ADF Trade/Technician

Trade & Technical (TR/T) jobs in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) present young people and adults with some excellent opportunities.

For summary, please read the article 'Trade and Technical Jobs in the ADF' published in CONTACT magazine written by Jonathan Ryan, Director of PATS.

Why choose TR/T in ADF?

Skill shortage in TR/T for many years in many sections of Australian industry, particularly in the resource, aviation industry and Defence
Good pay from start of training compared to many other apprenticeship
Training standards far exceed most civilian opportunities
Adult applicants accepted
ADF benefit package

Training Process

With all trade jobs in ADF, the Initial Minimum Period of Service (IMPS) is six years. Approximately the first two years of this period will be devoted to training. The following diagram shows the three stages of the training process. After the training, you will be considered fully qualified.

Expected Payment

One of the key benefits of the TR/T path is that the payment is reasonably well even in the training period.

You will start on recruit pay of about $35k per year in MT.
Then advancing to $40K for the first six months of IET, with about a $3000 pay rise after 6 months and another $3000 in another six months.
After finishing IET, salary inclusive of various service allowances, will be between $70k to $85k.

Categories of Trade

There are many kinds of TR/T job available in Australian Army, Navy and Air Force. Typical traditional jobs are electrician, carpenter, plumber, mechanic and so on. There are also non-traditional high tech jobs such as telecommunications technician, metalsmith and marine technician.

PATS Training Program

TR/T jobs in ADF present fantastic opportunities for those who are looking for a good job, nice pay and excellent future. To join TR/T in ADF, you need to pass YOU Session test first.

YOU Session test is an aptitude test which is sat by ALL applicants to ADF. Threshold minimum scores are required for various job categories. The failure rate can be as high as 80%.

PATS is specialized in preparing people with aptitude tests or psychometric tests such as YOU Session test. We are experts in boosting the aptitude test performance. We currently have 100% pass rate for ADF applicants over the last 12 months.

For more information about YOU Session test and PATS YOU Session Training Program, please click here .