What is the MCS?

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What the Materiel Cadetship Scheme offers
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The Materiel Cadetship Scheme

The Materiel Cadetship Scheme (MCS) is the Defence Materiel Organisation’s (DMO) scheme to support you through the final years of your degree and prepare you for a professional career in the DMO.

What the Materiel Cadetship Scheme offers

MCS offers you:

the opportunity to be paid to complete the last years of your degree
financial support for textbooks
a guarantee of employment in a dynamic project delivery organisation on successful completion
a minimum of six weeks of professionally recognised real-world work experience each year
a dedicated support team to help you through your study.

Who is the Materiel Cadetship Scheme for?

Disciplines recruited through the DMO Cadetship Scheme are reviewed each year.
Disciplines for the 2009 MCS are as follows:

Engineering

Electrical engineering
Electronic engineering
Mechanical engineering
Naval Architecture
Maritime engineering
Software engineering
Systems engineering
Mechatronic engineering
Aerospace engineering

Important:
For engineering cadetships your degree must be recognised by Engineers Australia for professional membership.

Commercial

Accounting
Information Technology
Logistics

Important:

For accountant cadetships you must be completing a degree accredited by Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) Australia or the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) as meeting the entry requirements for the CPA or CA programs.

How many cadetships are there?

There are up to 25 cadetships available for 2009. These will be awarded to undergraduate engineers in their penultimate (second last) or final year of study and undergraduates studying accounting, IT and logistics in their final year of study.

Contact Us

For any queries, please feel free to contact the Materiel Cadetship Scheme team via e-mail:
MCS Management Team

Apply Now

Applications for the 2009 Materiel Cadetship / Graduate Schemes have closed.
Applications for the 2010 programs will open in March 2009.

The DMO Materiel Cadetship Scheme website was last updated: 15 July 2008

	What is the MCS? \| Is this you? \| What will you do? \| What we offer \| Applying \| FAQs What is the MCS? On this page: The Materiel Cadetship Scheme What the Materiel Cadetship Scheme offers Who is the Materiel Cadetship Scheme for? How many cadetships are there? Contact Us Apply now The Materiel Cadetship Scheme The Materiel Cadetship Scheme (MCS) is the Defence Materiel Organisation’s (DMO) scheme to support you through the final years of your degree and prepare you for a professional career in the DMO. What the Materiel Cadetship Scheme offers MCS offers you: the opportunity to be paid to complete the last years of your degree financial support for textbooks a guarantee of employment in a dynamic project delivery organisation on successful completion a minimum of six weeks of professionally recognised real-world work experience each year a dedicated support team to help you through your study. Who is the Materiel Cadetship Scheme for? Disciplines recruited through the DMO Cadetship Scheme are reviewed each year. Disciplines for the 2009 MCS are as follows: Engineering Electrical engineering Electronic engineering Mechanical engineering Naval Architecture Maritime engineering Software engineering Systems engineering Mechatronic engineering Aerospace engineering Important: For engineering cadetships your degree must be recognised by Engineers Australia for professional membership. Commercial Accounting Information Technology Logistics Important: For accountant cadetships you must be completing a degree accredited by Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) Australia or the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) as meeting the entry requirements for the CPA or CA programs. How many cadetships are there? There are up to 25 cadetships available for 2009. These will be awarded to undergraduate engineers in their penultimate (second last) or final year of study and undergraduates studying accounting, IT and logistics in their final year of study. Contact Us For any queries, please feel free to contact the Materiel Cadetship Scheme team via e-mail: MCS Management Team Apply Now Applications for the 2009 Materiel Cadetship / Graduate Schemes have closed. Applications for the 2010 programs will open in March 2009. The DMO Materiel Cadetship Scheme website was last updated: 15 July 2008
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