What you need to know about retraining reserve military personnel

How does professional retraining happen?

The procedure and conditions for professional retraining are established by order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation dated October 21, 2015 No. 630 “On the procedure and conditions for professional retraining in one of the civilian specialties of certain categories of military personnel - citizens of the Russian Federation serving under a contract.”

Obtaining a profession is carried out in any of the military organizations of higher education of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Civilian universities that have a military department have the same right. In approved areas, training is carried out at the expense and within the limits of funds allocated to the Ministry of Defense.

There are several nuances when choosing a specialty:

• If a serviceman expresses a desire to acquire several civilian specialties, then he receives the second and subsequent education at his own expense.
• If the desired specialty is not fully supported by funding, then the difference in the cost of training is reimbursed by the military itself.

It is possible to obtain a military specialty upon expiration of the period of military service for military personnel serving under conscription. During the period of service, the serviceman submits a report to the commander and expresses a desire to obtain a specialty in a military training organization. At the end of the term, an order is issued to transfer to a new place of service - to an educational institution.

The procedure for organizing and implementing training in additional programs was approved by order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation dated July 1, 2013 No. 499.

Training is conducted full-time, part-time and evening. The duration of training to obtain competent knowledge is no more than four months, but at least 250 hours must be spent on mastering the program.

• During full-time training, military personnel have the status of those assigned to an educational institution and retain their rank and salary in full.
• When choosing part-time and evening courses, training takes place simultaneously with service in your unit.

The training process includes the following types of training sessions, determined by the curriculum compiled by the training organization:

• lectures;
• away classes;
• laboratory and control work;
• various trainings;
• master classes;
• performing certification and diploma work.

During the learning process, a university can send a student to an internship in order to study and gain experience, as well as consolidate the theoretical knowledge acquired while mastering a new profession. The internship can be individual or group and includes the following types of activities:

1. independent study of individual material;
2. studying production technology directly at the workplace;
3. work with regulatory documents and technical plans;
4. participation in planning meetings and meetings at the enterprise;
5. performance of official duties as an acting or understudy.

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In order to undergo professional training, a serviceman must initially submit a report to the unit commander, in which he must indicate the following information:

1. FULL NAME.;
2. date of birth;
3. assigned military rank;
4. military position held;
5. the total duration of military service in calendar terms minus the years spent studying in military higher education organizations;
6. level of education (secondary, secondary specialized or higher);
7. existing civilian specialty and qualifications obtained during study;
8. basis for undergoing professional retraining;
9. chosen specialty for retraining;
10. service telephone number of the military unit.

The annex to the report is:

• a copy of the serviceman's passport;
• a copy of the education document.

1. The command of the unit compiles a list of military personnel who have expressed a desire to undergo retraining, and collects information about their number in each selected specialty.
2. The next step is to send all the specified documents to the selected university.
3. Based on the notification received from the command or the administration of the educational institution, an order is issued for the unit, which also indicates the place, time and form of retraining. Familiarization with the order is mandatory.
4. The person is given a referral to an educational institution with a mandatory indication of the dates of arrival at the place of study and departure to the unit.
5. Upon completion of training, a record of professional retraining, place of training, diploma number and date of issue is made in the soldier’s personal file.

Retraining program for military personnel being transferred to the reserve

The main specialties offered to military personnel for retraining:

• Personnel Management.
• Management.
• Economics and enterprise management.
• Energy supply for enterprises.
• Life safety (occupational health and industrial safety).
• Pedagogy (or foreign language learning).
• Operation of various transport vehicles and complexes.
• Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles.
• Comprehensive provision of information security of automated systems.
• Use, technical and software of PCs.

Retraining centers

For the convenience of retraining, you can choose an educational institution throughout Russia, which is located closest to the military unit.

• The Branch of the Military Educational and Scientific Center of the Navy “Naval Academy named after Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union N. G. Kuznetsov” is located in Kaliningrad
• In St. Petersburg, you can undergo training in a structural unit of the same institute.
• In Barnaul, retraining is carried out by the military department of the Altai State Technical University. I. I. Polzunova.
• On the Crimean peninsula, in the city of Sevastopol, the Black Sea Higher Naval School named after P. S. Nakhimov operates.

List of educational institutions

The list of universities for retraining military personnel is compiled and updated annually, after which it is approved by the Minister of Defense. The published document also indicates the number of enrollments carried out by educational institutions in the current year, the duration of study and the number of training places.

You can always view the current list on the Ministry of Defense website. Every year, it includes two to three dozen military universities and their branches, where you can enroll for retraining on the basis of both higher education and secondary vocational education. A few examples:

• Military University (Moscow);
• Far Eastern Command School named after. Rokossovsky (Blagoveshchensk);
• VMA (Medical Academy) named after. Kirov (St. Petersburg);
• Krasnodar Military School named after. Shtemenko;
• Air Defense Academy (Smolensk);
• Pacific Maritime School named after. Makarova (Vladivostok);
• Black Sea Maritime School named after. Nakhimova (Sevastopol);
• Tyumen Engineering School named after. Proshlyakova;
• Ryazan Airborne School named after. Margelova;
• Structural divisions and branches of the Academy of Logistics and Technical Support named after. Khrulev in Petrodvorets, Volsk (Saratov region), Omsk, Penza;
• Academy of East Kazakhstan region named after. Zhukova (Tver);
• Academy named after Kuznetsova (St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad);
• Kazan Tank School.

An analysis of this list shows that in order to undergo retraining, military personnel will not have to leave their unit to the other end of the country. There are schools with faculties and further education centers in both Kaliningrad and Vladivostok. Even if there is no suitable program in the educational institutions closest to your place of service, you can always enroll in absentia in a neighboring region.

Order on professional retraining

An order to retrain a serviceman upon transfer to the reserve is a document for official use. The order form does not have a set template and is developed for each military structure separately. The form of referral for professional retraining was approved by Order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation No. 630.

According to statistics, only 3% of military personnel being transferred to the reserve do not plan to work in civilian organizations. For 97%, professional retraining is an excellent chance to start a new career.

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• Retraining as a measure of social protection
• Contents of the process
• Reasons for retraining
• Contents of the package of documents for retraining, secondment of a military personnel
• The learning process and requirements for universities
• Video on the topic

In order to provide military personnel with civilian professions after their dismissal from the Armed Forces, a Federal program is currently being implemented to provide retraining for future reserve military personnel. To become a participant in 2021, a potential candidate must meet certain requirements.

If professional retraining was denied during the period of dismissal from military service

Ten years ago, an experimental federal program was launched for the retraining of discharged military personnel, aimed at ensuring that they could master a civilian specialty before leaving. Due to its success and demand, it still exists today. How the retraining of military personnel transferred to the reserve takes place will be discussed further.

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Retraining as a measure of social protection

The purpose of this state program is to retrain contract military personnel to ensure their right to social protection before dismissal from the ranks of the RF Armed Forces. It implies that they will acquire new specialties, civilian ones, that are most in demand on the market.

Legislatively, this right is enshrined in Article 19, Clause 4 of the Federal Law “On the Status of Military Personnel,” which states that citizens who serve in the military on a contract basis for 5 or more years, a year before dismissal, if there are grounds, can undergo professional retraining in a civilian specialty for free.

At the same time, all types of support at the place of duty are retained for them. This procedure is determined by internal documents of the RF Ministry of Defense. The same Federal Law states that this social protection measure applies not only to military personnel of the RF Defense Ministry, but also to other persons who serve in military service where military service is provided for by Federal laws.

Contents of the process

Professional retraining is a free training process that is carried out before a serviceman leaves for the reserve. The main goal, as stated above, is to obtain a new profession for subsequent employment in civilian professions in government or commercial structures.

Retraining of military personnel before dismissal is carried out at military universities of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and civilian educational institutions with which the military department has concluded a corresponding agreement.

Those wishing to take it are given the opportunity to choose one of a number of specialties (of which there are 60) in the following areas:

• public administration;
• jurisprudence;
• information, engineering and technical security;
• digital technologies;
• management;
• radio engineering and a number of others.

The legal basis for retraining before transfer to the reserve of military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces is Order 630 of the RF Ministry of Defense of 2015. It determines the procedure and conditions for retraining in civilian specialties for military personnel undergoing contract military service.

The retraining program provides that courses for persons subject to transfer to the reserve are conducted on the basis of existing education (higher, secondary), in the amount of 500 hours or more (classroom classes). The completion period is from 3 to 4 months.

At the same time, contract servicemen continue to be paid at their place of service during the training period. If a person retires to the reserve during the process of retraining, then the studies are completed free of charge. Retraining courses provide an opportunity, after completion, to enter other educational institutions of your choice.

And also universities and centers where the retraining process is carried out provide their graduates with assistance in further employment, hold “job fairs”, and invite employers for interviews. During the period of the study process, the military personnel involved in it are provided with places of residence.

The main legislative document on the basis of which the age limit is determined for persons wishing to undergo training in retraining courses is the Federal Law “On Military Duty and Military Service”.

They established (as amended in 2014) that the upper age limit for men is 50 years, for women – 45 years. For military personnel with high ranks, from colonel and above, the age is limited to 55–60 years, depending on the situation.

Reasons for retraining

To fall within the scope of documents on retraining of military personnel in 2021, several conditions must be met. Thus, the contract service period must be more than 5 years. The reasons for its termination are the following:

• expiration of the contract;
• age limit;
• state of health, its deterioration;
• carrying out organizational and staffing activities.

If a person decides that he needs to obtain a civilian specialty before transferring to the reserve, he must submit a report to his superior (commander). The manager puts a resolution on him indicating the need to include the serviceman in the relevant lists.

In the future, personnel departments must send the appropriate package of documents to the selected and authorized university. It is the basis for enrolling a serviceman who is subsequently transferred to the reserve for retraining courses.

The time during which a person undergoes retraining is included in the length of his military service, he is considered to be on a business trip. At the same time, he retains his position and rank, he receives a salary (salary), and is provided with travel allowances.

Who has the right to retraining upon dismissal?

To exercise the right to retraining, a number of conditions must be met, and one of them is the duration of service under the contract - at least 5 years. The reasons for termination of military service are also regulated. To undergo retraining they must be related to:

1. Deterioration of health.
2. End of service life.
3. The maximum permissible age for service.
4. Carrying out organizational and staffing activities.

The new principle of retraining military personnel before entering the reserve was established in 2015, and it is still relevant in 2018.

Detailed information on this issue is contained in Order No. 630 “On the procedure and conditions for professional retraining in one of the civilian specialties of certain categories of military personnel - citizens of the Russian Federation performing military service under a contract,” which entered into force on October 21, 2015.

Officers do not pay for retraining; during training they do not lose the right to allowance . Retraining programs are designed for different periods. Training can last up to 4 months, but a minimum of 250 hours. Even if an officer resigns during the retraining period, he will be able to complete his studies without paying any fees.

Contents of the package of documents for retraining, secondment of a military personnel

To implement it, the serviceman must submit the completed package of documents to the personnel department. It must contain a photocopy of the civil passport and diplomas or other documents about the existing education.

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They are accompanied by a report addressed to the commander. The same regulatory document of the Ministry of Defense establishes requirements for the report. It should contain the following items:

• military personnel identification data;
• position held, title;
• duration of military service;
• the education level of the person submitting the report;
• information about the selected training program;
• motivational part, where the serviceman must justify the need to undergo retraining on a budgetary basis.

When you are laid off

Military transfer to the reserve occurs:

• when the serviceman’s age limit for his category is reached;
• if the service life expires;
• for problems with human health;
• in case of organizational and staffing measures, including staff reductions;
• due to disciplinary violations;
• for other reasons.

The first four reasons give the right to budget courses for military personnel being transferred to the reserve. And if the age limit for military service approaches or the contract expires, then training can be completed no earlier than one year before these dates.

If the dismissal occurs for other reasons, then there is no talk of retraining military personnel on a free basis.

Age limit

Age is one of the key parameters that gives the right to undergo retraining. This indicator is regulated by Federal Law No. 53. A number of provisions related to this issue are also presented in Presidential Decree No. 1237.

Not long ago, the maximum age limit for retraining was 45 years. But in 2014 this figure was increased to 50 . Today, 45 years is the maximum age exclusively for women in military service.

If an officer expresses a desire to continue his army career, he can enter into a new contract, with a validity period of 12 months to 10 years . Higher ranks will make a decision based on how conscientiously the military man performed his duties.

When concluding a new contract, the officer’s health and professional qualities are taken into account.

When leaving the reserves, many military personnel take advantage of the opportunity to retrain. At the same time, they retain their right to receive a pension and benefits provided by law.

Why do the military need retraining?

Training for military personnel before leaving the reserve was introduced in order to increase the social security of officers and other categories of military personnel. Retraining is learning a new specialty through courses.

Military personnel are given the opportunity to enroll on preferential terms at a specific educational institution that they have chosen for themselves. A big plus is the help of the university in the subsequent search for work after finishing military service.

If a military man wants to retrain, he can be issued a certificate under a special quota. When the desired direction is not within the budget program, the financial difference must be repaid by the military itself.

What it is?

So in 2009, as an experiment, a program was launched to retrain military personnel in 60 different areas. The areas of this program cover technical, managerial, ICT and others.

The military personnel conversion program has worked well and continues to operate to this day. The doors of higher educational institutions are open to military personnel .

Civil adaptation is limited to taking courses, but if desired, military personnel can enter a higher education institution on preferential terms.

What does the retraining program for military personnel being transferred to the reserve consist of?

If necessary, a person leaving contract service has the opportunity to undergo training in a civilian specialty. The law provides for free attendance at a university if such a military university is affiliated with the Ministry of Defense.

The basics of the military retraining program are established in Order of the Russian Minister of Defense No. 630 dated October 21, 2015. Admissions to universities take place every six months. Each recruitment is carried out according to group distributions, which relate to various educational institutions of the Moscow Region. The same Order determines the procedure for enrolling military personnel in training groups.

Free courses for reserve officers are offered in various professions. There is an opportunity to master more than 60 areas, such as digital technologies, public administration, etc.

Lists of those wishing to retrain must be compiled and sent to the universities closest to the service before the start of the training period. You can retrain through full-time or part-time forms of study. A number of educational institutions also offer remote retraining for military personnel (this serves as a replacement for the remote option).

The standard period for professional retraining of military personnel before transfer to the reserve cannot be more than four months. And the minimum study time is 250 hours.

During this period, military personnel have seconded status (during full-time training) and retain their salary and rank. And if at this time for some reason there is a dismissal, then he can continue to study for free.

When choosing a correspondence form of retraining, a serviceman serves in his unit and simultaneously studies at a university.

Based on the results of the final certification, the military man receives a diploma allowing him to work in a new specialty. And the very fact of retraining is entered into his personal file.

Purpose and purpose of professional retraining

Free education and professional retraining for military personnel before transfer to the reserve is an opportunity to acquire a new specialty and get a job “in civilian life.” Retraining is being carried out at universities of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. You can choose from 60 specialties in various areas:

• state control;
• jurisprudence;
• economy;
• management, IT and information security;
• digital technologies;
• radio engineering, etc.