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Upon completion of your Initial Employment Training, your first posting will likely be to one of the primary posting locations below, where you enhance your skills received through formal training.
Primary posting locations include:
<ul>
<li>Brisbane, QLD</li>
<li>Sydney, NSW</li>
<li>Perth, WA</li>
<li>Bandiana, VIC</li>
<li>Oakey, QLD</li>
<li>Puckapunyal, VIC</li>
<li>Watsonia, VIC</li>
<li>Canberra, ACT</li></ul>
There may be opportunities to post to other locations based on service need, career development needs and individual preferences. 
You may also have the opportunity to deploy overseas on operations during your career.

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. 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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Take on a creative role where you&rsquo;ll be the Army&rsquo;s media expert; creating, capturing, and delivering a wide variety of communications material. Push multimedia boundaries and apply your technical and creative skills in diverse and unique environments.
What You&rsquo;ll Do
As a Multimedia Technician, you&rsquo;ll use creative and design software to create engaging and informative graphics, videos and other visual products to support educational, strategic and operational activities of the Australian Defence Force.
Key tasks as a Multimedia Technician include:
<ul>
 <li>Design and develop visual communications from conception to production</li>
 <li>Operate and maintain digital equipment, including audio, video and lighting</li>
 <li>Capture and edit both video and photography</li>
 <li>Operate a variety of illustrative, editing, presentation and 3D modelling software</li>
 <li>Apply design principles and best practice principles to all outputs</li>
</ul>
This is a unique role with opportunities to travel and experience all aspects of the military. Specialise your craft whilst learning a broad range of skills in a role where no two projects are the same. 
Training and Progression
You don&rsquo;t need any prior experience to join. After completing recruit training, you&rsquo;ll learn everything you need to know through your Initial Employment Training (IET). It will cover topics such as design fundamentals, multimedia software applications, audio and video production, information fusion and the planning and managing of multimedia tasks.
Once you have completed your Initial Employment Training you will be posted to a unit where you can consolidate and apply your basic multimedia skills. In that time, you will be required to complete the Introduction to Defence Intelligence Course (IDIC).
If you have a passion for certain multimedia skills, such as photography, videography, or 3D modelling there are opportunities throughout your career to develop specialised skills with additional training opportunities available.
Additional Information
A day in the life of a Multimedia Technician in the Australian Defence Force is never the same. You will develop information products, visual aides and 3D imagery to support information warfare operations. This uniquely creative military role offers plenty of variety, interest and adventure. 
As a Multimedia Technician, you&rsquo;ll have the opportunity to connect with people from allied nations, Indigenous cultures, communicate across cultural barriers and interact with the local populace through a variety of programs.
Not many jobs can give you the sense of pride that comes from serving your country and providing support to communities in need, both here and overseas. Take on this role if you&rsquo;re after great benefits, strong friendships and a creative job with a real difference.
In-service Information
This role is known as Multimedia Technician within the Army.
Employment Category Number (ECN): 180
Employment Category: Combat Support

Join a specialised creative team and become a multimedia expert using a wide range of professional audio-visual technology.

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Multimedia Technician

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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