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Members of the Naval Reserve work part-time at a local Reserve unit in their community. They work at least one evening a week, one Saturday a month, with training and deployment opportunities available in the summer time. The choice to go on a deployment or additional training is voluntary. Deployments can vary from a coastal patrol to providing emergency relief in Canada or elsewhere in the world.
Maritime Surface and Sub-Surface Officers manage and direct the maritime strategy, tactics and procedures in the operation of ships, submarines and aircraft, maritime sensors, combat information and weapons systems.
Maritime Surface and Sub-Surface Officers are the only officers who can have Command of the Navys ships and submarines. Maritime Surface and Sub-Surface Officers also provide input into the design, procurement and evaluation of ships or systems and perform staff, training and administrative duties. Their primary responsibilities are to:
Command, coordinate and control Military Maritime Operations
Lead and make decisions that will affect the general conduct of operations and ships crew security
Provide expertise in a wide range of activities relating to the exercise of sea power
Direct and conduct strategies, tactics and procedures in the operation of ships, submarines, aircraft, maritime sensors, combat information and weapons systems
Provide input into the design, procurement and evaluation of ships or systems
Perform staff, training and administrative duties
Qualifications
A successful candidate must:
be a Canadian Citizen
be 16 years of age and full-time student (with parental or guardian consent if under 18), or
be 17 years of age (with parental or guardian consent if under 18)
meet Canadian Armed Forces medical standards
successfully complete selection process, interview and examinations
pass physical fitness tests
Have a university degree or be enrolled full time in a university working towards one
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Not required