THE
current topic for discussion on the Air Force People Capability
(AFPC) web site is “Our Expeditionary Air Force of the Future”.
The topic challenges us to think about how we as an Air Force
will operate in the 2010-2015 timeframe and beyond, and looks
at defining the future Air Force around its culture, its capability
and its concepts.
ADF employee's can log on to the web site at http://intranet.defence.gov.au/raafweb/sites/AFPC/
to have a look in more detail at this topic and contribute something.
AFPC can be contacted on afhq.afpc@defence.gov.au
or click on the links to the AFPC mailbox that can be found on
the web site.
PERSONNEL Branch is continuing to fix errors – caused by
a variety of system and human factors – that a significant
number of Air Force members have in their leave records.
One
aspect of a multi-faceted approach to rectify this situation has
been the attachment of clerical staff to the RAAF PMKeyS Cell
in Canberra to assist with the correction of these records.
In the near future, however, a member’s administering unit
will undertake this corrective action.
This will be an important step forward, because under the current
process fixing these problems is both time consuming and resource
intensive.
If members believe that their leave record is not correct, their
first point of call is to discuss this with their administrative
support staff.
Under the new arrangements, which will be implemented as soon
as appropriate training is completed by administrative staff,
unit orderly rooms and Corporate Services and Infrastructure Group
staff will be able to correct leave errors themselves, which will
significantly speed up the leave correction process.
There will be some instances where leave problems cannot be fixed
by a unit, and these will be referred to Canberra for specialist
technical action.
However, in the main the majority of leave problems should soon
be able to be addressed by a member’s administering unit.
This will result in a more timely response to leave errors.
Report review
THE
2003 promotion boards have noted that significant performance
reporting, particularly within operational environments, was being
filtered to the potential detriment of assessed members.
A post-promotion board review recommended that supplementary reports
should be raised for members serving in operational environments,
and that career management agencies should receive all supplementary
reports for presentation to the annual promotion boards.
Assessors, assessed members and administrative staff are to ensure
that supplementary reports for the 2003 and future reporting periods
are forwarded with the annual Performance Appraisal Report to
DPO-AF, DPA, DPR-AF.
Compliance with the directive means there is no requirement to
incorporate supplementary report comments in the annual PAR.
DGPERS-AF will source 2002 supplementary reports from Defence
Archives, Queanbeyan.
Posting
plots
AIRMEN
Career Managers are finalising their posting plots, which will,
in general, take effect in January 2004.
Postings will be released by rank and mustering in accordance
with the Estimated Posting Release Dates table
published on the Intranet at http://intranet.defence.gov.au/RaafWeb/sites/DPAAF/
under latest career information.
These dates are the planned release dates, although, they may
change.
The development of the posting plots is a particularly labour-intensive
task. Career managers collate the information from members’
EPARs (Form AD148) and career manager interview reports, and attempt
to match all this data with the predicted vacancies, at the same
time, applying ACMS guidelines with respect to location and tenure.
As can be imagined, this is a time-consuming task, which requires
continual checking and validation to ensure that the best possible
outcome is achieved for both the member and the Air Force.
The finalisation of the posting plots by the career managers highlights
the importance of members submitting annual EPARs and why individuals
are encouraged to attend career manager interviews (with spouses
if desired) when scheduled in the first half of each year.
Despite the complexity of the task, most members achieve a posting
to an area or a job in which they have expressed a desire.
Administrative support area will monitor the release of posting
and advise members accordingly.
Corrections
to leave records