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<p>RAE units are located Australia wide with the major units located as follows:</p><ul><li>School of Military Engineering, Moorebank, (NSW)</li><li>1st, 2nd, and 3rd Combat Engineer Regiments, Darwin (NT), Brisbane and Townsville (QLD)</li><li>6th Engineer Support Regiment, Brisbane (comprising 17th Construction Squadron, Sydney, (NSW) and 21st Construction Squadron) </li><li>Special Operations Engineer Regiment, Sydney (NSW)</li><li>19<sup>th</sup> Chief Engineer Works, Randwick (NSW)</li><li>1<sup>st</sup> Intelligence Battalion (1st Topographical Survey Squadron), Brisbane (QLD)</li></ul><p>In addition, selected RAE officers regularly fill overseas postings in support of less developed countries in our region and overseas exchange officer postings with our allies.</p>

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.<br><br>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

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

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Officer Entry: ADFA

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<div class="p" ><strong>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.</strong></div>

<p>The role of Engineering Officer (Engineering Corps Officer) as part of the Royal Australian Engineers Corps (RAE) is to assist in maintaining the mobility of our own forces, deny freedom of movement to the enemy, (counter-mobility), and provide general engineering support. It encompasses construction (civil), geospatial-intelligence and combat engineering.</p>
<p>Typical tasks of the RAE include:</p>
<div class="p" ><strong>Mobility Tasks. </strong>Typical mobility tasks are:</div>
<ul>
    <li>The construction, repair and maintenance of roads, airfields and bridges</li>
    <li>The construction and operation of bridging equipment and ferries</li>
    <li>The breaching and clearing of obstacles (such as minefields)</li>
    <li>Unexploded bomb disposal and booby trap clearance</li>
    <li>The provision of terrain assessment advice</li>
</ul>
<div class="p" ><strong>Counter Mobility Tasks. </strong>Typical counter-mobility tasks are:</div>
<ul>
    <li>The construction of field defences and obstacles</li>
    <li>The execution of demolitions</li>
</ul>
<div class="p" ><strong>General Engineering Tasks. </strong>Typical general engineering tasks are:</div>
<ul>
    <li>The construction, repair and maintenance of facilities such as airfields, bridges, railways, ports, roads, buildings and bulk fuel installations</li>
    <li>The provision of essential services such as water, electric power generation and reticulation, fire fighting, sewerage, drainage and waste disposal, cold storage and air conditioning, winning of local resources, (eg timber and gravel)</li>
    <li>Large scale counter-surveillance and deception measures, (such as camouflage of buildings and bridges)</li>
    <li>Decontamination of areas attacked by nuclear, biological or chemical weapons</li>
    <li>Aid to the civil community</li>
</ul>
<div class="p" ><strong>Geospatial-Intelligence. </strong>Typical geospatial-intelligence tasks include:</div>
<ul>
    <li>Process, exploit and disseminate geospatial information from aircraft, satellites and a range of other sensors, to support the intelligence cycle</li>
    <li>Employ cutting edge imagery systems and software to collect, analyse, correlate and disseminate geospatial data to create timely, relevant and accurate topographical information for intelligence purposes</li>
    <li>Surveying, photogrammetry, cartography and printing associated with conventional topographic maps</li>
    <li>Provision of digital maps and other digital topographic projects required to support the following ADF systems: command, communications, intelligence, weapons, navigation, mission planning and training simulation. The provision of digital topographic support is the dominant activity for those involved in these duties</li>
</ul>
<p>As a combat support arm, engineers are required to be able to fight in the role of infantry. Engineers are also responsible to Navy and Air Force for beach information, the construction of airfields and sea terminal facilities, and the provision of construction materials.</p>

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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

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