I was talking to a cadet today and they asked whether it’s possible to be on 2 squadrons at once, I don’t know the answer. The reason we talked about it was because he goes to college on days that there is a squadron going on so it’s easier for him to go, however also is home for a parade night at his original squadron.
Any advice?
Not allowed.
however if both CO’s came to an agreement . . .
You can be a supernumary cadet - we have one due to boarding school.
During holidays they are with us and are registered as supernumary on Bader
Beat me to it on the supernumerary angle - both OCs would need to agree.
PI501 is to stop duplication of cadets/records.
One of my cadet NCOs is supernumerary on a local squadron - he goes and helps them out once a week.
Agree it between both CO’s and job done. Be sensible in management of situation and it can be very beneficial for Squadrons and Cadet.
We had two supernumerary cadets with us whilst they were at uni, both have since transferred to us formally as it makes life much easier in terms of Cadet Portal and SMS.
It can be done. It must be agreed by both OC’s (and the cadet obviously!), then their original OC sets it up on SMS. It’s great for both squadrons and the cadet’s development too!
I did it when I was at uni (though it was before SMS existed so it was all on paper!).
Hope this the best thread for this.
Trying to get a cadet of mine added as supernumerary whilst at Uni (will attend a different Sqn to mine). I have searched and searched and can’t find any guidance on how to do this. WHQ is not sure either.
Any help greatly appreciated on what system to use and who does what!
Although this can be done, I would strongly encourage them to join the UAS instead.
I thought it had gone to Units which is now in volunteer portal but can’t see how to do it!
depending on how keen you are you can do both…
Anyone who’s had/has a supernumerary cadet, how does adding them to SMS events work? They don’t appear on the list of cadets I can add. Do I need to invite their primary unit?
If you remove your unit (auto-populated) in the ‘add cadets’ pop up, you can then search the whole org by surname etc. Or if you select the primary unit the cadet is from in the same box that was originally auto-populated with your own unit, you can search that way. Should then be able to add them in the same way you would with cadets from your unit
You shouldn’t have to add the primary Sqn under ‘units’, but it may be helpful so the other unit can see the event in SMS, and therefore that the cadet is attending
I forgot I could do that. It seems obvious now you’ve said it.