Starting Wednesday all officers, active duty airman basic to senior airman and chief master sergeants, and all Reserve and Guard enlisted members will fall under the new Air Force Enlisted and Officer Performance Report and Evaluation System, announced Air Force officials recently. This is the second group to start the new process. Active duty senior master sergeants implementation began Aug. 1.
The reason for the change in the system was to reduce the workload associated with preparing officer and enlisted performance reports, and to ensure the evaluation process remains fair and provides for accurate portrayal of performance, according to officials.
“Daily support to combatant commanders worldwide and the constant requirement to provide training and support to Airmen and their families have placed a heavy workload on our entire force,” said Lt. Gen Roger A. Brady, Air Force deputy chief of staff for manpower and personnel. “The reality is that we cannot continue to accept cumbersome processes that impact our ability to operate at a high tempo. At the same time, we need to ensure that our evaluation processes fairly and accurately reflect performance.”
Chief Master Sgt. Brooke McLean, 314th Airlift Wing command chief, is excited about the new process.
“The updated EPR form is a welcome change to our evaluation system. In addition to the new formatting, two areas will provide the greatest benefit over previous evaluation tools. The first is the (physical training) score which I believe is long overdue,” he said. “Our warrior ethos demands physical stamina and conditioning; making PT a part of our annual evaluation emphasizes that point.”
Physical condition isn’t the only thing that Chief McLean likes about the new system.
“The second (benefit) is giving the ratee the opportunity to sign the evaluation form. Unfortunately, (in the past) some people needed to go to their personnel records to see what rating had been given by their supervisors for the previous period,” he said. “That is not the intent of the enlisted evaluation system, and this will ensure the feedback/evaluation loop is completed.”
Performance feedbacks also received a facelift. The worksheet performance assessment areas are now evaluated on a standardized criterion using “Does not Meet, “Meets,” “Above Average” and “Clearly Exceeds” criterion. The immediate rater’s comments are also aligned to the respective performance assessment areas on the front-side.
Implementation for the rest of the Air Force is as follows:
— Staff sergeant: Jan. 1, 2008
— Technical sergeant: Jan. 1, 2008
—Master sergeant: Oct. 1, 2007
(314th Airlift Wing Public Affairs and Air Force Print News contributed to this story.)
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