Servicemen across all stages of NS can look forward to greater convenience from new facilities and initiatives introduced by the SAF. Pre-enlistees will attend medical screening and take their pre-enlistment IPPT there. The medical screening time will be shortened, thanks to an easier registration process and improved sequencing of stations. The year-old Head of the Gombak Redevelopment Project Office added that those entering the premises can just present their NRIC for registration instead of exchanging passes, making entry into the base much easier.
It is slated to commence operations in Hosted on a commercial cloud, the revamped portal will allow smoother access with few disruptions, said Mr Heng. There will also be an accompanying OneNS mobile app, which is expected to be rolled out to all NS units by end Aimed to make In-Camp Training ICT administrative processes more efficient, the app includes streamlined in-processing via geo-location and QR code scanning features, as well as acknowledgement of ICT call-ups and the receipt of Make-up Pay.
Since December , trials for the app have been ongoing for some 4, Operationally Ready National Servicemen NSmen to get it ready. These included redesigning 1, roles across 20 vocations such as Combat Medics, Infantry Carrier Vehicle Operators and Transport Operators, by leveraging on technology. Since this initiative in , close to NSFs have been deployed in a wider range of operational roles that they were previously excluded from. Another was to review the medical fitness criteria and matching these to the physical requirements of jobs.
In January , functional assessments for pre-enlistees with selected orthopaedic conditions were introduced. Since then, pre-enlistees have been assessed to be functionally able to be deployed to a wider range of roles than before, said Mr Heng.
For the uninitiated, Full-time National Servicemen NSFs who join this scheme are able to attain a diploma or partial university credits while performing a period of full-time NS, followed by Regular service. This also allows them to better contribute to the SAF with their enhanced skills and knowledge.
