Division 22: Army – 1st Recruit Training Battalion recruit instructors scheme

3.5.213   Purpose
3.5.214   Payments under this Division
3.5.215   Definition of a training year
3.5.216   Member eligible for the recruit instructors scheme
3.5.217   Member not eligible for the recruit instructors scheme
3.5.218   Attraction payment
3.5.219   Completion payment for member who has been posted out
3.5.220   Completion payment
3.5.221   Reasons for making a pro rata payment of the completion payment
3.5.222   Calculating a pro rata amount of the completion payment
3.5.223   Administration of payment

3.5.213   Purpose

 

The purpose of this Determination is to offer attraction and completion payments to members who perform the duties of a recruit instructor at 1st Recruit Training Battalion (1RTB).

3.5.214   Payments under this Division

 

This Division deals with the following three types of payment.

 

a.

An attraction payment payable where eligible members commence duties as a recruit instructor at 1RTB.

 

b.

A completion payment for eligible members who have been posted out of 1RTB between 1 November 2006 and the day this determination commences.

 

c.

A completion payment that is paid annually to eligible members.  In some circumstances pro rata payment of the completion payment may be made.

3.5.215   Definition of a training year

 

In this Division a training year is between 1 November and 31 October in the next calendar year.

3.5.216   Member eligible for the recruit instructors scheme

1.

A member is eligible for the recruit instructors scheme if they meet all of the following conditions.

 

a.

The member is in the Australian Regular Army or Army Reserves on continuous full-time service.

 

b.

The member has marched in to a recruit instructor position at 1RTB and commenced performing the duties of a recruit instructor.

 

c.

The member has not been posted out of a recruit instructor position at 1RTB on the day this determination commences.

 

d.

The member holds the rank of Corporal or Sergeant.

 

e.

The member has a posting order of at least 12 months.

 

f.

The member has applied to join the scheme using the form at Annex 3.5.W.

See: Annex 3.5.W, Army – 1st Recruit Battalion recruit instructors scheme

2.

A member is eligible for a completion payment for member posting out under clause 3.5.219 if they served as a recruit instructor at 1RTB until 1 November 2006 and completed a full training year as a recruit instructor.

See: Clause 3.5.219, Completion payment for member who has been posted out

3.5.217   Member not eligible for the recruit instructors scheme

 

A member is not eligible for the recruit instructors scheme if they meet one or more of the following conditions.

 

a.

They are an officer.

 

b.

They hold the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1 or Warrant Officer Class 2.

 

c.

They first become eligible for the scheme after 1 July 2011.

3.5.218   Attraction payment

1.

An attraction payment of $10,000 is payable to an eligible member under subclause 3.5.216.1.

See: Clause 3.5.216, Member eligible for the recruit instructors scheme

2.

A member is taken to commence in the scheme on the earlier of the following two dates.

 

a.

the date they commence duties as a recruit instructor.

 

b.

the date they apply to join the scheme.

3.5.219   Completion payment for member who has been posted out

 

A completion payment of $10,000 is payable to an eligible member if they meet all of the following conditions.

 

 

a.

They have successfully completed the recruit instructor development course.

 

 

b.

They completed a training year as a recruit instructor at 1RTB between 1 November 2006 and the day this determination commences.

 

 

c.

They performed recruit instructor duties for one of the following course combinations within a training year.

 

 

i.

Two Army recruit course platoons.

 

 

ii.

Four Reserve recruit training platoons.

 

 

iii.

One Army recruit course platoon and one Reserve recruit training platoon.

 

 

iv.

Instructional duties within 1RTB Training Support Company.

 

 

d.

Marched out of 1RTB between 1 November 2006 and the day this determination commences.

 

e.

They fill out an application using the form in Annex 3.5.W.

See: Annex 3.5.W, Army – 1st Recruit Battalion recruit instructors scheme

 

 

3.5.220   Completion payment

1.

A completion payment of $10,000 is payable to an eligible member if they meet all of the following conditions.

 

a.

They successfully complete the recruit instructor development course.

 

b.

They perform recruit instructor duties for one of the following course combinations within a training year.

 

i.

Two Army recruit course platoons.

 

ii.

Four Reserve recruit training platoons.

 

iii.

One Army recruit course platoon and one Reserve recruit training platoon.

 

iv.

Instructional duties within 1RTB Training Support Company.

2.

A completion payment is paid at the end of a training year.

3.

A completion payment may be paid for each consecutive training year for which a member meets the conditions in subclause 3.5.220.1.

4.

If a member does not meet all of the conditions in subclause 3.5.219.1, they may be eligible for a pro rata payment of the completion payment under clause 3.5.221.

3.5.221   Reasons for making a pro rata payment of the completion payment

 

A member is to be paid a completion payment on a pro rata basis if they fail to complete a full training year as a recruit instructor for any of the following reasons.

 

a.

The member dies.

 

b.

The member is promoted to the rank of Warrant Officer Class 2.

 

c.

The member is commissioned as an officer.

 

d.

The member reaches the end of a fixed period of service or reaches compulsory retirement age.

 

e.

The member's service is terminated due to physical or mental incapacity.

 

f.

The member is made redundant or is retrenched.

 

g.

The member is transferred or posted out.

 

h.

The member is on a period of temporary duty in a recruit instructor position and the temporary duty ends before a full training year is completed.

 

i.

The scheme ceases.

 

3.5.222   Calculating a pro rata amount of the completion payment

 

The following table shows how to calculate a pro rata amount of the completion payment payable under clause 3.5.221.

 

Step

Action

1.

Work out the number of days in a training year on which the member has been posted to a recruit instructor position at 1RTB.

2.

Multiply the outcome of Step 1 by $27.40.

Note: $27.40 is the daily rate of the completion payment ($10,000 ÷ 365  = $27.40).

3.

The member may be paid the outcome of Step 2.

3.5.223   Administration of payment

1.

Using the form at Annex 3.5.W a member may nominate payment details for the payments under this scheme before the day the payment is due.

See: Annex 3.5.W, Army – 1st Recruit Battalion recruit instructors scheme

2.

If a member does not nominate payment details before a payment is due, the payment may only be made to the member's normal pay account.

 

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