Start here if you've been selected for Specialist Cadet School (SCS), or you're trying to get in during BMT. Pass out as a 3SG section commander.
Start here
- Specialist Cadet School: what SCS is, the three terms, postings, and what 3SG section commanders do.
- Command school: how selection works, SIT test, peer appraisal, and indicating interest.
- Tips for Specialist Cadet School: practical notes on fitness, admin time, gear, and welfare.
Getting selected
- Command school: SIT test: show interest by doing well as IC; you can be ambushed any time.
- Ranks: where 3SG sits, and who to call sergeant, sir, or encik.
- IPPT calculator: estimate your score; aim for Gold before reporting in for the admin perks.
During the course
- Foundation Term: core infantry skills, fieldcraft, and the 12 km route march in full battle order.
- Professional Term: vocation-specific training; where you go depends on your posting.
- Combined Arms Term: combined-arms scenarios before passing out.
- Tips for Specialist Cadet School: interval-run prep, map plotting, IC during assessments, and welfare.
Money and daily life
- Financial advice: bank accounts, saving, insurance, and spending while serving.
- Saving money: practical ways to spend less during NS.
- Best canteen dishes: what to eat around camp.
- Free time: things to do with admin time and downtime.
- Useful apps: apps that make NS admin easier.
- Telegram bots: ORD counters and other useful bots.
After SCS
- Ranks: you pass out as a 3SG and take on a section commander appointment.
- OCS crossover: outstanding cadets can be taken out-of-course to OCS or sent for the Platoon Sergeant Course.
- Transport vocation: what transport life can look like.
- Storeman / supply assistant: a non-combat supply assistant experience.
Official links
- SAFTI: Specialist and Warrant Officer Institute: official page for SWI and SCS, the home of the WOSpecs corps.