What is the Defence Force's equivalent of an MOS?

Bagpipe

Hello,


I am just wondering what our equivalent to an MOS (Military Occupation Specialty)?


For context, in the American Army an Infantryman is an 11B or 11 Bravo and in the Marine Corps 0311 is an Infantry Rifleman I believe?


Say for a bog standard Irish rifleman in a section, is he just a rifleman or does he have any special designation if that makes any sense.


Thanks for any replies

Signore Fancy Pants

We dont use an MOS system, so no special designation.

Bagpipe

Signore Fancy Pants wrote: »

We dont use an MOS system, so no special designation.

Could you give me any insight on what system is used?

Signore Fancy Pants

There is no system.

Esel

Unless he/she is a POS...

Bagpipe

Signore Fancy Pants wrote: »

There is no system.

Esel wrote: »

Unless he/she is a POS...

So what is the system that they have called or how does it work?

Signore Fancy Pants

Bagpipe wrote: »

So what is the system that they have called or how does it work?

Um the Rank system.

The below is for enlisted Infantry in the Army. The Air Corps, Naval Service, Artillery and Cavalry have different names but equivilant ranks.

Recruit
Private 2 Star
Private 3 Star (Bog standard soldier in a Section).
Corporal
Sergeant
Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Company Sergeant
Battalion Quartermaster Sergeant
Battalion Sergeant Major

Seperate from the Ranks, of course personnel can specialise in different areas, sometimes multiple areas but we dont use a numeric term for a speciality.

Bagpipe

Signore Fancy Pants wrote: »

Um the Rank system.

The below is for enlisted Infantry in the Army. The Air Corps, Naval Service, Artillery and Cavalry have different names but equivilant ranks.

Recruit
Private 2 Star
Private 3 Star (Bog standard soldier in a Section).
Corporal
Sergeant
Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Company Sergeant
Battalion Quartermaster Sergeant
Battalion Sergeant Major

Seperate from the Ranks, of course personnel can specialise in different areas, sometimes multiple areas but we dont use a numeric term for a speciality.

Yes its the specialties of different areas I was looking for but thank you very much anyway!

Signore Fancy Pants

Bagpipe wrote: »

Yes its the specialties of different areas I was looking for but thank you very much anyway!

No hassle. We just dont use a numeric for that stuff.

Stovepipe

A technician or certain post holders are in receipt of technical pay and they might be called an aircraft technician or an engine room artificer,titles which define their role but the DF does not have a numbering system like the Americans. Our Military essentially copied the British system back when the National Army was being formed, as it was what everyone was used to, their having been so many Irish in the British military. Our rank structure would follow British systems in that we have similar ranks. The American numbering system is also to do with pay grades/specialist pay and the level of training required for a post. As an example, driving training is given to a much wider range of ranks in the US military than in the Defence Forces, because traditionally, Americans tend to have driving licenses much earlier than Irish people do, they have vastly more driving requirements in their huge military than we do and they give driving tuition much earlier in a military career than we do. It is entirely possible to spend an entire career in the DF and never have DF training to drive anything, even the smallest car.

roundymac

Bagpipe wrote: »

Yes its the specialties of different areas I was looking for but thank you very much anyway!

Why do you want to know this?

Bagpipe

roundymac wrote: »

Why do you want to know this?

Because I want to learn more about our Defence Forces:D

earlytobed

It probably has changed now but in my service 80s, 90s there was a scale of technicians pay,
Tech 1 to Tech 5 depending on qualification.
I was Tech 5, which was pretty good, as a Private it brought pay to around the same as a line sergeant

arybvtcw0eolkf

earlytobed wrote: »

It probably has changed now but in my service 80s, 90s there was a scale of technicians pay,
Tech 1 to Tech 5 depending on qualification.
I was Tech 5, which was pretty good, as a Private it brought pay to around the same as a line sergeant

We're gone up to tech grade 6 now

dahamster

Raphael Dirty Oboe wrote: »

We're gone up to tech grade 6 now

Tech 6 was always there. Aircraft Inspectors in the Aer Corps had it.