title: Assessment of motor and process skills: assessing client work performance in Belgium.
abstract: The aim of this study is to establish whether the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS) is an appropriate tool to evaluate the quality of work performance by comparing clients' results on the AMPS with the quality of the skills that they demonstrate on the shop floor. A convenience sample of chronically unemployed (vocationally disabled) participants (N=139) with no formal training who were seeking unskilled work through Jobcentrum West-Vlaanderen (West Flanders Job Centre, Belgium) was used. Results demonstrated that in 75.2% of cases the prediction of employment outcome was correct; it is suggested that an AMPS motor score < 2.5 and a process score < 1.2 is insufficient for regular employment, while a motor score > 3.1 and process score > 1.5 indicates that regular employment is a realistic goal. The quality of the motor skills measured by the AMPS and measured on the shop floor are comparable, but little similarity was found in the measurement of process skills.
authors.affiliation: Jobcentrum West-Vlaanderen, Koolskampstraat 24, 8830 Gits, Belgium. dirk.vandamme@jobcentrum-westvlaanderen.be
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vandamme
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001530:Belgium; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009048:Motor Skills; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014478:Unemployment; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation