How network can be of help

A PMKeyS Personnel Ad- ministration and Leave Module Administrator (MA) network was established for Air Force in July.

MAs are available to assist members with specific PMKeyS issues that the PMKeyS Help Desk does not normally deal with.

They are located at each of the major Air Force bases and establishments around Australia and at Butterworth. DMA-AF staff have provided appropriate training to those selected as MAs.

What MAs do:

• Act as the go-between and disseminate PMKeyS-related information among DMA-AF, transactors and managers.
• Provide subject matter expert or specialist technical advice on matters that the PMKeyS Help Desk might not be able to answer.
• Provide ad hoc training to new users who are required to achieve a minimal level of competency before gaining access to the PMKeyS application.
• Assist with ad-hoc reporting requirements that middle level management may have.
• Compile and report instances where deficiencies in the PMKeyS application may require modification or improvement.

What MAs don’t do:

• They do not replace the PMKeyS Help Desk. They assist with issues that the Help Desk does not normally support, such as the more specific subject matter expert or technical aspects of the PMKeyS application.
• MAs don’t do data corrections. The PMKeyS Help Desk is still the first “port of call” for this.

For more information contact Wing Commander Peter McKay (02) 6266 5126.

Operational supplementation

WGCDR Bryan Teisseire and ACW Lindy Parker cut the cake at a morning tea to mark the end of DPA. Alongside the cake is DPA’s mascot, Pee Jay.

Photo by FSGT Dave Pang

DIRECTORATE of Personnel Reserves – Air Force has supplementation available for the purpose of either deploying Reserve personnel on Continuous Full Time Service (CFTS) or providing backfill (CFTS or Reserve days) for PAF personnel who have been deployed.

Applications for Operational Supplementation should be staffed through the relevant chain of command, to SOPERS at HQAC and then to DPR-AF.

Further details can be obtained from Warrant Officer Garry O’Connor on (02) 6265 2490 or Squadron Leader Mike Warby on (02) 6265 2364.

New directorate

SEPTEMBER 1 marked the formation of the new directorate to manage all Air Force people up to and including the rank of wing commander.

Group Captain John Hewitson has assumed the role of Director Personnel – Air Force (DP-AF). GPCAPT Hewitson has an extensive background in personnel.

A maritime navigator by profession, he is a former DPO career manager who has served in that capacity twice before.

GPCAPT Hewitson can be contacted on (02) 6265 2229. The directorate is divided into five cells, two of which are responsible for support aspects of personnel management and three of which are directly responsible for personnel management.

The two support cells are:

Deputy Director – Personnel Selection Transition and Training (DD-PSTAT)

Wing Commander Bill Corbett – who can be contacted on (02) 6265 6536 – is responsible for matters relating to appointment and enlistment, training and development, personnel transitions and the ADF Pilot Selection Agency.

Deputy Director – Personnel Services (DD-PS)

Wing Commander Brock McKinlay – (02) 6265 1376 – is responsible for a wide variety of personnel services including airmen and officer promotions, leave without pay, part-time leave without pay, maternity leave, separations, exception reporting, preferential treatment and MECRB, as well as management of overseas positions and exchanges.

The Personnel Managers in the new directorate are divided into the following areas:

Deputy Director Personnel Management – Air Operations (DDPM-AIROPS)

Wing Commander Mark Anderson – (02) 62652250 – oversees personnel managers for all aircrew, officer and airmen as well as ATC, AIRDEF, INTEL, SECPOLO and GRDEF. This cell also manages the WOD, PTI, GIA, PHOT, SIGSOP, ASOP, SECPOL, FIREFTR and ADG musterings.

Deputy Director Personnel Management – Engineering Technicians (DDPM-ENG/TECH)

WGCDR Stephen Watts – (02) 62652298 – is responsible for the Personnel Managers for all engineering specialisations and musterings.

Deputy Director Personnel Management - Ground Operations (DDPM-GNDOPS)

Wing Commander Bryan Teisseire – (02) 62652309 – looks after the ADMIN, LOG, CHAP, ED, LEGAL and all health specialisations as well as related musterings of CLK, CISCON, MUS, COOK SPLR, CLKSPLY and allied health musterings.

 

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