OOC from BSLC in SCS: Post Out? Vocation? Rank? How?
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Hi, I am currently doing my foundation term (aka BSLC) in SCS now and have only 2 weeks left before posting out to my vocational training.
But last week, I had an asthma attack (childhood asthma before this) after SOC and the MO wanted to OOC me and told me I need to temporary downgrade PES to C9L3 for 6 months, but I told him I am only left with 2 weeks before passing out and if it was possible to let me finish my foundation term first.
He then told me to ask me to get a hospital specialist memo to submit to him after that. I am having my specialist appointment on the last week of my foundation term and now I have some questions.1) Can the MO OOC me during the last week of my course even though I completed all the high key events and passed the veto factor of IPPT pass?
2) How/ When will I know my vocational posting order? From PC/ OC/ Coy Office?
3) If I OOC and down PES after foundation term, can I still be eligible to become a 3SG? Will my rank remain PTE? After BSLC, will my rank be CPL?
Thanks!
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Specialist Cadet School (SCS)
3-Term ProgrammeThe Specialist Cadet School (SCS) trains selected soldiers with leadership potential from all formations in the Army to be commanders.
Although trainees enter SCS with very different expectations, they all agree on one thing when they graduate - training was tough but rewarding.
Trainees at SCS first undergo the Foundation Term during which they are taught basic infantry skills to command an infantry section. During the first week of the Foundation Term, trainees are also presented with the Specialist Cadet Rank.
After the Foundation Term, trainees are sent to the various formations for specialised training in their respective vocations during the Professional Term. Trainees who are selected for the Infantry vocation will remain in SCS for their Professional Term.
Finally, under the Combined Arms Term, all trainees will return to SCS to share with each other on the different experiences and skills that they have learnt during their Professional Term.Command Teams and Faculty TeamsAt SCS, there is a strong focus on character and leadership development as well as imparting essential soldering skills. To achieve these goals, SCS trainers are organised into Command Teams and Faculty Teams.
Command Teams will stay with the same company of cadets throughout their term in SCS. This provides them the time and opportunities to fully understand and mould the cadets in their leadership and management skills.
The Faculty Teams help to strengthen the cadets' breadth and depth of understanding in their war fighting skills. Each team consists of instructors with different areas of expertise such as weapon handling, navigation and signalling. With the Faculty Teams, the cadets are able to gain a full picture of our Army operations. -
The MO has all the power to say if you're fit/unfit. Because if he certifies you fit and something happens after that, he'll be responsible. Having that responsbility gives him the power (that's why he wears the CPT rank) to declare you unfit/OOC if necessary.
You need to complete BSLC to get CPL. Otherwise you will leave SCS as a PTE.
You might get posted to become an admin supervisor or CQ, etc. which will still get you a 3SG in the end. or you might end up as a clerk, cameraman, whatever....
Postings are anybody's guess, its according to manpower requirements at the MINDEF level, wherever needs people, you're just a name they fit into the next vacancy. -
i ever seen an officer cadet OOC on the night before he was to be commission
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Originally posted by "newbie":
i ever seen an officer cadet OOC on the night before he was to be commission
he will get 3sgt right?
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Originally posted by Li hao Lim Matthew:
he will get 3sgt right?
Depends on why he was declared OOC.