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ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR
NATO APPOINTMENTS
Mr. Philip Turner
NATO Manpower Policy
International Military Staff/ HQ
NATO
turner.philip@hq.nato.int
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR
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STANDARD LANGUAGE PROFILE (SLP)
LEVELS
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Level 1 – Survival
Level 2 – Functional
Level 3 – Professional
Level 4 – Expert
Level 5 – Highly Articulate
Native Speaker
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR
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FACTORS
The SLP requirements for NATO posts are
set without expert scrutiny.
STANAG 6001 is not non-specialist userfriendly.
SLP Level 5 is redundant.
Achieving SLP Levels 3 and 4 is not easy.
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR
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LANGUAGE NEEDS ANALYSIS OF CE POSTS
All posts at Level 1 required less language ability than
requested by the JD.
70% of the JDs requiring SLPs in the Level 2 range
were considered ‘high’
The majority of JDs for posts required Level 3 SLPs.
Only 42% of these SLPs were considered appropriate.
Only 51% of the profiles at 4343 were considered to
have tasks at that leve.l
Only 1% of the JDs had SLPs of 4444. 75% of these
were considered appropriate.
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STATED SLP REQUIREMENTS IN NATO JDs –
MAY 2010
NCS
ACO
ACT
NCSA
SLP
% of Posts
% of Posts
% of Posts
% of Posts
4444
0.8%
1.0%
1.9%
0.0%
4343
6.3%
8.4%
10.3%
1.4%
3333
41.9%
48.0%
65.7%
23.8%
3322
29.2%
27.0%
21.3%
35.7%
2222
21.8%
15.7%
0.8%
39.1%
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level
5555 4444
OF-7/8/9
OF-6
1
OF-5
3333
4333
3231
3332
2222
2220
TOTAL
8
8
5
6
71
5
1
106
30
10
1
148
OF-3/2
3
6
3
9
21
OR-7/8/9
10
1
12
8
OR-4/5/6
9
1
17
3
CIV A
18
6
1
OF-4
SLP REQTS
IN NATO JDs
– IMS JUN
2013
4343
1
CIV B5/6
1
4
CIV B4
1
16
CIV B3
8
1
CIV B2
77
1
5
9
32
4
24
5
2
13
4
3
24
9
1
2
21
1
1
CIV C
TOTAL
MANNIN
G
TOTAL
4
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PERCENT 0.9%
48
4
4
427
258
51
62
60.4% 11.9% 14.5%
27
5
12
4
4
6.3%
1.1%
2.8%
0.9%
0.9%
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
IN NATO JOB DESCRIPTIONS
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR
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QUESTIONS?
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