The Cadet Instructors Cadre (French: Cadre des instructeurs de cadets) is a sub-component of the
Canadian Forces (CF) Reserve. Members of the CIC are enrolled as Reserve officers to support the cadet program.
The Cadet Instructors Cadre is a sub-component of the Canadian Forces Reserve and members are issued the same uniform as all members of the Canadian Forces Sea, Land, and Air elements, including field and working uniforms - Naval Combat Dress (NCD) for Sea, CADPAT-pattern combats for Army and Air.
The Cadet Instructor Cadre collectively is the largest educated component of the Canadian Forces Reserve as it is largely made up of a vast range of professional people that include school teachers, nurses, lawyers etc. The people serve to educate and mentor Canadian youth. The CIC are very specialized within the Cadet program and work very hard to improve the lives of many young Canadians. The Canadian Armed Forces has benefitted time and again from the Cadet program as they receive individuals who have had exposure to military rank system and an understanding of what to expect from a life within the Canadian Forces. This is all administered by CIC officers who contrary to popular belief are not all un-physically fit. CIC officers teach and participate in a lot of physical activities through the adventure training programs that the Cadet program offers, that does require them to maintain a level of fitness. Canadian Forces and Canadian Forces Reserve are comprised of occupational trades that members specalize in and they all have a function and role with the Canadian Forces structure and the CIC are no different other than their trade specialty is in mentoring, teaching and guiding Canadian youth. Furthermore, CIC officers have been instrumental in mentoring and moulding many young Canadians into outstanding citizens during the formulative and awkward years or their lives. Many of these young Canadian teens receive guidance and opportunity through the CIC and the Cadet program.
Most Canadian Forces officers of the CIC are employed as instructors with Royal Canadian Sea Cadets Corps, Royal Canadian Army Cadets Corps, or Royal Canadian Air Cadets Squadrons. Each local corps or squadron is led by a commanding officer and has officers in the roles of supply officer, administration officer, and training officer. In addition to these responsibilities, the officers also act as instructors for their cadet corps or squadron. They may also be joined by contracted civilian instructors or volunteers. The CIC officers are members of the Canadian Forces; the civilian instructors, volunteers, and the cadets are not. Cadet corps and squadrons are also supported by a local sponsor which works with the staff to provide the program for the cadets.
In addition to unit training, the cadet programme operates a number of specialist programmes and summer training centres. These are also staffed mostly by Canadian Forces CIC officers. The specialist programmes include the Air Cadet Gliding Program, which operates a system of gliding schools and centres across Canada, and the sailing centres of the Sea Cadets.
Some CIC officers are previously members of the Regular or Reserve Force, but many do not have previous military training and enroll directly into the Canadian Forces CIC sub-component. This is the case for some ex-cadets who continue and work with the cadet program immediately upon leaving the program before their 19th birthday. (Cadets are 12 years of age and may not have reached their 19th birthday)
Those without previous military service complete 10 days of basic officer training at regional cadet instructor schools (or Écoles régionale des instructeurs de cadets). A CIC officer will start at the rank of naval cadet or officer cadet and upon successfully completing basic training and after a year's service may be commissioned as a Canadian Forces Officer.
(BOQ) also know as Cours de qualification élémentaire d'officier in French.
Designed to give new officers both an introduction to military life and the basic leadership and instructional tools required to train and supervise cadets. This is a 10-day course.
Course content includes:
Course prerequisites:
The next course that a CIC officer must take is an environmental course, either the MOC course (8 days) or the JOLC course (17 days).
(MOC) also know as Cours de développement professionnel in French.
This is an eight-day course, designed to provide officers with the basic knowledge and skills required at a cadet corps/squadron, with an emphasis on the organization, customs, and traditions unique to the each of the three elements of the Canadian Forces.
Course content includes:
Course prerequisites:
Completion of the course qualifies candidate to perform the duties of a divisional officer in a sea cadet corps.
Course content includes:
Course prerequisites:
Completion of the course qualifies candidate to perform the duties of a platoon officer in an army cadet corps.
Course content includes:
Course prerequisites:
Completion of the course qualifies candidate to perform the duties of a flight commander in an air cadet squadron.
Or JOLC also known as Cours d'art du commandement d'officier subalterne or CACOS
A 17-day course, designed to provide officers with the basic knowledge and skills required at a cadet corps/squadron, with an emphasis on the organization, customs, and traditions unique to each element of the Canadian Forces. These courses also provides instruction specific to the duties required of a divisional officer/platoon commander/flight commander at a cadet summer training centre.
LTQ also known as the Cours de qualification de lieutenant in French or the CQLT.
A eight-day course, designed to focus on the importance of training within a cadet corps/squadron, with an emphasis on further developing skills and knowledge in leadership, counselling, planning, organisation and supervision of training.
Course content includes:
Course prerequisites:
Upon completion of this course, the officer will have acquired the necessary skills to assume the duties of training officer at a cadet corps/squadron. This qualifies the candidate to become an Army or Air Force lieutenant, or a Naval sub lieutenant.
CQ also known as the cours de qualification de capitaine in French or as the CQC.
An eight-day course designed to broaden the candidate's knowledge, skills and confidence as a leader and to prepare the candidate to assume the responsibilities of commanding of a cadet corps/squadron.
Course content includes:
Course prerequisites:
Known in French as the Cours de commandant
A four-day course, designed to give cadet corps/squadron commanding officers the opportunity to upgrade/update their knowledge, discuss common problems with a view to learning from each other and to function more effectively as a commanding officer.
Course content includes:
Course prerequisites:
There are other courses that CIC officers can take.
(Course open to MOC R92A only)
Officer Cadet |
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Second Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Captain |
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thumb|100px|Lieutenant
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Major | Lieutenant Colonel | Colonel |
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thumb|100px|Lieutenant Colonel
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The Regional Cadet Support Unit (Eastern) (RCSU(E)) has proposed that " La Feuille d'érable" be the march past piece for CIC officers. This piece of music is a song, actually a traditional Catholic French-Canadian song that came out of the bonne chanson in the 1940s. Here is the original version of " La Feuille d'érable" by Albert Larrieu.
The song is well known to members of the Eastern Region, however, very little in English Canada. It has however been translated into English:
The Cadet Instructors Cadre (French: Cadre des instructeurs de cadets) is a sub-component of the
Canadian Forces (CF) Reserve. Members of the CIC are enrolled as Reserve officers to support the cadet program.
The Cadet Instructors Cadre is a sub-component of the Canadian Forces Reserve and members are issued the same uniform as all members of the Canadian Forces Sea, Land, and Air elements, including field and working uniforms - Naval Combat Dress (NCD) for Sea, CADPAT-pattern combats for Army and Air.
The Cadet Instructor Cadre collectively is the largest educated component of the Canadian Forces Reserve as it is largely made up of a vast range of professional people that include school teachers, nurses, lawyers etc. The people serve to educate and mentor Canadian youth. The CIC are very specialized within the Cadet program and work very hard to improve the lives of many young Canadians. The Canadian Armed Forces has benefitted time and again from the Cadet program as they receive individuals who have had exposure to military rank system and an understanding of what to expect from a life within the Canadian Forces. This is all administered by CIC officers who contrary to popular belief are not all un-physically fit. CIC officers teach and participate in a lot of physical activities through the adventure training programs that the Cadet program offers, that does require them to maintain a level of fitness. Canadian Forces and Canadian Forces Reserve are comprised of occupational trades that members specalize in and they all have a function and role with the Canadian Forces structure and the CIC are no different other than their trade specialty is in mentoring, teaching and guiding Canadian youth. Furthermore, CIC officers have been instrumental in mentoring and moulding many young Canadians into outstanding citizens during the formulative and awkward years or their lives. Many of these young Canadian teens receive guidance and opportunity through the CIC and the Cadet program.
Most Canadian Forces officers of the CIC are employed as instructors with Royal Canadian Sea Cadets Corps, Royal Canadian Army Cadets Corps, or Royal Canadian Air Cadets Squadrons. Each local corps or squadron is led by a commanding officer and has officers in the roles of supply officer, administration officer, and training officer. In addition to these responsibilities, the officers also act as instructors for their cadet corps or squadron. They may also be joined by contracted civilian instructors or volunteers. The CIC officers are members of the Canadian Forces; the civilian instructors, volunteers, and the cadets are not. Cadet corps and squadrons are also supported by a local sponsor which works with the staff to provide the program for the cadets.
In addition to unit training, the cadet programme operates a number of specialist programmes and summer training centres. These are also staffed mostly by Canadian Forces CIC officers. The specialist programmes include the Air Cadet Gliding Program, which operates a system of gliding schools and centres across Canada, and the sailing centres of the Sea Cadets.
Some CIC officers are previously members of the Regular or Reserve Force, but many do not have previous military training and enroll directly into the Canadian Forces CIC sub-component. This is the case for some ex-cadets who continue and work with the cadet program immediately upon leaving the program before their 19th birthday. (Cadets are 12 years of age and may not have reached their 19th birthday)
Those without previous military service complete 10 days of basic officer training at regional cadet instructor schools (or Écoles régionale des instructeurs de cadets). A CIC officer will start at the rank of naval cadet or officer cadet and upon successfully completing basic training and after a year's service may be commissioned as a Canadian Forces Officer.
(BOQ) also know as Cours de qualification élémentaire d'officier in French.
Designed to give new officers both an introduction to military life and the basic leadership and instructional tools required to train and supervise cadets. This is a 10-day course.
Course content includes:
Course prerequisites:
The next course that a CIC officer must take is an environmental course, either the MOC course (8 days) or the JOLC course (17 days).
(MOC) also know as Cours de développement professionnel in French.
This is an eight-day course, designed to provide officers with the basic knowledge and skills required at a cadet corps/squadron, with an emphasis on the organization, customs, and traditions unique to the each of the three elements of the Canadian Forces.
Course content includes:
Course prerequisites:
Completion of the course qualifies candidate to perform the duties of a divisional officer in a sea cadet corps.
Course content includes:
Course prerequisites:
Completion of the course qualifies candidate to perform the duties of a platoon officer in an army cadet corps.
Course content includes:
Course prerequisites:
Completion of the course qualifies candidate to perform the duties of a flight commander in an air cadet squadron.
Or JOLC also known as Cours d'art du commandement d'officier subalterne or CACOS
A 17-day course, designed to provide officers with the basic knowledge and skills required at a cadet corps/squadron, with an emphasis on the organization, customs, and traditions unique to each element of the Canadian Forces. These courses also provides instruction specific to the duties required of a divisional officer/platoon commander/flight commander at a cadet summer training centre.
LTQ also known as the Cours de qualification de lieutenant in French or the CQLT.
A eight-day course, designed to focus on the importance of training within a cadet corps/squadron, with an emphasis on further developing skills and knowledge in leadership, counselling, planning, organisation and supervision of training.
Course content includes:
Course prerequisites:
Upon completion of this course, the officer will have acquired the necessary skills to assume the duties of training officer at a cadet corps/squadron. This qualifies the candidate to become an Army or Air Force lieutenant, or a Naval sub lieutenant.
CQ also known as the cours de qualification de capitaine in French or as the CQC.
An eight-day course designed to broaden the candidate's knowledge, skills and confidence as a leader and to prepare the candidate to assume the responsibilities of commanding of a cadet corps/squadron.
Course content includes:
Course prerequisites:
Known in French as the Cours de commandant
A four-day course, designed to give cadet corps/squadron commanding officers the opportunity to upgrade/update their knowledge, discuss common problems with a view to learning from each other and to function more effectively as a commanding officer.
Course content includes:
Course prerequisites:
There are other courses that CIC officers can take.
(Course open to MOC R92A only)
Officer Cadet |
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thumb|100px|Officer Cadet
|
Second Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Captain |
---|---|---|
thumb|100px|Second Lieutenant
|
thumb|100px|Lieutenant
|
thumb|100px|Captain
|
Major | Lieutenant Colonel | Colonel |
---|---|---|
thumb|100px|Major
|
thumb|100px|Lieutenant Colonel
|
thumb|100px|Colonel
|
The Regional Cadet Support Unit (Eastern) (RCSU(E)) has proposed that " La Feuille d'érable" be the march past piece for CIC officers. This piece of music is a song, actually a traditional Catholic French-Canadian song that came out of the bonne chanson in the 1940s. Here is the original version of " La Feuille d'érable" by Albert Larrieu.
The song is well known to members of the Eastern Region, however, very little in English Canada. It has however been translated into English: