Defence Force Member - Other Ranks
- Classification
- Occupation
- Skill level
- 3
- Major group
- Community and Personal Service Workers
Classification
- Major group
- 4Community and Personal Service Workers
- Sub-major group
- 44Protective Service Workers
- Unit group
- 4411Defence Force Members - Other Ranks
Description
Provides specialised military services to the Australian or New Zealand Defence Forces.
Specialisations
- Aircraft Life Support Fitter (Air Force)
- Airfield Defence Guard (Air Force)
- Air Surveillance Operator (Air Force)
- Geospatial Imagery Intelligence Analyst (Air Force)
- Security Police (Air Force)
- Signal Operator Linguist (Air Force)
- Signal Operator Technical (Air Force)
- Aircraft Life Support Fitter (Army)
- Air Dispatcher (Army)
- Combat Engineer (Army)
- Commando (Army)
- Crewman Armoured Personnel Carrier M113 (Army)
- Crewman Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) (Army)
- Crewman Main Battle Tank (Army)
- Ground Crewman Mission Support (Army)
- Gun Number (Army)
- Marine Specialist (Army)
- Operator Artillery Meteorology and Surveyor (Army)
- Operator Electronic Warfare (Army)
- Operator Ground Based Air Defence (Army)
- Operator Weapon Locating Radar (Army)
- Rifleman (Army)
- Acoustic Warfare Analyst (Navy)
- Aircrewman (Navy)
- Boatswains Mate (Navy)
- Combat Systems Operator (Navy)
- Combat Systems Operator Mine Warfare (Navy)
- Electronic Warfare - Linguist (Navy)
- Electronic Warfare - Technical (Navy)
- Naval Police Coxswain (Navy)
Unit group
4411 · Defence Force Members - Other RanksDescription
Defence Force Members - Other Ranks provide specialised military services to the Australian and New Zealand Defence Forces.
Skill level
Australia
AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, or AQF Certificate IV (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)
New Zealand
NZQF Level 4 qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 3) At least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.
Occupation skill level 3
Tasks
Tasks include
- guarding airfields and other defence force bases
- serving as an infantry soldier
- erecting bridges, building field defences, constructing temporary roads, clearing minefields, repairing airfields and demolishing targets using explosives
- crewing armoured fighting vehicles
- operating artillery, ground and surface-based defence systems, shipboard weapons and other advanced specialist military weapons and equipment
- providing firepower and ground-based air defence
- establishing and maintaining command, control and communications equipment and facilities
- conducting surveillance, reconnaissance and boarding operations
- maintaining personal arms and ammunition