Reservists have more in store
First revised op supply course run

Charged up: Cpl Kathy Rojewska, AAPD(P), carries out the pre-start operational check.

THE first courses for reservist storepersons following the trade review have started.

To be qualified, personnel have to complete the IET operator supply course conducted as two 16-day modules at either ALTC at Bandiana or RTC-NSW at Moorebank.

Lt-Col David Buchanan, Chief Instructor Technical and Trade Training Wing RTC-NSW, said the new course would further develop the skills and capabilities of reserve Q staff.

“The new two module course replaces the old QMSB course and makes trainees employable in a greater range of work places,” Lt-Col Buchanan said.

“The course is designed so that after module 1, the trainees return to their units for six months of on-the-job training before completing module 2.”

The first course involveds 12 students, including a private from the Tongan Defence Force. The first module, held at Moorebank from October 15-30, trained participants to work in unit Q stores, issue and receive stores, use SDSS and to operate on-pavement forklifts.

The second module, to be held in mid-2006, will provide further training in SDSS, managing unit resources and operating in a warehouse environment.

For more information and course schedules, visit the RTC-NSW web site at http://intranet.defence.gov.au/armyweb/sites/rtcnsw/