Publication:Sea Talk Summer 2007/5th career management centre up and running

By Warrant Officer Ian Daley and Mrs Billie Peresin

In order to assist sailors with FYCPs, the Directorate of Sailors’ Career Management (DSCM) has opened the fifth local Career Management Centre in July 2007. This is the final part of DSCM's implementation of the Sea Change initiative to evolve from centralised to regionalised career management for our sailors.

The Regional Career Management Centre (RCMC) is headed up by OIC, WO Ian Daley and consists of three career managers and an administration staffer. They are currently located in Russell Offices with a possible move to HMAS Harman in the future.

The RCMC will be providing career management to sailors in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, South Queensland and South Australia who are not yet covered under the current CMCs.

The local centres have been a key element of DSCM Sea Change efforts to improve access for all sailors to career managers and career information. The initiative has also allowed for partners, both serving and non-serving, to now become involved in family career planning.

The LCMCs located at Cairns, Darwin, Fleet Base West, Fleet Base East and now Regional, based in Canberra, provide the opportunity for face-to-face career counselling and local area posting management for sailors of CPO rank and below within their locality.

The RCMC has managed to visit most locations since opening with visits planned to NHQ-SA and NHQ-TAS before the end of 2007.

During a recent visit to HMAS Cerberus, the team from RCMC began FYCPs for all in the training pipeline.