Defence Force Members – Other Ranks

Tasks

There are many tasks done by defence force members – other ranks. A few are listed below:

• guarding airfields and other defence force bases
• serving as an infantry soldier
• erecting bridges, building field defences, constructing temporary roads, clearing minefields, repairing airfields and demolishing targets using explosives
• crewing armoured fighting vehicles
• operating artillery, ground and surface-based defence systems, shipboard weapons and other advanced specialist military weapons and equipment
• providing firepower and ground-based air defence
• establishing and maintaining command, control and communications equipment and facilities
• conducting surveillance, reconnaissance and boarding operations
• maintaining personal arms and ammunition

Specific occupations

• Defence Force Member - Other Ranks
• Acoustic Warfare Analyst (Navy)
• Air Dispatcher (Army)
• Air Surveillance Operator (Air Force)
• Aircraft Life Support Fitter (Air Force)
• Aircraft Life Support Fitter (Army)
• Aircrewman (Navy)
• Airfield Defence Guard (Air Force)
• Boatswains Mate (Navy)
• Combat Engineer (Army)
• Combat Systems Operator (Navy)
• Combat Systems Operator Mine Warfare (Navy)
• Commando (Army)
• Crewman Armoured Personnel Carrier M113 (Army)
• Crewman Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) (Army)
• Crewman Main Battle Tank (Army)
• Electronic Warfare - Linguist (Navy)
• Electronic Warfare - Technical (Navy)
• Geospatial Imagery Intelligence Analyst (Air Force)
• Ground Crewman Mission Support (Army)
• Gun Number (Army)
• Marine Specialist (Army)
• Naval Police Coxswain (Navy)
• Operator Artillery Meteorology and Surveyor (Army)
• Operator Electronic Warfare (Army)
• Operator Ground Based Air Defence (Army)
• Operator Weapon Locating Radar (Army)
• Rifleman (Army)
• Security Police (Air Force)
• Signal Operator Linguist (Air Force)
• Signal Operator Technical (Air Force)