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Royal Marines Fitness Tests
Dress
The dress for the Test is PT Kit and Training shoes.
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Conducting Staff
The following staff are required to conduct the MSFT test:
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a. OIC. The OIC must be a qualified and briefed PTI (2007DIN07-076 )
b. Counter. The Counter may be anyone who has received the MSFT brief.
c. Turn Judges. The Turn Judges may be anyone who has received the MSFT
brief.
d. Recorder. The Recorder must be an NCO.
Duties of the Conducting Staff
The duties of the conducting staff are as follows:
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a. OIC. The OIC is responsible for the administration and safe conduct of the
test.
b. Counter. The Counter call out the levels of the MSFT so that participants
know what level they got to.
c. Turn Judges. The turn judges (a minimum of 2) are to be positioned either
end of the course and are to ensure participants reach the line on the “Beep”.
They are to inform participants that if they get to the line before the “Beep”
that they are not to leave the line until they hear the ”Beep”. They are also to
give verbal warnings of “KEEP THE PACE” to participants who fail to reach the
line on the sounding of the “Beep”. At the same time the Turn Judges are to
alert the Counter that a participant has failed to maintain the correct pace by
raising their arm in the air. Participants will be permitted a further 2 laps in
which to regain and then maintain the pace, if they fail to do either they will
be withdrawn from the test. These last 2 laps are to count towards the
participant’s score.
d. Recorder. The Recorder is to record the scores for each participant on the
Aerobic Test (MSFT) Results Sheet(s)
Safety
The OIC is to ensure that participants do not wear jewellery or rings (where
11 rings cannot be removed they are to be taped).
RM Advanced Personal Fitness Assessment MSFT
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