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YOUTH
INPUT HIGH
Youngsters learn basic skills, go aboard ships, take
part in sport and learn Navy life...
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The
NAVY YOUTH program
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- 110
participants have completed the Naval Youth Program
- 84
participants have applied to join the RAN
- Of
that 84, 40 are either already in the service or
have joining dates
- The
NYP program primarily targets technical sailors
- The
program runs for eight weeks
- There
have been seven courses to date
- Participants
are paid $337 per week while on course
- The
next course begins October 21 with 20 people in
the west and 20 people in the east.
- The
telephone number for enquiries is 1300 136 289
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The
Navy Youth Program is proving one of the recruiting success stories
with 84 of the 110 young men and women who have completed the course,
applying to join the Royal Australian Navy.
Of that number, 40 are either already in the Service or have dates
when they will report to the recruit training centre in Victoria,
HMAS Cerberus.
On October 21 another 40 men and women aged from 17 to 22, will
be given the opportunity to see if a career in the RAN suits them.
Twenty will begin the eight-week NYP course at FIMA/Sydney while
a similar number will begin a course at FIMA/Perth.
“We are looking to start the NYP program in Cairns and Darwin,”
the instigator of the scheme, LCDR Rick Barnett, the CO of FIMA/Sydney
said.
“We began NYP in October, 2001,” he told Navy News when
providing the figures.
“A total of seven courses have been conducted.
“We have new courses starting in Sydney and Stirling on October
21.
“There are changes to the new courses in that we will restrict
them to people who want to do technical work.
“In the past we have allowed NYP participants to go into other
streams in the Navy,” he said.
LCDR Barnett said Recruiting will now have early involvement in
that its personnel will vet NYP applicants before they are accepted.
One of those to begin the October 21 course in Sydney will come
from Adelaide to take part.
NYP sees the youngsters learn basic skills by rotating through FIMA
workshops.
They go aboard ships, take part in sport and learn aspects of Navy
life.
Those who like what they see are helped by FIMA staff to complete
joining applications.
Each course has a male and female mentor/minder.
Each participant is paid for the eight weeks.
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