Entry
Other Ranks (Non Technical)
General Entry (Non-Technical Trainee) is the term used to describe the large number of non-technical jobs available to people entering the Army as soldiers (non-Officer entry). The Army is made up of different specialist branches, called Corps, which perform various different functions such as Administration, Catering, Communications, Health, Armoured, Artillery, Engineering, Infantry and Transport.
Corporals (Bombardiers in Artillery) are referred to as Junior Non-Commissioned Officers, or JNCOs, while sergeants and Warrant Officers are called Senior Non-Commissioned Officers (SNCOs). Warrant Officer Class 1 is the most senior soldier rank. A corporal will normally have some responsibility for the supervision of junior staff and this progressively increases on promotion to sergeant. A warrant officer normally has a substantial personnel management role.
ADF Gap Year
The ADF Gap Year program provides Year 12 school leavers an alternative to other options such as travelling and temporary work before taking up tertiary or vocational training or other paid employment.
The ADF Gap Year offers a 'try before you buy' experience of military training and lifestyle for young men and women, without any obligation to serve beyond the 12-month program. The program offers worthwhile training and employment within various ADF career streams that are the same as those undertaken by fulltime members of the ADF. ADF Gap Year participants will receive a substantial salary during the program and benefit from standard ADF employment entitlements such as free medical and dental care, subsidised accommodation and meals and employment allowances.
