Adminos on par at Wagga

By CPL Simone Liebelt
Volume 48, No. 4, March 23, 2006

FLTLT Alison Hilton was among five Reserve officers to graduate from the first Reservist Admino initial course at RAAFSALT. Reservists will graduate from the course with the same competencies as PAF Adminos.

Photo by CPL Simone Liebelt

RESERVIST Adminos will be trained on par with their PAF counterparts, with the launch of the Reservist Admino initial course at the RAAF School of Administration and Logistics Training (RAAFSALT).

The course – an initiative of the former Deputy Director of Reserve Training, WGCDR Carl Schiller – will be available to Reservists able to spare five weeks away from their civilian employer to attend the residential component at RAAF Base Wagga.

Previously, Reservists could only complete the residential component if positions were available on PAF courses, usually only run up to three times a year.

Senior Instructor SQNLDR Trevor Davidson, from RAAF Base Amberley, will travel to Wagga to run the courses, along with fellow Reservist Admino FLTLT Mark Taylor, from Pearce.

“We’ve been complaining for years about not having designated Reserve training, so we’re very pleased that it is finally happening,” SQNLDR Davidson said.

“A separate training package was developed based on the PAF course, so now [Reservists] will graduate with exactly the same competencies as PAF Adminos.”

He said another advantage of the course was the sharing of corporate knowledge between students.

“The members attending these courses are bringing their corporate knowledge into the Air Force administration environment, so we’re able to draw on those skills and experiences,” he said.

“When they’re discussing a particular topic it helps to know how it is done outside of the Air Force and gives a different perspective on how the corporate environment operates.”

Five Reserve officers graduated from the first course on March 17. Among them was FLTLT Alison Hilton from No. 25 (City of Perth) SQN. She said it was a relief to finally get on the course, after more than two years on a waiting list.

“It’s been good to do a formal course because you get to meet the people you work with remotely, and its been great to network with other Reserve and non-Reservist Adminos, which you don’t often get the opportunity to do,” FLTLT Hilton said.

For more information on the course, email Trevor.davidson1@defence.gov.au

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