Division 24: Navy – Recruit training instructors scheme

3.5.232   Purpose
3.5.233   Definition of a recruit training instructor
3.5.234   Member eligible for bonus payment
3.5.234A  Transfer from Military instructors scheme
3.5.235   Member who is not eligible to enter scheme
3.5.236   Reasons for making a pro rata payment of the bonus payment
3.5.237   Calculating a pro rata amount of the bonus payment
3.5.238   Member's options for payment under this Division
3.5.232   Purpose

 

The purpose of this Determination is to offer bonus payments to Navy members who complete 12 months of duty as a recruit training instructor.

3.5.233   Definition of a recruit training instructor

 

In this Division a recruit training instructor is one of the following.

 

a.

A member posted to a position designated by the Director-General Navy Personnel and Training as a Navy initial training instructor position.

 

b.

A member who performs designated Navy initial entry instructional duties as determined by the Director-General Navy Personnel and Training.

3.5.234   Member eligible for bonus payment

1.

A member is eligible for a bonus payment of $10,000 under this Division if they meet all of the following conditions.

 

a.

The member is in the Permanent Navy or Navy Reserve on continuous full time service.

 

b.

The member has successfully completed their initial category or professional qualification training.

 

c.

The member completes a continuous period of 12 months as a recruit training instructor on or after 1 July 2007.

2.

The Training Authority Initial Training, Leadership and Management must notify a member that the member is eligible to join the scheme.

3.

A member who applies to join the scheme after being notified that they are eligible to join the scheme must use the form at Annex 3.5.Z.

See: Annex 3.5.Z, Recruit training instructors scheme

4.

A bonus payment may be paid for each completed period of 12 months for which a member meets the conditions in subclause 3.5.234.1.

5.

If a member does not meet the condition in paragraph 3.5.234.1.c, they may be eligible for a pro rata payment of the bonus payment under clause 3.5.236.

6.

This Division ceases to apply to all members on 30 June 2012.

3.5.234A  Transfer from Military instructors scheme

1.

A member may transfer into this scheme from the Military instructors' scheme set out in Division 25.

2.

The condition in paragraph 3.5.234.1.c is taken to be met by 12 months of service made up of a combination of service under this scheme and the Military instructors' scheme set out in Division 25.

3.

The bonus is to be paid at the sum of the following amounts.

 

a.

The pro rata rate under this Division, for any period of service as a recruit training instructor.

 

b.

The pro rata rate under Division 25, for any period of service as a military instructor for the purposes of that Division.

3.5.235   Member who is not eligible to enter scheme

 

A member is not eligible for a payment under this Division if any of the following circumstances apply to them.

 

a.

An amount under Division 22, Army – 1st Recruit Training Battalion recruit instructors scheme is payable to the member for the period in which they would be eligible under this Division.

 

b.

The member first becomes eligible for the scheme after 1 July 2011.

3.5.236   Reasons for making a pro rata payment of the bonus payment

1.

A member is to be paid a bonus payment on a pro rata basis if they fail to complete their first 12 months as a recruit training instructor for any of the following reasons.

 

a.

The member dies.

 

b.

The member applies to extend their period of appointment or enlistment but the extension is refused.

 

c.

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

 

d

The member is made redundant or is retrenched.

 

e.

The member is transferred or posted out of the recruit training instructor position for an operational deployment.

 

f.

The scheme ceases.

 

g.

The member transfers to the Military instructors' scheme set out in Division 25.

2.

A member who has completed 12 months as a recruit training instructor, or as a military instructor under Division 25, is to be paid a bonus payment on a pro rata basis if they provide an additional part year of service as a recruit training instructor.

3.5.237   Calculating a pro rata amount of the bonus payment

 

The following table shows how to calculate a pro rata amount of the bonus payment payable under clause 3.5.236.

 

Step

Action

1.

Count the number of calendar days since the member received a payment under this Division.  If the member has not received a payment under this Division, count the number of calendar days the member has been in this scheme.

2.

Multiply the outcome of Step 1 by $27.40.

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

3.

The member may be paid the outcome of Step 2.

3.5.238   Member's options for payment under this Division

1.

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

See: Annex 3.5.Z, Navy - Recruit training 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.

 

PACMAN                                                                AL9 (September 2007)                                Chapter 3 – Part 5 Division 24 – 2