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Australian Army - RAAOC Conductors Patch
Australian Army - Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps Conductors Patch
Worn by WO1 Conductors. Service Dress version: Mess Dress version: In July 2005, Chief of the Army approved the re-introduction of conductors within selected employment categories among RAAOC WO1s. Head of Corps RAAOC Brig Garry Banister said the prestigious appointment recognised the achievement of technical skills and subject mastery and identified those soldiers who had the capacity to make a superior contribution to their trade and, by extension, the wider Army. “The role of the RAAOC conductor is to further governance, technical competency, trade mastery and retention within their employment category,” he said. “The appointment provides soldiers with an opportunity to voice trade concern issues through the conductor directly to the Head of Corps.” The appointment of conductor has its origins in the British Army with the first recorded use of the appointment in 1311. The conductor was responsible for conveying troops and equipment from place to place. Within the Australian Army, conductors were employed in the First and Second AIF to undertake liaison for deployed Australian brigades. The appointment of conductor lapsed following Army reorganisation in the late 1940s. Since the 1960s ordnance liaison warrant officers have assumed some of the responsibilities of the RAAOC conductor. |
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