Join RAN & get Aussie PR!!

lionnoisy SG

good news for sg NS quitter and defaulter.

This enables the RAN(Aussie Navy) to provide sponsorship of Permanent Residency Visas for those individuals who are recommended for processing for appointment or enlistment.

Vacancies

The RAN has limited vacancies for qualified and experienced current serving or ex-serving officers and sailors of Foreign Military Forces which are covered by this the Labour Agreement as follows:
Officers: Sailors:
Aviation Engineer;
Weapons Electrical Engineering Officer;
Weapons Electrical Aircraft Officer;
Aviation Observer;
Aviation Pilot;

Ordnance Engineer;
Marine Engineer Officer;
Hydrographer;
Principle Warfare Officer;
Command-Qualified Seaman;
Supply Officer;

Training Systems Officer;
Medical Practitioner;
Medical Specialist;
Dentist;
Dental Specialist;
Navy Chaplain;

Seaman-Submariner;
Engineer-Submariner; and
Seaman Officer. Aviation Technician;
Aircrewman;
Boatswains Mate;
Combat Systems Operator;

Combat Systems Operator (Mine Warfare);
Communications Information Systems;
Electronic Technician;
Electronic Technician Submarines;
Electronic Warfare Analyst Submarines;
Electronic Warfare Linguist;

Electronic Warfare Technical;
Marine Technical;
Marine Technical Submarine;
Medical Assistant Sailor;
Musician;

Steward; and
Naval Police Coxswain.

RAN site---OVERSEAS CANDIDATES on left hand side

2.ADF on hunt for foreign recruits,by Mark Dodd, * January 13, 2007

3.Aussie, so big and over 20 million people,still need PR--
Permanent Residency to attract foreigners to
defend Aussie!!Why?

Some things are wrong in Aussie Defense Force sys.
The pay may be too low?
Too many corruptions?

4.Pay and benefits in RAN

Shotgun SG

LoL! This is opening a lot of doors for former RSN guys to migrate. And what can Mindef do? Suck thumb.

fymk SG

No, they run on a voluntary enlistment basis .

No one wants to be a soldier unless it is their dream of being one or they are tied down by Army scholarships.

And they don't take in defaulters because they run high security checks on them. The highest level checks your whole level. You have to list out all your finances for the last 10 years , declare any abnormal events (even a driving violation in a foreign country has to be mentioned), your family background , places you live in etc. It's about 20 pages of clearance and every 5 years they run checks on you.

If you cannot be traced for just a month , bye bye clearance and bye bye PR.

And who is to say - they won't send you to the frontline and the aussies at the back of you Mr. Green . That is what USA is doing - they send those who are not exactly americans yet to the frontline.

glock SG

Here is your chance to see action. The ADF sends its forces to trouble spots like Iraq and Afghanistan – that includes rear echelon staff. Good luck !

ozzy_gurl SG

Please do not compare us to the americans,we hate that! Our defence force would never put anyone in the frontline simply because tehy are not australian,that is stupid and goes against all of our equal rights laws.as far as i can see,this would be an excellent oppurtunity for anyone interested.my brohter used to be in the australian navy,and was in the gulf war in 1990/91.from what he has told me....it was excellent,but for some reason young people these days dont want to join our defence forces.or if they do,most of them join the army.70% of the people who apply to join the defence forces over here either fail during testing,or they dont make it past the 3 months training.(army)

that would be why the navy is screaming out for people....so if anyones interested.....go for it! Wink

lionnoisy SG

Skilled recruits forsake army,By Mark Dodd,January 09, 2007

Senior commanders say more than 1000 new army recruits are urgently needed, with an increasing emphasis placed on trade apprentices wanting to learn mechanical and electrical engineering - skills vital for the army's increasingly complex equipment inventory.

The army's recruiting target for technical trades in the 2006-07 financial year has been set at 362 and will almost certainly be increased. ...

Three current weapons procurement contracts underscore the army's predicament - the $1.3 billion order for 22 Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopters, $570 million for 59 modernised Abrams main battle tanks and about $600 million for new artillery, including for the first time, 155mm self-propelled guns. The contracts mark a change in the army's configuration from a light infantry force to a more mobile force reliant on high-technology equipment.

It comprises six battle groups - one armoured and five infantry with provision for two more, one infantry and one armoured. This translates into a 20 per cent rise in numbers over the current total of 40,820 regulars and reserves.....

glock SG

There are non Australians in the ADF ?

ozzy_gurl SG

As soon as you obtain citizenship,you are counted as an aussie.But yes,their are non-Australian born people in our Defence Forces. Very Happy

hloc SG

Once they know you ran from S'pore, do you think they still want you Rolling Eyes ..... must have background check meh.. Exclamation Mr. Green

glock SG

Singapore born recruit will never qualify to join ADF anyway – specky, skinny, blur , also topo & wowo king. I know because I am all the above.

alexkusu SG

Aust PR also can be bought what Laughing

Gedanken SG

Aussie garbament not as crever as Singapore garbament mah. Instead of asking people to volunteer, they should say, "You go army/navy/airforce for 2 years, or you go jail for two years - which one you want?". Laughing

Shotgun SG

Nah la, I think its more like they don't over-glorify soldiering unlike the yanks. Maybe if they start making their education cost a lil more ex, and make more military-bonded grants available, they may be able to increase their manpower.

Gedanken SG

You're probably right, Shotgun - a few more bennies would hurt recruitment any.

Still and all, I don't believe it's any of the conspiracy-theory problems that lionnoisy proposed. If anything, it's that the general population here does not support Australia's participation in the Iraq war, and that poor public image is hurting recruitment drives.

My other point is that Singapore's armed forces are by and large staffed by conscripts. If NS wasn't available, what would Singapore's defence situation be like? LKY himself has stated in his memoirs that without NS, Singapore would not be capable of defending herself.

Gedanken SG

Double-post.

beavan SG

no chance for us at all.

seriously, how many people would join the army in the past with the lure of working in a factory for similar wages looming all over their shoulders?

digger SG

DEFENCE force recruiters are increasingly looking overseas to help ease a growing skills crisis blamed partly on the resources boom.
The Royal Australian Navy is so hungry for officers and sailors it has listed 38 job categories it will sponsor for permanent residency. Figures obtained by The Weekend Australian show more than 1500 technical defence vacancies alone need to be filled.

And while the Howard Government has been happy to trumpet its $22 billion defence spending splurge, little thought appears to have been given to the number of highly trained men and women needed to run it.

The 12,800-strong navy has 696 technical vacancies to fill.

The RAN's website lists 38 categories of vacancies for which the navy is willing to sponsor permanent residency visas through a special agreement with the federal departments of Employment and Workplace Relations, and Immigration and Multicultural Affairs.

There is no impediment to foreigners from any country joining the ADF as long as they meet Australian immigration and permanent residency requirements as well as obtaining a national security clearance and meeting the normal defence entry standards. As soon as they are eligible they must become Australian citizens.

"Foreign nationals may join the ADF in competition with other suitable applicants irrespective of previous military service. They must meet Australian immigration and permanent residency requirements as well as the normal ADF entry standards," a defence spokeswoman said. "Overseas applications from foreign nationals with extensive military experience will be considered for positions where skill shortages exist in the ADF. Overseas recruitment is designed to supplement, but not replace, Australian domestic recruiting efforts."

Navy vacancies include aviation engineers, helicopter pilots, electronic warfare analysts for submarines, but also chaplains and musicians. It is a similar story with the RAAF.

With a nominal permanent strength of 13,000, the air force needs 457 technicians to keep its fleet of jet fighters, transports and helicopters at peak operational readiness.

The army appears to be faring best of the three services. The 25,000-strong force has 362 vacancies in its technical trades.

But with the delivery of new Abrams tanks now under way, and armed reconnaissance helicopters rolling off the assembly line in Queensland, senior commanders are becoming increasingly concerned at a growing deficiency in skilled tradespeople. Australia's seemingly insatiable resources boom gets much of the blame.

"Queensland and Western Australia in the mining industry there, it's going gangbusters," Chief of the Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, said.

"You can't blame young blokes looking at $150,000 and saying, 'I'm into that.' I think we've got to match that, but it's not all about money."

While Britain and New Zealand have been the traditional recruiting pool for the ADF because of the similar levels of professional standards and training, the dragnet has been extended to Canada and now the US where ads have been placed in military publications seeking appropriately skilled new recruits for the ADF.

The Australian Defence Association's Neil James said there was no magic solution to solve the recruitment crisis.

British submariners had been attracted to the RAN in the past.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21051347-31477,00.html

digger SG

THE army faces a growing skills crisis as it battles to staunch a flow of resignations of technicians and tradespeople caused by the insatiable demand of the booming resources sector.
Senior commanders say more than 1000 new army recruits are urgently needed, with an increasing emphasis placed on trade apprentices wanting to learn mechanical and electrical engineering - skills vital for the army's increasingly complex equipment inventory.

The army's recruiting target for technical trades in the 2006-07 financial year has been set at 362 and will almost certainly be increased.

Army recruiters are struggling to compete against a mining-led resources boom, which is offering young skilled tradespeople starting salaries of up to $150,000 a year.

Senior commanders fear the problem will reduce the army's self-sufficiency, leading to more work being outsourced to the private sector.

The problem is being exacerbated by the army's multi-billion-dollar acquisition of high-tech equipment including new tanks, helicopters, unmanned drones and self-propelled artillery.

While infantry recruit numbers are increasing, the Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, believes the army will have to change its recruitment methods. "I know Queensland and Western Australia in the mining industry there, it's going gangbusters," Lieutenant General Leahy said.

"You can't blame young blokes looking at $150,000 from saying, 'I'm into that'. I think we've got to match that, but it's not all about money."

Lieutenant General Leahy said the army was "about 1000 short" of recruiting targets "but the targets this year are looking promising and I'm pleased".

"We're actually overachieving by about 200 per cent on our infantry soldiers and I'm thrilled with that. But we're having trouble with our technical trades and that's why we're here. I want to do a whole lot better in that area."

Three current weapons procurement contracts underscore the army's predicament - the $1.3 billion order for 22 Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopters, $570 million for 59 modernised Abrams main battle tanks and about $600 million for new artillery, including for the first time, 155mm self-propelled guns. The contracts mark a change in the army's configuration from a light infantry force to a more mobile force reliant on high-technology equipment.

It comprises six battle groups - one armoured and five infantry with provision for two more, one infantry and one armoured. This translates into a 20 per cent rise in numbers over the current total of 40,820 regulars and reserves.

Lieutenant General Leahy warned that the army was operating in a very competitive environment and required people in 250 different trades.

"We need to recruit and we need to recruit hard," he said. "I wouldn't suggest its going to be easy to recruit 20 per cent more people over the next 10 years, particularly as the economy is going so well.

"We can improve our recruiting methods and we can improve our image."

The Howard Government approved a $1 billion budget to boost recruiting and announced before Christmas a range of financial incentives for servicemen and women, including bonuses to those who want to extend their enlistment.

Also, people who were convicted of minor drug offences or are overweight can now apply to join the defence force.

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Shotgun SG

They might wanna consider combining the New Zealand Defence force and the ADF. It might improve their manpower issues. It’ll be funny to see ozzies and kiwis serving together in the same military though… they’ll probably fight themselves over rugby matches.

fallin SG

I think combining armed forces would be a very sensitive political issue. Even "best friends" like France and Germany don't do such things. Expect massive public outcry.