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OVERVIEW
KEY ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
SELECTION PROCESS
INDIGENOUS APPLICANTS
CONTACT

OVERVIEW

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KEY ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

To be eligible to apply for a place on the 2012/2013 Materiel Graduate Scheme (MGS), you must:

be an Australian citizen by August 2012 or January 2013 (depending on the intake date)
have a bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline as a minimum (with a credit grade average); and
have completed your most recent qualification within the last 5 years.

See: Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) website.

Note: You may not be eligible to apply for the Materiel Graduate Scheme if you have received a redundancy benefit from an Australian Public Service (APS) agency or a non- APS Commonwealth employer, within the 12 months prior to applications closing.

Selection process
The eight stage selection process for the 2012/2013 MGS is outlined in the following table:

Stage	Description	When
1	Applications open.	27 Feb 2012
2	Applications close.	15 April 2012
3	Applications are assessed and short listed.	Apr-May 2012
4	Attend Assessment centres. Short listed applicants are invited to attend assessment centres with the MCS team. Note: If you are short listed, you will be given the details of your assessment centre and any necessary travel information. Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) may cover any reasonable costs associated with attending an assessment centre, if there isn’t one in your area.	May-June 2012
5	Offers are made to candidates after successfully completing the assessment centres.	June-Oct 2012
6	Candidates accept or decline offers.	Within 2 - 3 weeks of receiving an offer
7	Security and medical clearances are undertaken for those candidates who accept an offer.	June-December 2012
8	Candidates who obtain security and medical clearances will be invited to commence the MGS in late August 2012 or late January 2013.	July/December 2012

INDIGENOUS APPLICANTS

Indigenous graduates from the required disciplines are encouraged to apply directly to DMO.

In addition, indigenous candidates can submit applications through the Australian Public Service Commission's Indigenous Graduate Recruitment Program as an entry point to graduate programs across the APS.

See: Indigenous Graduate Recruitment Program.

CONTACT US

For any queries, please feel free to contact the Materiel Graduate Scheme team via e-mail:
graduate.dmo@defence.gov.au

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