Technical personnel

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Technical personnel are personnel that provide a broad range of services to employers and thei customers. This would include building and using complex electrical apparatus, collecting and processing data from technical procedures etc.

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See also

• Technical service personnel
• Service personnel

Key texts

Books

• Carnevale, A. P., Gainer, L. J., & Schulz, E. R. (1990). Training the technical work force. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Cascio, W. F. (1986). Technical & mechanical job performance appraisal. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Powaser, P. R., & Conrad, K. A. (1991). The psychological assessment of technical personnel. New York, NY, England: Quorum Books.

Papers

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