ENGINEERING - Royal Australian Navy

2 8 N A VY E N G I N E E R I N G B UL LE T IN F E B R U A RY 2 00 2
THE ADVA NCED DIPLO M A
There are currently a wide variety
of Advanced Diplomas being
offered by a range of educational
service providers. Due to the
different career paths resulting
from the transition from
SAILSTRUC to CBTA, and the
differing entry requirements of
individual training providers it has
not yet been possible to provide
definitive guidelines for Advanced
Diploma eligibility. The future
intention is to compile a register
of suitable courses in the vicinity
of major fleet bases and
facilities. In the interim,
candidates must approach an
institution of their choice and
then seek DNPR(E&L) approval
for the proposed course of study.
RANK AND SENIORITY ON
APPOINTMENT FOR SA I LO R S
CO M P L E T I NG ADVA NC E D
D I P LOMA AND DEGREE ST U D I E S
Rank and seniority on
appointment are determined on
the basis of the sailor’s rank and
post secondary qualifications
held on the day immediately
preceding appointment. Although
provisional rank is recognised,
due to the methodology of civil
accreditation of naval training,
post secondary qualifications are
based on those applicable to
substantive sailor rank held.
Personnel undertaking degree
studies do not accrue seniority in
the rank on appointment. Once
they successfully complete the
degree they will be promoted as
per the schedule in Table 1.
Personnel who initially under take
Advanced Diploma studies
remain in their rank until the
Advanced Diploma has been
awarded, however, they do
accrue seniority as a sailor.
They are promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant on award of the
Diploma. Should these people
subsequently proceed to degree
studies, their seniority as a
Lieutenant will be adjusted on
completion of degree studies to
align with that of the degree
streamed CC qualified sailor
entering the EOS from the same
sailor rank.
Recent policy development has
identified the need to recognise
the previous technical experience
of CC qualified senior sailors who
opt for degree studies in an
engineering discipline other than
that which they were originally
trained; for example an ex MT CC
qualified sailor under taking an
Aerospace Engineering degree.
Recognition will take the form of
additional seniority as indicated
in Table 1.
S U M M A RY
The policies outlined in this
article provide a unified
framework for in-service
candidate entry to the officer
corp as Engineer Of ficers.
Figure 1 shows the career paths
available to all successful OC
applicants in the EO stream and
Table 1 details rank and seniority
on appointment for EOS.