How can an FTO determine if a recruit is ready for independent work?

An FTO can determine if a recruit is ready for independent work by conducting thorough evaluations and assessments. This process involves observing the recruit's performance across various scenarios, assessing their knowledge of procedures, evaluating decision-making skills, and ensuring they have demonstrated the necessary competencies required for independent duties. These evaluations provide concrete evidence of a recruit's readiness, rather than relying solely on subjective opinions or informal observations.

While obtaining feedback from other recruits, monitoring behavior during breaks, and measuring attendance at training sessions can provide some insights, they do not offer the comprehensive view of a recruit's skills and readiness for independent work that structured evaluations and assessments do. These methods may lack the rigor needed to assess critical job skills effectively, making thorough evaluations the most reliable approach for an FTO in making this important determination.