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CHOICES Darwin sailors have found DSCM's advice
very usful in planning their next career move.
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by ABPH Karen Bailey
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Directorate of Sailors Career Management (DSCM) Darwin opened
in June this year as part of Sea Change.
With the centre conducting 130 interviews to date, recent
feedback on the standard of service it has provided has been
very positive. The interviews conducted by the OIC, WO Gary
Brogan, have shown that DSCM Darwin is making a valuable contribution
to the career management process in the area.
DSCM Darwin now manages postings for approximately 400 members
in the Darwin area, including those personnel serving at sea.
It maintains very close liaison with Career Managers in Canberra,
as well as at DSCM Fleet Base West (FBW).
Like DSCM FBW, DSCM Darwin provides information on a wide
range of career issues such as transfer of category, how to
become an officer, and overseas postings. WO Brogan is also
available to provide career management interviews for visiting
Cairns-based units until DSCM Cairns is established in 2006.
WO Brogan said effective two-way communication is the key
and that honesty and being realistic in regard to posting
options available, go a long way towards ensuring the best
outcome for not just the member, but also the RAN.
Local career managers are working hard to ensure that effective
two-way communication is taking place, further enhancing sailors’
ability to have input into their future.
Outcomes of career management interviews are loaded into the
member’s details in PMKeyS, so that DSCM managers in
Canberra and Darwin are all working on the same information.
Numerous Fremantle Class Patrol Boat (FCPB) COs have also
utilised DSCM Darwin to ensure the best possible outcome for
future postings of their crew members, as DSCM Darwin is heavily
involved in the transition process from the FCPB to the Armidale
Class Patrol Boat (ACPB). This process includes the closing
down of FIMA Darwin, and the ‘standing to’ of the
Coonawarra Fleet Support and ACPB Technical Training
Detachment positions.
