
As you answer the above questions, it will become obvious the only way you will be able
to collect any data for evaluation is to have the inspected unit or personnel perform a task or
respond to a situation. This means you will have to develop an exercise scenario that will
provide the data collection opportunity you need to perform your mission as an inspector. The
following steps will help guide you as you develop your inspection scenario.
1. Identify the purpose of the scenario
2. Determine the scope of the scenario
3. Determine the specific inspection objectives
4. Determine the number of inspectors and where they need to be positioned
5. Determine the number and type of wing/unit participants you expect to participate
6. Determine wing/unit equipment requirements (simulated, real)
7. Determine IG team equipment requirements
8. Develop and coordinate simulations and deviations from the norm due to
any constraints/restrictions

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9. Identify the play area/route for the scenario

10. Identify pre-staged information needs (what info would the unit have access to if this were
real)
11. Identify stimulus/trigger method (how will you start the scenario? Phone call to
command post, ground burst simulator, etc.)
12. Develop expected response criteria
13. Develop data collection/observer forms
14. Determine key observation points
15. Determine inspector intervention criteria
16. Develop inspection team communication plan
17. Develop briefings for participants, inspectors, and OPFOR as required
Safety Risk Analysis
Exercise scenarios contain an element of risk simply due to the nature of what we do in
the Air Force. As an inspector, you never want to get someone hurt or killed or damage
equipment because of an unsafe exercise scenario design. Once you have developed the
scenario, you need to conduct a risk assessment to identify any potential hazards. Again, the
following steps need to be accomplished to ensure you have a safe exercise scenario.
1. Identify hazards
2. Determine likelihood and consequences of the hazards identified.
3. Apply risk management techniques to mitigate or eliminate the hazards.
4. Modify scenario as required based on mitigation techniques.
Obtain Team Chief Approval
The last step in the process is to brief everything to the Team Chief and get his/her
approval as they are the ones ultimately responsible for what happens when the scenario is
executed during the inspection.