Ko te Army, Marine, Marines and Coast Guard te whakatakoto i to raatau whakatairanga i runga i te mahi a te mema. I etahi atu kupu, he rereke nga utu whakatairanga mo ia mahi, i runga i te maha o nga "toenga" e wātea ana i te waa o muri mai.
Ko te tikanga ko nga mahi kaore i te mahi, he tino uaua ki te whakatairanga, i te mea ka kaha ake te whakatairanga o nga tangata i roto i nga mahi i raro i te ratonga mahi.
Ko te Air Force e whakahaere ana i nga whakatairanga i waitohuhia.
Ka whakatau te Air Force i te tau whakatairanga whānui (Air Force Wide) mo te huringa whakatairanga, ma te tohu i te maha o nga moenga. Na reira ka whakamahia tenei tere me te whakamahi i nga mahi Air Force katoa (tata).
Hei tauira, me kii e te Kamupene Air Force (Air Force Wide) te whakatairanga i te 20 ōrau o nga Kaihautū Kaihautū e tika ana (E-5) ki te taumata o te Sergeant Hangarau (E-6) mo te huringa whakatairanga e whai ake nei. Ka whakatairangahia e te mahinga mahi katoa (mahi) te 20 ōrau o ōna Kaihautū Tohu Whakauru ki te Kaiwhakahaere Hangarau, ahakoa he rereke te mahi, he kore mahi ranei te mahi.
* FAKATOKANGA: Ko nga paheketanga mo ia mahi kaore i puta noa mo nga take e rua:
(1) Ka huri te Air Force i nga tau * ake * mo ia mahi. Hei tauira, mehemea he 10 ōrau te whānui o te whakatairanga-whānui mo te huringa, me te 100 nga tangata e uru ana ki "Job A," ka 10 whakatairangatia te iwi (10 ōrau). Heoi, he aha mehemea e 113 nga tangata e ahei ana? Ko te 10 ōrau o 113 he 11.3. Kaore e taea e koe te whakatairanga i te kotahi-tuatoru o te tangata, na, i tenei keehi, ka huri te Air Force ki te whakatairanga i te iwi 12. Ko te hua ka puta mai he tau whakatairanga i taua mahi he 10.6 ōrau, kaua ko te 10 ōrau. Mena kotahi anake te tangata e tika ana mo te whakatairanga i taua AFSC (Job), ka whakatairangahia ia / (ka whakaarohia e ia te Kawana), a ko te whakatairanga whakatairanga i taua mahi he 100 örau.
(2) I ia tau, ka whiriwhiri te Air Force i etahi mahinga umanga whakahirahira ki te whiwhi i etahi atu tohenga e rima atu. Na, mehemea he 20 ōrau te whakatairanga whānui, ka whakaaetia kia whakatairangatia te 25 ōrau o ā rātau āhei.
A, no te whakatau ko wai kei te whakatairangahia, ka whakamahi te Air Force i nga WAPS (Mahere Airman Promotion System) . Ko te tikanga, mehemea he 10 ōrau te whakatairanga whakatairanga, ka whakauruhia e koe nga tohu WAPS, me te 10 ōrau o te mema o te hunga e uru ana ki taua mahi me te nuinga o nga WAPS, ko te hunga e whakatairanga ana. Mo te katoa o nga taipitopito e pā ana ki te Air Force i hainatia te raupapa whakatairanga, tirohia te Maatau Whakatairanga Haurangi Whakauru Air Force .
Ko nga whakaari whakatairanga o te Air Force mo te whakatairanga i te taumata o te kaimahi Sergeant (E-5) mo nga 11 tau kua pahure ake nei:
Air Force SSgt Whakatairanga utu
| Tau | Tau e tika ana | Tau kua tohua | Tau Whakatairanga (%) |
| 93 | 82,758 | 13,535 | 16.35 |
| 94 | 78,212 | 12,541 | 16.05 |
| 95 | 72,212 | 12,541 | 16.59 |
| 96 | 57,523 | 9,541 | 16.59 |
| 97 | 52,820 | 8,854 | 18.66 |
| 98 | 48,719 | 11,033 | 22.65 |
| 99 | 44,109 | 16,053 | 36.39 |
| 00 | 38,654 | 19,605 | 50.72 |
| 02 | 30,880 | 19,448 | 62.98 |
| 03 | 27,416 | 13,651 | 49.75 |
| 04 | 33,306 | 13,625 | 40.91 |
| 05 | 36,405 | 14,614 | 40.14 |