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Advance your career
Specialised training will improve your skill set and provide you with unique capabilities that will advance your career now and in the future.
Improve your leadership skills
Navy will equip you with the leadership skills you need to perform effectively in a tight-knit team.
Boost your confidence
Grow into a more confident person and professional as you face unique Reservist experiences.
World-class training that gets you ahead
There’s no training quite like Navy Reservist initial training. The skills you acquire will benefit you at work, at home and beyond. Be prepared to lead, learn and grow in challenging but rewarding scenarios.
Officer Entry Training
Navy Reserve Officer training ensures you’re prepared for unique demands at sea and ashore. Training will invest heavily in your personal and professional development to ensure you’re fit to carry out your essential duties.
Phase 1: Initial training
Locations: HMAS Creswell, Jervis Bay NSW
Duration: Two weeks
Covers: Military fundamentals
The focus of the initial training is to teach you the fundamental skills required of a Navy Officer and develop your management and leadership skills.
Phase 2: Defence Studies
Location: Distance learning from home
Duration: Self-paced
Covers: Communication, history, Defence studies and more
Given the unique nature of the Reserve service, you will complete the remaining training components via distance learning and a series of two-week residential modules. Here you will continue to learn the basics of how to be a Navy Officer.
Phase 3: Combat survivability, survival at sea and first aid training
Location: HMAS Creswell, Jervis Bay NSW
Duration: Two weeks
Covers: Combat, survival and first aid
Here you’ll learn how to conduct CPR, bandage a snake bite, abandon a ship correctly, plus learn how to deal with threats to your ship and crew. These skills will prepare you for life in the Navy and at sea.
Phase 4: Familiarisation period
Location: At sea aboard a Navy vessel
Duration: Approximately two weeks
Covers: Processes and activities at sea
The sea familiarisation experience for trainees is an adventure aboard a Navy vessel where the basics of seamanship learnt in the classroom are applied. Trainees become crew members for this period and are involved in all activities at sea.
General Entry or Sailor Recruit Training
The focus of Navy Reserve Sailor training is to take the strengths and qualities you already possess and build on them. It's an exciting blend of physical training, practical exercises and classroom learning.
Phase 1: Initial training
Locations: HMAS Cerberus, Westernport VIC
Duration: Three weeks
Covers: Military fundamentals
The focus of this training is to teach you the fundamental skills required of a Sailor in the Navy Reserve, from swimming to physical fitness, parade training and more.
Phase 2: Combat survivability, survival at sea and first aid training
Locations: HMAS Cerberus, Westernport VIC
Duration: Two weeks at a mutually convenient time
Covers: Combat, survival and first aid
Here you’ll learn how to conduct CPR, bandage a snake bite, abandon a ship correctly, plus learn how to deal with threats to your ship and crew. These skills will prepare you for life in the Navy and at sea.
Ready to be a Navy Reservist?