Candidates are selected not just simply on communicative skills
alone.
Most candidates are already targetted from the large cohorts of "A"
Levels and Poly certified Guys, whose academic qualifications, and
psychological, mental and physical aptitudes tests during the
initial Manpower Base Check-ups are already determined.
It is during BMT, that those initial observations are put to the
tests, and the results collected will confirm if those observations
of potential candidates are correct or otherwise.
Most "A" Levels and "Poly" Grads who make it through at the
Manpower Interviews and Check-Ups, and also get through BMT, would
probably be selected based on the EXPECTATIONS that they will have
some modest or above average portions of INTELLIGENCE,
Determination, Character, Discipline, Ingenuity, Resourcefulness,
Physical Condition, Positive Mental State, and other Quality
Factors.
An Officer will be someone who will have the ability to handle
several assignments at the same time, and the mental aptitude to
handle the stress of MULTI-Tasking Work and Responsbilities all at
the same time.
This is a Multi-Dimension world, where events pressed in together
all at the same time, to demand the full and immediate attention
and energy of an individual.
Any Commander, be it as OFFICER or a Specialist Commander, must be
able to stand up to such an IMPOSED Demand of his character,
physical and mental state, and he will need his intelligence,
organisational skills, ingenuity, resourcefulness, and
determination to get these multi-challenges accomplished.
The SAF has created opportunities for the Specialist Warrant
Officers, who would have attained such a stature serving in the SAF
for at least 10 or more years.
A Lieutenant or even a Captain, would have reached their ranks in a
matter of only Two or Five Years respectively.
There are differing human resources required of each rank, and for
the differing tasks at hand.
In a Business Corporation, if a Storeman can perform the tasks
better than a CEO of a Company, and can prove his ability to do so,
WHY NOT..?
