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<p>The Air Dispatcher is predominantly employed within 9th Force Support Battalion (9 FSB) and Air Mobility Training and Development Unit (AMTDU) Richmond NSW, Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) Perth WA, 2nd Commando Regiment (2 Cdo Regt) Holsworthy NSW and the ADF Parachute School, Nowra NSW. They can be deployed with a wide variety of units throughout the Army and with other services of the ADF.</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.

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<div class="p"><em><strong>Role.</strong> The role of the Royal Australian Corps of Transport (RACT) is to control and operate Army owned surface transport, other than unit transport, and to provide movement control, terminal, postal and Army aspects of air logistic support to the Army.</em></div>
<p>The RACT plays a pivotal role within the distribution network of the Australian Army. The men and women of the RACT plan and deliver the required personnel, stores and equipment, Combat Service Support (CSS) through the distribution process utilising road, rail, sea and air transportation.</p>
<p>The RACT has many tasks to perform including operating the Army fleet of landing craft and amphibious vehicles, all forms of road transport, distribution centres and specialist units that prepare, pack and dispatch supplies dropped from the air. To perform these tasks, the RACT is equipped with a large selection of vehicles including light trucks, heavy cargo and specialist vehicles, 60 tonne semi-trailers, amphibious and small landing craft.</p>
<p>The Air Dispatcher is an RACT soldier who packs, rigs, loads/unloads stores and equipment for all modes of air movement, (including airdrop, airland and helicopter external lift) and who manually dispatches cargo from aircraft whilst in flight.</p>
<p>Main Job Functions:</p>
<ul>
    <li>Use Aerial Delivery Equipment (ADE)</li>
    <li>Load and unload military aircraft</li>
    <li>Operate specialist vehicles and material handling equipment (MHE) in and around military aircraft</li>
    <li>Prepare and rig items for all modes of air movement including airdrop, airland and helicopter external lift</li>
    <li>Manually dispatch small cargo loads from military aircraft in flight</li>
    <li>Operate and clear cargo drop zones (DZ)</li>
    <li>Conduct tasks at a helicopter Landing Point (LP)/Landing Site (LS) in preparation for helicopter operations</li>
    <li>Interpret and comply with the requirements of Air Logistic publications and</li>
    <li>Comply with Commonwealth and State Legislation pertaining to the safe handling of Dangerous Goods (DG) and explosives</li>
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<div class="p"><strong>In-Service Information</strong></div>
<div class="p">Employment Category Number (ECN): <strong>099</strong></div>
<div class="p">Employment Category: <strong>Combat Support</strong></div>

Enjoy an action-packed military logistics role on the ground and in the air, managing the packing, loading and aerial dispatch of Army supplies, vehicles and equipment.

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Air Dispatcher

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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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