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Defense Department form, series DD, number 2042-1. Full title: DD Form 2042-1, Work Measurement Time Study Worksheet (Continuous Method), December 1976. Function: Work Measurement Time Study Worksheet (Continuous Method). Edition in force: not stated. Publisher status: not stated.
Prescribing authority: not stated. Proponent: not stated. Unlike service-specific publications, DD forms carry Department-level authority and apply across the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and Coast Guard when operating under Defense jurisdiction.
The form reaches military personnel across the services, civilian employees of the Department, and the personnel and records specialists who receive it.
Timing of submission is fixed by not stated and by the implementing guidance of the submitting organization. What follows describes the blank document, not agency procedure.
Available formats: PDF. The form runs 1 pages and contains approximately 200 fillable fields.
The pdf is the primary distribution format. A fillable pdf accepts typed entries in defined field boxes and stores them in the file; a printable pdf is a flat image of the blank, meant for pen entry after printing. The distinction matters for legibility and for records that pass between offices.
The xfdl release corresponds to IBM Lotus Forms. This format carried Department-wide form distribution for years and opens only in IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or a compatible client, not in a pdf reader.
All formats download free of charge. Pdf files open in any modern reader; interactive fields behave most predictably in a desktop application, less so in browser viewers.
What the form asks for
- 1. Operator name or number.
- Element description 7.
- 2. Element description 1.
- Element description 2.
- Element description 3.
- Element description 4.
- Element description 5.
- Element description 6.
- 3. Reference number.
- 4. Date of study.
- 5. Name of analyst.
- 16. Total base time (minutes).
- 9. Total time, column 1.
- Total time, column 2.
- Total time, column 3.
- Total time, column 4.
- Total time, column 5.
- Total time, column 6.
- Total time, column 7.
- 10. Number of observers, column 1.
- Number of observers, column 2.
- Number of observers, column 3.
- Number of observers, column 4.
- Number of observers, column 5.
Order of completion: identification block first, substantive entries second, certification and signature last. The blank is laid out in that sequence and the sequence is not arbitrary — later entries often depend on data established in the header.
Verify the edition date against not stated before entry. Department-level revisions replace the blank across every service simultaneously, so an old copy in a desk drawer may no longer correspond to current field numbering.
Field-level instructions appear on the form itself and in not stated. The directive is the controlling text.
Once executed, routing follows not stated and the submitting organization's own instruction. Keeping a copy is standard.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 2042-1 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.
A DD number and a DA number may appear in the same instruction without being related. DA forms belong to the Army alone; DD forms belong to the Department and are administered at Department level. The sequences are independent.
Forms are reissued for several reasons: directive revision, changed data requirements, updated notice language. Confirming not stated at the moment of download covers the risk.
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Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2042-1?
- DD Form 2042-1, Work Measurement Time Study Worksheet (Continuous Method), December 1976
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?