The
posting period is no easy time but this year, thanks to Toll
Transitions and the Services Workforce Access Programme for
Partners (SWAPP), moving was a more pleasant experience than
ever.
If you moved this posting cycle, a representative of Toll Transitions
may well have visited you.
While Toll Transitions has always made efforts to visit members
when they are undergoing a removal, this January and February
Toll Transitions commenced a project known as Defence Relocation
Partners.
The aim was to get out and attend as many deliveries as possible
in order to help Defence members trying to establish themselves
in a new location.
With 10 years of service in the Australian Army, Jonathan Ryan
who is the Defence Account Manager at Toll Transitions has a
very real perspective of the pressures on Defence families during
relocation time.
“We really wanted to be present at delivery [time] as this is
where Defence members often experience difficulty, not just
in managing the removalist, but with so many issues when trying
to get settled in a new location.
The last thing people need is additional stress associated with
the delivery of their personal possessions,” Mr Ryan said.
The Defence Relocation Partners attend deliveries to keep an
eye on the performance of the removalist and to inform Defence
members about the roles of the different parties involved in
their removal.
“While we provide a lot of detail in our Easymove Guide, having
had a number of Defence moves myself I know it is a learning
process, I learnt a little more everytime I moved.
So our aim was to be there with the Defence member or spouse
to provide as much information as they need and accelerate that
learning curve.”
The Defence Relocation Partner project tapped into the Defence
spouse employment program, SWAPP, which is sponsored by DCO.
Mr Ryan said “We have been very interested in participating
in the SWAPP Program, not just because we thought Defence spouses
would be ideal for the role of Defence Relocation Partners,
but because we understand the impact Defence life can have on
Defence families, particularly on finding employment for spouses
with the constant requirement to relocate.
“We have Defence Relocation Partners operating in all the capitals
and regional centres where Defence have a presence.
“Our feedback to date has been overwhelmingly positive and the
flow on effect will mean members will be better situated for
future moves,”he said.
If Defence members have any problem with their move, or any
questions, Toll Transitions are only a phone call away on Freecall
1800 819 167.
Getting
gets a batch of new recruits
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Getting
Division staff and instuctors happy to see their new recruits.
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Photo:
LSPH Phillip ‘Rex’ Hunt
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An
old salt who’s always been in attendance but just lying dormant
for a decade has returned to the RAN Recruit School, the fourth
recruit division, Getting.
The 99 recruits of General Intake 214 have joined the Navy in
Getting Division, named after CAPT Frank Getting, the last Commanding
Officer of HMAS Canberra (I) who died of wounds received during
the Battle of Savo Island.
Getting Division had not been stood to for nine years.
But now, with the cobwebs dusted off and the constant sound
of feet scampering around the building, Getting Division is
once again alive.
The operating classes of the Division, Ararat, Armidale, Bataan,
Bathurst and Broome and in reserve Bundaberg, Larrakia and Pirie,
are named after units that served the RAN with distinction in
World War II.
The recruits and divisional staff of GE214 are keen to continue
the tradition and demonstrate the honour that their namesakes
deserve in every aspect of their recruit training.
