Transition Support Services
Career Transition Assistance Scheme
Defence provides a wide range of career transition support to separating ADF members through the Career Transition Assistance Scheme (CTAS). The intent of the scheme is to assist ADF members with preparing for their next career, not to find specific employment.
Access to the various levels of CTAS is determined on the length of service and/or the circumstances surrounding the ADF member’s separation. ADF members should read PACMAN Chapter 2 Part 2 Division 2 Eligibility and levels of assistance for further guidance.
The following services are offered under CTAS:
Transition Seminars
On-line Information
Career Transition Training
Career Transition Management Coaching
Curriculum Vitae Coaching
Financial Counselling
Approved Absence
ADF members and their families are encouraged to attend ADF Transition Seminars at any stage throughout their career, as well as when they are planning to leave the ADF. For details of upcoming ADF Transition Seminars CLICK HERE.
On-line information, such as job search; financial education; curriculum vitae preparation; and other transition support services are available on the Defence Intranet. The ADF Transition Centre will be able to provide ADF members with additional resources.
Here you can view the educational videos used at the ADF Transition Seminars:
Choosing a Career Practitioner
Career Transition Training (CTT)
CTT provides access to vocationally-oriented education and training. Eligible members may take vocational training courses for post-termination employment and employment-related work skills. CTT may be undertaken through face-to-face tutorial attendance, correspondence or on-line training.
The training must: be a formal course, provided by a qualified training firm; provide a schedule of training and a syllabus for each subject; and must be recognised or accredited by employers. CTT may be any vocationally-oriented course, or recognised course segment, within the Australian Qualifications Framework and must meet policy requirements, in particular the extent of training and that the training is essential for the member’s future employment.
An example of CTT is a postgraduate diploma.
Career Transition Management Coaching (CTMC)
Members unsure of their intended field of employment after termination may apply for career transition management coaching. In private enterprise CTMC may be called outplacement counselling. The following services are allowable in a CTMC package, however not all need to be included:
- identification of transferrable skills
- stress management
- job options and job placement advice
- job search strategies
- coaching to develop curriculum vitae
- interview skills/ personal presentation at interview
- developing a career transition plan
Curriculum Vitae (CV) Coaching
Eligible members may access CV Coaching under CTAS. The purpose of CV Coaching is to teach ADF members how to develop their own CV which they can tailor to specific employment. CV Coaching may only be accessed once during a member’s career and it is advisable that members access this close to their date of separation.
Under CTAS, Financial Counselling is available to ADF members leaving Defence because they:
- are medically unfit; or
- are redundant; or
- have reached Compulsory Retirement Age (CRA); or
- are being Management Initiated Early Retirement (MIER).
The regional ADF Transition Centre is the approving authority for CTAS and ADF members should contact their nearest ADF Transition Centre for assistance in completing the application.
Approved absence for career transition activities is subject to the supervisor's agreement. Approved absence may be used for attendance at appointments with employment agencies, job interviews, and to attend career transition training or career transition management coaching. For more information click here.
The ADF Transition Centre will be able to provide ADF members with additional information.
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