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About the role
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Specialisations
Logistics & Administration
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Entry type
General entry
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Under training
$68,103
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Location
Devonport
Logistics Supply Specialists in the Navy are an integral part of a ship’s crew, and are an essential link in the efficient supply chain between ships and shore. They are experts in inventory management, ensuring the ship has whatever it requires to sail at any given time.
You are responsible for ordering and providing equipment and stores, such as ship parts, clothing, medical supplies, weapons and ammunition. Logistics Supply Specialists enjoy a balance of service at sea as part of a deployed force overseas, and ashore in Naval establishments in Auckland.
The initial parts of your career are spent ashore in the Naval Supply Depot in Devonport Naval Base with short postings to ships to consolidate your learning and put your skills to practice. Whilst serving on a ship, you will contribute to the ship’s communal effort. This ranges from firefighting or carrying out damage control, to being an active member of the ship’s boarding party, domestic cleanliness duties and general seamanship – just to name a few.
As you gain experience and rank, there will be further opportunities to post back to sea for supervisory and managerial positions. These can be supplemented with deployments to land-based missions in New Zealand as well as overseas, postings to tri-Service establishments and exchanges with the Canadian, UK or Australian Navy.
Accepting Applications
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Basic Common Training 25-2, starts 25 Aug 2025 Apply by 12 May 2025
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Requirements
Basics
- Be a minimum of 18 years of age upon entry.
- Eligible to meet national security clearance criteria, as stipulated by the Government's Protective Security Requirements.
Education
3 years secondary school. Note, qualifications may be used to assess trade suitability.
Fitness & Medical
Citizenship
There are strict citizenship and security requirements to gain the CV security clearance required for this trade. You must be free of any criminal convictions for the previous two years.
We offer guidance on entry requirements in our eligibility section. Apply if you're uncertain, as we’ll work through the criteria with you to determine if you can proceed.
RNZN Logistics Supply Specialists play an essential role in the Royal New Zealand Navy and in broader NZDF operations. They keep our ships running and our people stocked with all the supplies and equi
Benefits & allowances
Earn a competitive salary while training or learning your trade, along with additional allowances for time spent in the field, at sea, overseas, or deployed on operations.
In addition to salary and allowances, other benefits of joining the New Zealand Defence Force include:
- Access to your Service marae or tūrangawaewae
- Sponsored tertiary study programmes at all levels
- Free access to gyms and swimming pools on camp and bases
- Opportunities to travel
- Free and subsidised medical and dental care
- Subsidised food and accommodation on camps and bases
- Free and subsidised insurance cover
- Help to buy a home and save for retirement
Salary & benefits
Careers in the Navy are well-rewarded, as well as being diverse and exciting. As you become more experienced and move up through the ranks, gaining additional skills and qualifications, you will see your salary rise accordingly.
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Under training
$68,103
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Future potential earnings
$98,000
Career progression and training
01Career Progression
Career Progression
Your hard work, experience, and training accomplishments as a Logistics Supply Specialist is rewarded by promotions in rank and salary. Following your initial training and consolidation, you can expect to have attained a basic level of competence within 18 months of joining. This will be supplemented by a sea posting and then further training to prepare you for promotion to a supervisory role.
Advanced training will involve both generic leadership skills and logistics supply specialist skills. Successful completion of these will qualify you for a promotion to Leading Hand, whereby you will be responsible for supervising a team of Logistics Supply Specialists, either at sea or ashore.
Employment opportunities for Logistics Supply Specialists within the Navy and the Defence are particularly varied. There are opportunities for Logistics Supply Specialists at sea, in Devonport, Wellington at Defence House and Joint Force Headquarters, and even further afield with deployed forces around the world.
02Basic Training
Basic Training
Upon successful enlistment into the Navy you will be posted to Devonport, Auckland. Here you will do 16 weeks of basic military training to find out if you have what it takes to be in the Navy, and learn various subjects including:
- Teamwork and support
- Naval history and customs
- Drill and parades
- Core mariner skills and weapons training
- First aid and firefighting
- Physical fitness
- Self-discipline
03Job Training
Job Training
You will start your career with initial and professional training and will be employed at sea and ashore. By the end of your first professional course, you will be able to:
- Identify NZDF logistics policies
- Cover the end-to-end process of orders raised by departments
- Know the different classes of supply
- Identify Defence suppliers and civilian vendors
- Process transactions on the inventory management systems of ships and ashore
- Manage items required by departments
- Assist with freight forwarding from the RNZN’s main warehouse – Naval Supply Depot.
Get ready for an exciting world ahead of you where you can put these skills to practice on both ships and ashore.
Further courses, training and promotions are provided as part of your career progression and you will gain several qualifications including Accredited Forklift Operator, Advanced First Aid and Firefighting, SAP Inventory Management and Hazardous Substances handling.
04Ongoing Training
Ongoing Training
As your career progresses, you will undertake further training to develop your generic leadership skills and specialist skills. The ability to manage people effectively and efficiently is a key part of your development.
Your next two professional courses ensure you are prepared to lead a team of Logistics Supply Specialists and can:
- Manage Logistics Operations and inventory on sea-going platforms, ranging from a Warship to an Inshore Patrol Vessel.
- Manage the account in both land-based and ship inventory management systems
- Provide advice on the preparation for an Operational Deployment
- Manage Priority orders that impact the ship’s ability to deploy
- Manage freight on ship or ashore
- Manage stocktaking of inventory
- Carry out Divisional responsibilities
This training will provide you with additional qualifications and expertise to assist with your career progression. Once complete, further opportunities to deploy on ship or ashore will occur including the opportunity to support Martine and Land Operations in a Tri-Service environment.
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If you want to be part of the NZ Defence Force you need to be medically and physically fit for military duties worldwide.
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