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The Air Force Reserve offers a range of jobs that give you the chance to make a meaningful contribution to the Australian Defence Force (ADF), with the level of commitment that suits your lifestyle. There are a number of roles available in the Air Force Reserve in a variety of industries such as engineering, medical, administration, logistics, hospitality, combat and trade. So there is a job to suit everyone.
The Active Reserve provides trained Air Force Reserve personnel to support the day-to-day operations of the Permanent Air Force. If needed, the Active Reserve is available for operational deployments, or an associated support activity, during a major contingency operation.
Note: Air Force is currently recruiting for only a very small number of roles within the RAAFAR for financial year 2010-2011. More RAAFAR recruiting opportunities may resume in financial year 2011-2012. Air Force may revise this policy at short notice and therefore encourage respective candidates to check relevant job pages regularly for individual updates.
The Specialist Reserve is made up of trained health, legal, public affairs and chaplaincy professionals with specialist qualifications. These specialist personnel are employed to supplement full-time Air Force resources or to perform duties beyond the normal scope and capabilities of full-time personnel.
A specialist group within the Air Force Reserve is the Ground Defence Reserve Group (GRDefRG). This group contains Reserve Ground Defence Officers and Airfield Defence Guards who form a highly skilled, close-knit team capable of defending the Air Force's bases, aircraft, installations and personnel.
As well as performing ground defence roles, personnel may instruct in ground defence related skills. Members of this group must be able to deploy at short notice. They undergo 11 months of full-time training and then undertake a minimum of 32 days a year of part-time service with tax-free pay. To be part of the GRDefRG, you'll need to live within a three hour drive of an Air Force Base that has a Reserve ADG Rifle Flight. At present there are no Reserve Rifle Flights in the Northern Territory. Due to the combat nature of this job, the GRDefRG is only open to males.
