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Skills of capability area

Human Capability

Broad capability skill	Narrow capability skill
Aviation technology	Aircraft operations research Mission Essential Competencies (MECS)
Biological and medical sciences	Anatomy and physiology Foods and nutrition research Healthcare and well being research Human health physics Immunology Medical products and materials research Medical treatment research techniques and procedures Pharmacology Stress physiology Toxicology Veterinary Medicine Weapons effects research
Chemical science and technology	Forensic science
Earth sciences and environmental studies	Environmental monitoring systems research Physical and Human Geography Terrain science for simulation
Electronic warfare systems research	Electronic protection measures research (impact on the human) Electronic support measures research (impact on the human) Non-medical countermeasures research (Impact on the human)
Engineering technology and design	Engineering standards for simulation systems Environmental engineering Human factors engineering Integrated systems engineering and technology Safety engineering Simulation technology & infrastructure Software engineering Test and evaluation capability Transportation systems research
Human behavioural sciences	Anthropology Behavioual modelling Communications studies Complexity science Crime Science Criminology Cultural and religious studies Development studies Ethics Experimental and trials design, management, execution and assessment Human Perception Human performance research Human resources research Human survivability protection and stress effects Intelligence analysis International relations Law Linguistics Marketing Neuroscience Political science Psychology: cognitive, social, organisational, business Social statistics Sociology Teams organisations and cultures Training and education research
Information and communications technology	Analytics: speech, visual, text Battlespace information acquisition and processing Command and control systems research Communications systems research Information superiority research
Materials science and technology	Plastics and polymers technology (for medical purposes) Smart materials for research (for medical purposes) Textiles technology
Mathematical and computer sciences	Computing hardware and software research Cost analysis for human capital Data and signal processing technology Information management systems research Mathematical techniques Operations research and systems analysis Optimisation planning and decision support systems Statistical methods and techniques
Military medical research	Care of combat casualties Medical force protection Operational fitness
Military sciences and defence analysis	Business Systems Modelling Defence research policy and management Economic analysis of people change programmes Military sciences research Operational analysis Organisational design
Navigation and detection systems research (limited requirements relating to health surveillance)	Acoustic detection systems research Chemical and biological sensor systems research Electrical and electric field detection Electrochemical detection systems research Magnetic field detection systems research Microsensor systems research Motion detection systems research Navigation and guidance systems research Non-acoustic underwater detection research Optical detection systems research Radar systems research Radio frequency detection and antenna research Target direction range and position finding research
Ordnance and platform protection research	Combat vehicles research (for impact on human performance and mitigations) Non-lethal weapons research (for impact on human performance and mitigations)
Personnel protection systems research	Physical environmental protection systems research (Oxygen, diving, altitude etc)
Physics	Quantum theory and relativity Thermal technologies and thermodynamics
Space research and technology	Ground support systems for space vehicles (human factors components) Manned spacecraft research
Weapon guidance and control systems research	Platform guidance and control systems research (Human factors components) Tracking and display systems research (Human factors considerations)