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RAEME Officers could be posted to any Workshop in the Australian Army. The majority of these units are located in Brisbane, Townsville, Darwin and Adelaide. There are also many positions within the Army School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering in Bandiana, Victoria as well as the Land Engineering Agency in Melbourne.&nbsp;

You will be paid while you train, and on completion of your Initial Military Training and Employment Training, you’ll earn at least:

Training

Your starting salary

Trained

Your salary once trained

In the Army you'll get paid a good salary from day one regardless of your age, experience or qualifications; and your pay increases as you progress through training. In addition to your salary you'll receive a variety of allowances, extra pay for relevant qualifications – plus 16.4% superannuation, a far higher rate than you're likely to find in the civilian world.

Officer Entry: Royal Military College – Duntroon (RMC)

Officer Entry: RMC - Duntroon

Opportunities are available for non-engineer qualified officers to pursue tertiary qualifications in engineering, IT and Logistics after graduation from RMC.

Electrical Engineering Officers could be posted to any ground based Workshop in the Australian Army. The majority of these units are located in Brisbane, Townsville, Darwin and Adelaide. There are also many positions within the Army School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering in Bandiana, Victoria as well as the Land Engineering Agency in Melbourne.

You will be paid while you study. On completion of your degree, Initial Military Training and Initial Employment Training, you'll earn at least:

Your salary while completing your studies

Officer Entry: Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA)

Officer Entry: ADFA

As an engineering graduate, RAEME officers may be selected for overseas training up to Masters degree level.Opportunities are available for non-engineer qualified officers to pursue tertiary qualifications in engineering, IT and Logistics after graduation from RMC.

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<div class="p" >Army General Service Officers are allocated to specific roles shortly before graduation from the Royal Military College - Duntroon. The allocation of roles is based on performance during training.</div>
As a General Service Officer in the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) corps, you will be an integral part of a team of specialists maintaining, modifying and managing the Australian Army&rsquo;s modern military equipment.
Examples of the roles in which you could be employed include a Workshop Commander within a Signals Unit maintaining a suite of satellite communication systems or an Operations Officer within a Field Workshop planning the maintenance for a Brigade.
You will also be exposed to the full range of general service roles such as a staff officer, logistics planner and instructor positions. Throughout your career, you will be given many development and training opportunities that will enable you to perform in any environment and under all types of conditions.
There are two types of entry for the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Officer; the Royal Military College &ndash; Duntroon and Australian Defence Force Academy.
After your initial training at your First Appointment Course at the Royal Military College - Duntroon, followed up by the Logistic Officer Basic Course and the RAEME Officer Basic Course &ndash; Ground, you will likely be employed as a Troop Commander within a Workshop. Here you will be able to learn Army&rsquo;s trades, equipment, maintenance systems and administration. Subsequent postings will likely be in a headquarters element planning operational logistics or maintenance activities.
After completion of an engineering degree at the Australian Defence Force Academy, First Appointment training at the Royal Military College &ndash; Duntroon, you will then complete the Logistic Officer Basic Course and the RAEME Officer Basic Course &ndash; Ground. Following these courses, you will likely be employed as a troop commander within a Workshop in order to allow you to understand the operating context of Army&rsquo;s equipment. This will provide you with the grounding to make informed engineering decisions later in your career. Subsequent postings may include headquarters elements as a maintenance or logistic planner, the Land Engineering Agency or the Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group.

Take responsibility for the maintenance of hardware ranging from tanks to watercraft and weapon systems; having acquired leadership skills as a General Service Officer.

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Electrical and Mechanical Officer

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Benefits you won't see anywhere else

You’ll enjoy the following:

Great salary from day one, which increases with experience

Generous superannuation of 16.4% – a huge 4.9% over the Australian standard

Help to buy a home, a subsidised home loan or rent allowance

Free medical and dental for you, and subsidised healthcare for you and your family

Fully paid training

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