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Challenge yourself with a one-year commitment
Develop your skills and take time to think about your future career direction by spending a memorable year in the ADF.
Who it&rsquo;s for: 17-24 year olds wanting a 12-month taste of life in the ADF.

You'll 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 Air Force you'll be paid a good salary from day one regardless of your age, experience or qualifications.

ADF Gap Year

Upon successful completion of Initial Employment Training, you&rsquo;ll undertake aircraft maintenance and repair duties in the Aviation Support Technician role for approximately 7 months at any of the major operational air bases to consolidate your training.

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As an Aviation Support Technician, you&rsquo;ll get a &lsquo;try before you buy&rsquo; experience of working towards a trade in the Air Force without any obligation to serve beyond the end of the program. It&rsquo;s a great opportunity to learn more about the service and try your hand at one of the technical roles essential to keeping the Air Force operational. You'll provide aircraft flight line and ground support services at airfields operating ADF aircraft.

You'll work with skilled tradespeople gaining a unique insight into one of the technical roles on offer in the Air Force. You'll typically work as part of flight line technical team, which means you&rsquo;ll be on the tarmac assisting Air Force technical trades in performing servicing, ground handling and support duties. You&rsquo;ll undertake a range of technical and trade related tasks while supporting one of the following roles:

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 <li>Aircraft Structural Technician
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 <li>Aircraft Armament Technician
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 <li>Aircraft Technician
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 <li>Avionics Technician
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 <li>Aviation Survival Equipment Technician.</li>
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Discover what it’s like to work in a technical role in the Air Force over an action-packed 12-month period that will see you maintaining and repairing state-of-the-art military aircraft.

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Aviation Support Technician (ADF Gap Year)

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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