About the role
Be a tradie in the Navy operating, maintaining, diagnosing and repairing advanced technical and military hardware, onboard submarines and ashore. Whether you're an apprentice, have a trade, or have no experience at all, you'll be well paid from day one.
Responsibilities
As an Electronics Technician Submariner, you'll be responsible for the performance of underwater sensors, combat and weapons systems, communications, navigation aids, electronic warfare systems and more.
Your typical day will see you operating systems and monitoring performance to identify and correct operational faults. You'll conduct maintenance tasks, including routine planned maintenance, attending to breakdown maintenance, and assisting contractors in higher level maintenance.
Please note, Electronics Technicians do not maintain electrical services. If you're looking for an electrical trade and have an interest in working with electrical power generation or high voltage systems, you may be better suited to employment as an Electrical Fitter.
* underwater sensors (sonar, torpedo countermeasures)
* combat systems
* radar systems and periscopes
* communications systems (HF, VHF, UHF)
* electronic warfare systems
Additional duties may include:
* submarine security, firefighting and replenishment at sea
* boarding party, first aid, flood repair and flight deck
* assisting with medical, ammunitioning or ceremonial duties
* shift work, or on-call duties as required
Training & Skills
With paid training, you'll gain all the skills you need to tackle anything this rewarding role throws at you. This training and support continues as your career progresses, equipping you with qualifications and a range of skills that will benefit you, wherever your career takes you.
Progression
Opportunities for progression and upskilling continue throughout your career. As you progress, the Navy will provide you with development opportunities to assist you with your increasing leadership responsibility, as well as further education and specialised training within your chosen role. This will set you up to run a highly skilled team of sailors in a variety of tasks, both at sea and ashore.
Additional Information
In the Navy, this role is known as: Electronics Technician Submariner (Title abbreviation: ET SM).
Following training, you'll spend the majority of your career based out of HMAS Stirling, WA. There are a number of other shore postings available at various locations around Australia.
Eligibility & Requirements
I am an Australian citizen, or an eligible Australian permanent resident.
I am at least 17 years old (you can start your application at 16.5 years).
My background can be checked – to obtain the minimum-security clearance, you must have lived in Australia or have a checkable background for the past 10 years.
I have completed Year 10 – you'll need to have passed Year 10 English and Maths.
I am reasonably fit and healthy – keeping fit is a big part of joining the ADF. You won't need to pass a physical fitness test before you join, but you will need to pass the swim and physical fitness tests to graduate from your training.
My driver's licence is not suspended or cancelled – you don't need a driver's licence for this role but if you have one, it can't be suspended or cancelled.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Department of Defence is an equal opportunity employer.
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