Promotions in the CAF [Merged]

[PMedMoe]

If you get promoted from Pte to Cpl (for example) on 15 May and there is a revision to the rate of pay (e.g. pay raise, "economic adjustment", Spec level) that is approved on 15 Jun ("after the date on which the member was promoted") of the same year but retroactive to 01 Apr ("to commence prior to the date of the member's promotion"), you will be paid at the new rate from the date of your promotion ("as if the revised rates of pay had been approved prior to the date of promotion").

At least, that's what I'm reading.

 

[Biohazardxj]

PMedMoe.....You are correct.  Plse move to the head of the class. 

 

[timstec]

thanks a lot!

 

[PMedMoe]

PMedMoe.....You are correct.  Plse move to the head of the class. 

Thank you, thank you. 

  No applause, just throw money. 

 

[jacksparrow]

Thank you, thank you. 

  No applause, just throw money. 

Hmmmm....could you imagine toonies being thrown at you? Be careful what you wish for. LOL

 

[PMedMoe]

Hmmmm....could you imagine toonies being thrown at you? Be careful what you wish for. LOL

I'll take them!  I'll just wear my helmet!

 

[dapaterson]

And ballistic eyewear.  Don't forget to protect your eyes!

 

[097004610]

I am asking this question as I haven't been able to find anything during a search. 

I am curious as to how long it takes to be promoted from Lieutenant to Captain and so on?
I do understand this is based on a lot of other criteria but anyone know the average time it takes to get promoted?

Thank you.

 

[timstec]

From CFAO 11-6. However remember merit lists etc...

PROMOTION TO CAPTAIN, MAJOR, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL AND COLONEL

20.    Except as provided in paragraph 21, promotion to the ranks of
captain, major, lieutenant-colonel and colonel is competitive and is based
on merit and service requirements within each MOC.  Officers will be
selected for such promotions from among those:

    a.  who have entered the promotion zone for promotion to the next
          rank on attaining the required number of years of seniority in
          their current rank as follows -

          (1)  as a lieutenant - two years, except that for those
              commissioned as a lieutenant under the UTPM or CFRP the
              period is three years,

          (2)  as a captain - four years,

          (3)  as a major - four years, or

          (4)  as a lieutenant-colonel - three years;

 

[097004610]

Thank you for the speedy reply!!

 

[PMedMoe]

And ballistic eyewear.  Don't forget to protect your eyes!

Oops, better get a flak vest too......  :camo:

Mods, I'm assuming you can lock this one. 

 

[dapaterson]

Note that different parameters may apply to certain specialist occupations (Doctors, Lawyers etc).  Some are commissioned as 2Lts with simultaneous promotion to Capt.

 

[PMedMoe]

The OP is applying for ROTP.  If I'm not mistaken, you remain an OCdt until you get your degree, no?

 

[dapaterson]

I hadn't seen that post - that is correct, ROTP students remain OCdts while in school.

 

[SupersonicMax]

NO Hopeful, if you are HCA, you'll be promoted to Lt upon graduation from University as well as commissionned, and 3 years after you'll be Capt.

 

[Gunner98]

OCdt during school.  2Lt commissioned upon graduation from university ROTP.  Lt upon graduation from occupation training.

 

[SupersonicMax]

Frostnipped Elf, some trades (HCA for example) get Lt right away after grad.

 

[dapaterson]

No, certain trades do their occupational training in the summers prior to grad, vice spending their summers on OJT.  Thus, on graduation, they meet the requirement of occupational training, and are therefore promoted.

 

[Gunner98]

Frostnipped Elf, some trades (HCA for example) get Lt right away after grad.

Thanks Max for your expertise on one of my old occupations - since I was a HCA for 8 years before I became a HSO and supervised HCAs for the last few years. 

If a HCA grads from RMC - yes you get your Lt, from ROTP not necessarily. As an ROTP Arty Officer (another previous occupation) I received my Lt after Phase IV Arty was complete which was 2 years after I grad from university.  My peers from RMC were Lts before Phase Trg was done.

From Recruiting page:
Phase II: Basic Health Care Administrator Training

Upon successful completion of Phase I, you will be commissioned in the rank of Second Lieutenant or Sub-Lieutenant. This phase is comprised of three training sub-components or stages. These three stages will prepare you to serve as a junior Health Care Administration Officer in an operational unit or a static health care facility. During the first stage, the fall and winter terms of a normal academic year, you will complete a university certificate course in Health Care Management through a combination of distance learning and classroom sessions conducted at the Canadian Forces Medical Service School, CFB Borden. This program will give you the skills required for managing the delivery of health-care services in a civilian setting and, depending on your qualifications, some or all of it may be waived. During the second stage, which lasts about four weeks, you will learn how to apply your health-care management skills in the CF context. The third and final stage, which lasts about five weeks, focuses on health care delivery in close support of Combat Arms units in the field on operations.

 

[SupersonicMax]

Frotnipped Elf:  I appologize. 

In RMC case, why do they get Lts before phase trg is completed, while CiviU don't?