Have you ever thought about working in some of the largest military transport aircraft in the world? How about being part of a team that delivers cargo via parachute, to some of the most highly trained soldiers in the world. The role of your team is critical to mission success and hence this is not for the faint hearted. As an added extra, you also get paid while you are trained!
Job Details
Role. The role of the RACT is to control and operate Army owned surface transport, other than unit transport, and to provide movement control, terminal, postal and Army aspects of air logistic support to the Army.
The Royal Australian Corps of Transport (RACT) plays a pivotal role within the distribution network of the Australian Army. The men and women of the RACT plan and deliver the required Combat Service Support (CSS) through the distribution process utilising road, sea and air assets.
The RACT has many tasks to perform including operating the Army fleet of landing craft and amphibious vehicles, all forms of road transport, cargo terminals and specialist units that prepare, pack and dispatch supplies dropped from the air. To perform these tasks the RACT is equipped with a large selection of vehicles including motorcycles, Land Rovers, light trucks, heavy cargo and specialist vehicles (Mack MC3 and Mack Fleet Liner MC2), 60 tonne semi-trailers, amphibious and small landing craft.
The Air Dispatcher is an RACT soldier who packs, rigs, loads/unloads stores and equipment for all modes of air movement, (including airdrop, airland and helicopter external lift) and who manually dispatches cargo from aircraft whilst in flight.
Main Job Functions:
- Use Aerial Delivery Equipment (ADE);
- Operate hand tools and electric power tools;
- Load and unload military aircraft;
- Operate specialist vehicles and material handling equipment (MHE) in and around military aircraft;
- Prepare and rig items for all modes of air movement including airdrop, airland and external lift;
- Manually dispatch small cargo loads from military aircraft in flight;
- Operate and clear cargo drop zones (DZ);
- Conduct tasks at a helicopter Landing Point (LP)/Landing Site (LS) in preparation for airdrop and helicopter operations;
- Interpret and comply with the requirements of Air Logistic publications; and
- Comply with Commonwealth and State Legislation pertaining to the safe handling of Dangerous Goods (DG) and explosives.
