Defence Industry Capability Refresher Course – DICR
In business and the public sector, knowledge and contacts can become stale very quickly.
DICA is pleased to offer members a short course to keep you up to speed with the essential information about Defence and its requirements, industry and industrial capabilities, and the relationships. This is the raison detré of DICA and the council aims to provide members with continuing access to material and events. DICR will build on your experiences and network developed during your participation on the Defence and Industry Study Course, the Industrial Mobilisation Course or the South Australian Defence Industry Leadership Program.
The Defence Industry Capability Refresher Course provides a series of online modules with lessons covering a broad range of topics related to Defence, industry, government and the desire we are all striving for in the provision of capability to defend Australia and achieve effective business outcomes. This course can be worked through in your own time when time permits, with no limit on access.
The course structure is shown below. The DICA council will be working to keep the information up to date and relevant.
Please take advantage of this new resource as part of DICA’s ongoing efforts to improve and enhance the relationship between Defence and Industry.
The Cost of access to the course:
Paid DICA Members: $90 or $45 if taking out a 3-Year membership
As a start, please ensure you are a paid up member and have access to the DICA member portal.
Course Structure
| Module 1 | Introduction |
| Lesson 1 | Program Scope - Defence Industry Capability Refresher (DICR) |
| Lesson 2 | Acknowledgement of Sponsors |
| Lesson 3 | DISC History |
| Module 2 | Strategic Overview |
| Lesson 1 | Dept of Defence Structure/HQADF Structure/HQJOC |
| Lesson 2 | Key Appointments and Office Holder Profiles |
| Lesson 3 | Defence White Paper |
| Lesson 4 | ANZUS Treaty |
| Lesson 5 | Strategic Imperatives: Geo-Strategic Changes and Climate Change Adaptation |
| Lesson 6 | United Nations (UN), Laws of War and Prohibited Weapons |
| Lesson 7 | Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (JSCFADT) |
| Lesson 8 | Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) |
| Lesson 9 | How Intelligence Informs Security Guidelines |
| Lesson 10 | Defence Budget/Defence Annual Reports and the Senate Estimates Committee |
| Lesson 11 | Centre for Defence Industry Capability (CDIC) and the Defence Industry Policy Statement (DIPS) |
| Lesson 12 | Defence Export Strategy |
| Module 3 | Capability Development |
| Lesson 1 | Capability Definition |
| Lesson 2 | Force Structure and Order of Battle |
| Lesson 3 | Sourcing Equipment to Match Capability Needs |
| Lesson 4 | Equipment Standardisation |
| Lesson 5 | Defence Science and Technology (DST) |
| Module 4 | Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) |
| Lesson 1 | CASG Organisation and Functions |
| Lesson 2 | Capital Equipment Program (CEP) |
| Lesson 3 | Acquisition and Sustainment |
| Lesson 4 | Procurement Lead Times and AUSMIMPS |
| Lesson 5 | Industry Support |
| Lesson 6 | Defence Industry Security Program (DISP) |
| Module 5 | Land Capabilities |
| Lesson 1 | Army Group Structure/FEGs |
| Module 6 | Maritime Capabilities |
| Lesson 1 | Navy Group Structure/FEGs |
| Module 7 | Aerospace Capabilities |
| Lesson 1 | Air Force Group Structure/FEGs |
| Module 8 | Joint and Combined Military Capabilities |
| Lesson 1 | Joint and Combined Military Capabilities |
| Module 9 | Federal and State Governments and Agency Roles |
| Lesson 1 | WW2 Lessons/Industry Mobilisation |
| Lesson 2 | Federal Government Departments and Agencies |
| Lesson 3 | Telecommunications and IT Infrastructure and Cyber Security |
| Lesson 4 | Emergency Services Organisations |
| Lesson 5 | Universities/TAFE Colleges |
| Module 10 | The Role and influence of Politics in Defence Industry |
| Lesson 1 | Overview |
| Lesson 2 | LP/NP Coalition Policy |
| Lesson 3 | ALP Policy |
| Lesson 4 | Greens Party Policy |
| Lesson 5 | Role of Industry Associations and Lobbyists |
| Lesson 6 | Role of Unions |
| Module 11 | Research and Development |
| Lesson 1 | Tertiary Education and Post Graduate Research |
| Lesson 2 | Technology Demonstration Program |
| Lesson 3 | Defence Innovation Hub |
| Module 12 | Industry Capabilities and Sustainment |
| Lesson 1 | Sovereign Capabilities and International Collaboration |
| Lesson 2 | Commonwealth Procurement Rules/Defence Procurement Policy/AusTender Portal |
| Lesson 3 | Defence "Primes" and Supply Chains |
| Lesson 4 | Workforce Demographics and Training |
| Lesson 5 | Skilling the Defence Industry Workforce |
| Lesson 6 | National Logistics Capacity (Rail/Road/Sea/Air) |
| Lesson 7 | Critical Infrastructure Vulnerabilities |
| Lesson 8 | Communications Network and IT Services |
| Lesson 9 | Cyber Security Capability |
| Lesson 10 | Defence Equipment Sales and Disposals |
| Lesson 11 | Defence Aid Program |
| Lesson 12 | Fuel and Energy |
| Lesson 13 | People Services (Recruitment, Health and Resettlement/Transition) |
| Module 13 | Defence Industry Capabilities Hosted in the respective Australian States/Territories |
| Lesson 1 | Defence Industry Capabilities Hosted in NSW |
| Lesson 2 | Defence Industry Capabilities hosted in Vic and Tas |
| Lesson 3 | Defence Industry Capabilities Hosted in SA and NT |
| Lesson 4 | Defence Industry Capabilities Hosted in WA |
| Lesson 5 | Defence Industry Capabilities Hosted in Qld |
| Lesson 6 | Defence Industry Capabilities Hosted in the ACT |
| Module 14 | Acknowledgements |
| Lesson 1 | Sponsor Messages |
| Lesson 2 | Syndicate Papers |