2.5Low Risk
Defence Force Members - Other Ranks
Protective Service Workers · Defence Force Members, Fire Fighters and Police
AI exposure measures how much this occupation's tasks may change. It is not the probability that the job will disappear.
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Median Weekly Pay
N/A
Full-time workers
Employment
17,000
Total workers
10yr Growth
+9.4%
Projected to 2035
Shortage Status
N/A
Key Insight
Defence Force Members - Other Ranks has low AI exposure, making it one of the more resilient occupations in the Australian workforce.
JSA Official AI Exposure
Automation17.0%
Augmentation43.0%
Key Tasks
- •Guarding airfields and other defence force bases
- •Serving as an infantry soldier
- •Erecting bridges, building field defences, constructing temporary roads, clearing minefields, repairing airfields and demolishing targets using explosives
- •Crewing armoured fighting vehicles
- •Operating artillery, ground and surface-based defence systems, shipboard weapons and other advanced specialist military weapons and equipment
- •Providing firepower and ground-based air defence
- •Establishing and maintaining command, control and communications equipment and facilities
- •Conducting surveillance, reconnaissance and boarding operations
- •Maintaining personal arms and ammunition
Employment Projections to 2035
Median Age
27
Female Share
18.0%
Part-Time Share
8.0%
Skill Level
3 / 5