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Education Officer

As an Education officer, you will have various positions available to you. Your primary responsibilities will be the academic aspects of all the training and education for officers and ratings. Particular subject areas that are instructed include mathematics, physics, electronics, electrotechnology and communication skills.

If you are posted to the Navy’s Academic School, you will be responsible for teaching the academic content of courses. While the primary objective is to meet Naval training requirements, the opportunity is also taken to provide training for our personnel towards related trade qualifications and unit standards under the NQF.

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Pre-joining Requirements
Career Progression

There is a continual need to update and modify training to reflect the changes to trades within the Navy that arise from new technology, equipment and tactics. You may be employed to analyse these changes and implement new training.

If you are posted to the Training Technology School, you will be responsible for training technically qualified officers and ratings to instruct courses at the various schools within the Navy’s training establishment.

If you fill the role of the Naval Qualifications Officer, you will assume responsibility for the co-ordination of Navy courses and Unit Standards to ensure that Navy personnel receive recognised qualifications wherever possible.

After the first five years of your engagement you can expect to be more widely employed in a variety of posts. Opportunities may also arise for posts within the wider New Zealand Defence Force.

As an Education Officer you will be encouraged to undertake additional studies in your area of professional interest. Tuition fees for courses that are job-related will be paid by the Navy.

Pre-joining Requirements

Be a minimum of 17 years of age
Have completed at least three years of secondary education
Be a NZ citizen or have permanent residency and have lived in NZ for five years
Be medically fit for service
Be of good character – assessed by study of testimonials and a police record check
Be free of any criminal convictions for the previous two years

In addition to the above pre-joining requirements, to be an Education Officer in the Royal New Zealand Navy you will need to already be a professionally qualified Secondary School Teacher or Polytechnic Tutor.

Like all officers, you must also pass a two day final officer selection board.

Career Progression
Upon joining the Navy you will be required to complete a period of initial training to prepare you for your role as a Naval Officer. Once you have completed your initial training you can expect to carry out duties in addition to your role as an Education Officer. As an Officer you will be required to perform not only day-to-day administration tasks, but also ceremonial and disciplinary functions. Short postings to sea in RNZN ships may be available for Education Officers in the future. During such postings you could be employed on a variety of duties.

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