Reminder to all recruits accepted for the next programme in Electro Technical Officer.

ETO17 Successful Candidates to Start Basic Training

ETO Batch 17: Basic Training for course ET19A – starts on 09 July 2018. See call-up instructions below.

You are hereby reminded to report to the Academy at the Peda Campus of the University of Bahir Dar from07July2018,butnotlaterthan17:00on8July2018,forthestartofyourprogramme. Thefirstcoursein the programme is basic training. On successful completion of this course, you will start the 6-month course, Electro Technical Officer, which is the core course of the programme. Basic training consists of the following subjects:

Elementary first aid

Fire prevention and fire fighting

Personal safety and social responsibilities

[Maritime] survival techniques

Items which will be issued to you on loan. You will be issued overalls and any standard personal gear required for personal protection during training. Once you have successfully passed basic training you will be issued a uniform.

Items to bring

You are to cater for your personal private clothing. As you will be wearing uniform most of the time, not much civilian clothes will be necessary.The following are recommended:

a. Shirts
b. Jeans, or Chinos [no ‘broken clothing’]
c. Underwear [at least 5 pairs]
d. Nightwear [Pajama / Shorts]
e. Warm jacket [navy blue or black]
f. Handkerchiefs
g. Casual shoes
h. Rubber-soled sport shoes
i. Socks [at least 4 pairs of black socks included] j. Sport gear (shorts, vest, swimming suit).
k. Personal Hygiene Products

General Issues

• Body Wash/Soap • Shampoo
• Tooth brush
• Tooth paste
• Hand/Face towel
• Bath towels [2]
• Razor / Shaver
• Comb
• Deodorant