Air Force
Full Time

Intelligence Analyst (Geospatial)

Full Time
In-service title: Air Intelligence Analyst - Geospatial Intelligence
As an Intelligence Analyst (Geospatial), you’ll work in both Air Force and joint ADF environments, providing critical intelligence to support a wide range of operations. You’ll play a key role in helping ADF personnel understand where they’re going and what the lay of the land is, correlating imagery with cartographic data, conducting imagery analysis, producing imagery-based reports and contributing directly to the overall intelligence capability of the Air Force.
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Air Force - Intelligence Analyst (Geospatial)

What you'll do

You’ll be responsible for the collection, analysis and dissemination of geospatial information and imagery intelligence. Working in secure office and field environments as part of a tight-knit, collaborative team, you’ll conduct analysis of imagery, provide support to flying operations and manage imagery and map storage retrieval systems. You’ll produce image-rich reports explaining the military, industrial and geographic features.

Your duties may include:

  • maintaining imagery libraries
  • working with aircrew and Air Intelligence Officers in reconnaissance and strike mission planning
  • presenting briefs, preparing visual aids, and generating weaponeering solutions and targeting information
  • maintaining intelligence databases
  • interpreting and analysing all forms of imagery to produce geospatial and imagery-related reports
  • producing tailored intelligence products in support of a broad range of ADF maritime, land and air operations
  • managing intelligence materials and resources.
Opportunities for progression and upskilling continue throughout your career. As you progress, the Air Force will provide you with development opportunities to assist you with your increasing leadership responsibility, as well as further education and specialised training within your chosen role. This world-class training will strengthen your skillset and help you to lead teams of aviators in future.

Following training, you may be posted to:

  • No. 460SQN, Canberra, ACT
  • No. 83SQN, RAAF Base Edinburgh, SA
  • No. 87SQN Headquarters, RAAF Base Edinburgh, SA
  • No. 87SQN Tactical Intelligence Flights located at:
    • RAAF Base Amberley, Qld
    • RAAF Base Richmond or Williamtown, NSW
    • RAAF Base Tindal, NT
    • RAAF Base Edinburgh, SA. 

In time, you may be posted to:

  • Defence School of Intelligence, Canungra Qld
  • Headquarters Air Command - Air and Space Operations Centre, Bungendore NSW
  • Headquarters Joint Operations Command, Bungendore NSW.

You may also be required to participate in exercises and deployments, including supporting allied forces, and Navy and Army operations, both in the Australia and overseas.

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Requirements and training

About entry methods
No experience required
General Entry: Non-technical
Requirements
Citizenship

You must be an Australian citizen to serve in the ADF. However, Australian permanent residents may be eligible. For more details, visit the "Citizenship" tab on the Eligibility Requirements page.

Age
You can apply for a role in the ADF from 16.5 years of age and must be at least 17 to join. The maximum age to join is 54 years.
Licences
For this role, you’ll need an Australian state or territory full, provisional or probationary C Class licence. If your licence is suspended or cancelled, you won’t be eligible until that suspension or cancellation has been lifted or has expired.
Security requirements

All ADF members require a security clearance. As an ADF member, you’ll need to obtain the appropriate level of security clearance for your role. You’ll need a collection of relevant information including background checks and/or interviews so the Australian Government Security Vetting Agency (AGSVA) can make an informed assessment to ensure the protection of Government resources and information. Your Careers Coach will explain what level of clearance is required for the career you are considering.

For more information or to learn about how security clearance will apply to you, view the eligibility requirements page.

Education and experience
Completion of Year 10 (or equivalent) education required with passes in English and Maths. If you haven't completed Year 10 but are interested in joining, the ADF may be able to support your application.
Health and fitness

To join the ADF, you must be healthy and physically fit. This is partially assessed from the completion of an extensive questionnaire covering your medical history, followed by a physical examination.

You’ll also be required to successfully pass a physical fitness assessment.

Female

  • Sit-ups (feet held): 20
  • Shuttle Run Score: 5.1.

Male

  • Sit-ups (feet held): 20
  • Shuttle Run Score: 6.1.

For further details on medical and physical fitness standards, refer to physical fitness standards for entry into the ADF and medical process for entry into the ADF.

Period of service

You’ll be enlisted for an Initial Minimum Period of Service (IMPS) of 6 years. Subsequent periods of service may be offered subject to the requirements of the ADF and your suitability for further service. You’ll have a Careers Coach who can advise on how IMPS will relate to your chosen occupation and personal situation.

You may request discharge at any time provided you do not have an outstanding IMPS obligation.

Additional requirements

Security requirements

Intelligence Analysts are required to undertake a Top Secret Positive Vetting (PV) security clearance through the Australian Government Security Vetting Agency (AGSVA) and for this role, obtain a Defence Intelligence Suitability Assessment (DISA). The DISA is a confidential psychological assessment which determines your individual suitability to work with highly classified information and you must obtain a DISA prior to being sent a letter of offer of employment for this role. The security clearance process is, by necessity, lengthy and intrusive.

Intelligence Analysts will complete Initial Employment Training (IET) while their application for a security clearance is in progress. Often the clearance process will take longer than the IET so you may find yourself posted to the Air Force Intelligence Support Cell, RAAF Base Edinburgh, SA, to undertake work while you await your clearance.

Physical requirements

You may be required to pass stereoscopic vision testing to ascertain your ability to register form and depth from visual inputs.

Additional essential requirements

  • Well-developed research and analytical skills
  • Well-developed interpersonal skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Capable of working under pressure
  • Technical aptitude to enable understanding of threat systems
Training
Military training

Course: Air Force Recruit Training
Duration: 11 weeks
Location: RAAF Base Wagga, NSW

During this training you'll transition from civilian to Service life, acquiring the basic knowledge, skills and physical fitness required for your role; and learning to become an effective and productive member of the Air Force.

The major elements of the course include:

  • personal development and teamwork
  • parade drill
  • weapon handling and firing
  • airfield defence
  • fire fighting
  • physical fitness
  • Air Force history, customs and traditions
  • military law.

After graduation, you'll undertake Initial Employment Training (IET) in your trade or category.

Employment training

Your Initial Employment Training (IET) for Air Force Intelligence (AFINT) will focus on developing fundamental intelligence skills. The training consists of 2 phases. Phase 1 focuses on intelligence fundamentals, while Phase 2 is focused on geospatial intelligence.

Phase 1

Course: Introduction to Defence Intelligence Course (IDIC)
Duration: 2 weeks
Location: Defence School of Intelligence - Air (DSI-Air), RAAF Base Edinburgh, SA

You’ll learn the fundamentals of the role and complexity of intelligence capabilities and processes. You’ll come out of this course with an understanding of how intelligence is collected, processed and disseminated.

 

Course: Defence Intelligence Research and Analysis Course (DIRAC)
Duration: 2 weeks
Location: Defence School of Intelligence - Air (DSI-Air), RAAF Base Edinburgh, SA

You'll learn a range of techniques to collect, analyse, integrate and synthesise operationally relevant information which describes and explains trends, threats or issues in order to enable military decision making.

 

Course: Common Intelligence Fundamentals Course (CIFC)
Duration: 7 weeks
Location: Defence School of Intelligence - Air (DSI-Air), RAAF Base Edinburgh, SA

This course will provide you with the skills and knowledge required to work as an intelligence analyst. At the conclusion of the course, you’ll be prepared to conduct specialist domain intelligence training and be capable of applying common intelligence processes in future wars.

 

Course: Air Intelligence Fundamentals Course (AIFC)
Duration: 3 weeks
Location: Defence School of Intelligence - Air (DSI-Air), RAAF Base Edinburgh, SA

This course will provide you with air-specific knowledge and enable you to apply intelligence skills and processes to common and air domains, whilst ensuring you’re job ready.

 

Phase 2

Course: Imagery Intelligence Support to Operations Course
Duration: 19 weeks
Location: Defence School of Intelligence (DSI), Canungra, Qld

You’ll be trained in the theory, analytical and practical skills required to perform a variety of tasks within the ADF intelligence community. The imagery training continuum comprises of:

  • Equipment Recognition course (1 week) - builds on the Initial Equipment Recognition on-line self-paced training
  • Imagery Intelligence Foundation course (9 weeks) - provides core theory and practical training in the collection, processing and dissemination of imagery intelligence
  • Imagery Intelligence Support to Operations course (9 weeks) - provides theory and practical training in geospatial and imagery intelligence analysis in support of operations.
Further training
You’ll be given opportunities to take a wide variety of specialist courses covering topics such as weaponry, mission planning and advanced targeting.