Service manual

STP 11-25R13-SM-TG
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(2) Plan the training. Training for specific tasks can usually be integrated or conducted
concurrently with other training or during ”slack periods.“ The unit’s ARTEP can assist in identifying
soldier and leader tasks that can be trained and evaluated concurrently with collective task training and
evaluation.
(3) Gather the training references and materials. The SM task summary list all references which
can assist the trainer in preparing for the training of that task.
(4) Determine risk assessment and identify safety concerns. Analyze the risk involved in
training a specific task under the current conditions at the time of scheduled training. Ensure that your
training preparation takes into account those cautions, warnings, and dangers associated with each task.
(5) Train each soldier. Show the soldier how the task is done to standard and explain step-by-step
how to do the task. Give each soldier one chance to do the task step-by-step.
(6) Emphasize training at mission-oriented protection posture (MOPP) level 4. Soldiers may
have difficulty performing even the very simple tasks in a nuclear/chemical environment. The combat
effectiveness of the soldier and the unit can degrade quickly when trying to perform in MOPP4. Practice
is the best way to improve and ensure performance.
(7) Check each soldier. Evaluate how well each soldier performs the tasks in this manual.
Conduct these evaluations during individual training sessions or while evaluating soldier proficiency
during the conduct of unit collective tasks. Use the information in the MTP as a guide to determine how
often to train the soldier in each task to ensure that soldiers sustain proficiency.
(8) Record the results. The leader book referred to in FM 25-101, Appendix B, is used to record
task performance and gives the leader total flexibility on the method of recording training. The trainer
may use DA Forms 5164-R (Hands-On Evaluation) and 5165-R (Field Expedient Squad Book) as part of
the leader book. The forms are optional and locally reproducible. STP 21-24-SMCT contains a copy of
the forms and instructions for their use.
(9) Retrain and evaluate. Work with each soldier until he can perform the task to specific SM
standards.
2-5. EVALUATION GUIDE
An evaluation guide exists for each task summary in the SM. Each evaluation guide contains one or
more performance measures that identify what the trainer needs to observe to score a soldier’s
performance. Each step is clearly identified by a P (pass) and F (fail), located under the result column on
each evaluation guide. Some tasks involve a process that the trainer must evaluate an ”end product“
resulting from doing the task. The following are some general points about using the evaluation guide to
evaluate soldiers.
(1) Review the guide to become familiar with the information on which the soldier will be scored.
(2) Ensure that the necessary safety equipment and clothing needed for proper performance of the
job are on hand at the training site.
(3) Prepare the test site according to the Conditions section of the task summary. Some tasks
contain special evaluation preparation instructions. These instructions tell the trainer what modifications
must be made to the job conditions to evaluate the task. Reestablish the test site to the original
requirements after evaluating each soldier to ensure that conditions are the same for each soldier.
(4) Advise each soldier of the information in the Brief Soldier section of the task summary before
evaluating.