Sussex ACO Communications

Army Cadet Force Signaller's Badge

Training Objective:

This qualification applies to those cadets of the CCF (RAF) or ACF, who hold the ACF Signallers badge, on joining the Air Cadet Organisation. It also applies to Air Cadets who attend an accredited annual ACF Camp and pass the qualification to the satisfaction of the local ACF Signals Instructor, at a nationally recognised standard.

A photocopy of the Certificate of Award must accompany the application for the Communicator's Badge.

Background Information

This is an optional topic and is counted as two modules.

A great deal of the work covered by the ACF scheme duplicates what is done in the ACO scheme; hence the double award.  Many topics are not relevant to the ACO scheme however and the differences are more than enough to exclude the possibility of a direct equivalence.

A number of cadets have been incorrectly awarded the ACF badge as a result of a familiarisation visit to a signals unit or for attending an unauthorised course.  For this reason, only awards approved by the ACF Communications Training Team, usually as a result of attendance at an extended course at the Royal School of Signals, are acceptable; hence the requirement for a photocopy of the Certificate of Award.