Defence Force Members - Other Ranks
ANZSCO 4411
17,000
8%
18%
27 yrs
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.
Salary and some workforce figures are suppressed for this occupation because Jobs and Skills Australia / the ABS do not publish estimates for small populations (typically fewer than 50 employed people) or because the figures have been perturbed for privacy. They are shown as unavailable rather than zero.
About this career
Defence Force Members - Other Ranks provide specialised military services to the Australian and New Zealand Defence Forces.
What they typically do
- 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
States and territories
Share of workers by location
Qualification pathways
These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Defence Force Members - Other Ranks.
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Certificate III in Explosive Ordnance Operations
DEF30320 · AQF 3 · 1 providers
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Certificate IV in Explosive Ordnance Manufacture
DEF40220 · AQF 4 · 2 providers
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Certificate III in Field Petroleum Operations
DEF30117 · AQF 3 · 0 providers
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Certificate IV in Explosive Ordnance Maintenance
DEF40120 · AQF 4 · 2 providers
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Certificate II in Explosive Ordnance
DEF20120 · AQF 2 · 2 providers
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Certificate III in Explosive Ordnance Manufacture
DEF30220 · AQF 3 · 1 providers
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Certificate II in Explosive Ordnance Manufacture
DEF20220 · AQF 2 · 1 providers
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Certificate III in Explosive Ordnance Proof and Experimental
DEF30420 · AQF 3 · 2 providers
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Certificate IV in Defence Financial Administration
DEF40817 · AQF 4 · 0 providers
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Certificate III in Explosive Ordnance Maintenance
DEF30120 · AQF 3 · 2 providers
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Certificate II in Defence Skills
DEF20326 · AQF 2 · 0 providers
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Certificate I in Defence Skills
DEF10126 · AQF 1 · 2 providers