Ministry of Defence: Occupations
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the non-standard occupation groups in his Department are.
Answered by Al Carns
Ministry of Defence (MOD) Non-Standard Occupational Groups (NSOG) are groups of staff for whom some aspects of their terms and conditions of service are different from the MOD broader-banded grade structure as aligned to civil service standard grades i.e. the core civilian workforce in Defence. NSOG groups are distinguished because they have an analogue link to an outside counterpart and their pay and other terms and conditions of service are either directly linked or influenced by their outside public sector comparator grade.
The MOD has five main NSOG groups:
- Ministry of Defence Police
- MOD clinical grades - NHS Agenda for Change grades, NHS Civilian Consultants, Civilian Medical Practitioner (doctors), Civilian Dental Practitioners (dentists)
- Defence Fire Rescue Service grades
- Teaching/educational grades
- Youth and Community grades
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