GENERAL APTITUDE TEST BATTERY (GATB)

The GATB was developed in the United States in 1947. Since that time the GATB has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the test against success in many different occupations. Because of its extensive research base,  the GATB has become one of the best validated multiple-aptitude batteries in existence.

• The GATB is a highly developed measure of aptitudes

• There are 12 tests in total, some are paper-and-pencil exercises and some parts require working with ones' hands

• Each measured aptitude is related to an occupation or the activity

• Many employers use the GATB to assist in finding suitable job applications who can learn to be a positive asset to their company

The GATB is a measure of speed and accuracy and compares aptitudes with those of the general working population in the following areas:

• General Learning Aptitude

• Verbal Aptitude

• Numerical Aptitude

• Spatial Aptitude

• Form Perception

• Clerical Perception

• Motor Coordination

• Manual Dexterity

• Finger Dexterity

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