List of United Kingdom Services Cadet Forces by rank

The following table displays the ranks of the Volunteer Police Cadets, St John Ambulance Cadets and Fire Cadets. This table is based on equivalent Rank Structures within the Cadet Forces as detailed in regulations of the SCC, RMC, and the Air Cadets.[1]

Cadet ranks

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Cadets wear the issued cadet rank slides.[2] The titles of most ranks in other Cadet Forces, such as the Army Cadet Force and the Sea Cadet Corps, usually follows equivalent ranks in the UK military. However due to the lack of ranks in the UK services the UK Cadet Services has created ranks and insignia.

Although promotion is based on merit rather than progression through the training syllabuses, certain criteria must be met before a cadet is eligible for promotion:[3]

Cadet ranks and insignia [4][5]
Cadet
Service
Officers Cadet Senior NCOs Cadet Junior NCOs Cadets Recruits

St John's
Ambulance
Cadets


        No insignia
No equivalent Leading Cadet No equivalent Cadet Sergeant No equivalent Cadet Corporal No equivalent Cadet Recruit
LCdt CdtS CdtC Cdt Rct
Cadet
Service
Officers Cadet Senior NCOs Cadet Junior NCOs Cadets Recruits

Volunteer
Police
Cadets


          No Insignia
No equivalent Head Cadet No equivalent Deputy Head Cadet No equivalent Team Leader
Cadet
Deputy Team
Leader Cadet
Police Cadet Recruit
HCdt DHCdt TLCdt DTLCdt Cdt Rct

See also

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Cadet Forces

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Ranks of the British Services

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References

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  1. ^ List of United Kingdom Cadet Force by Rank
  2. ^ Army Dress Regulations (All Ranks), Part 08 "Dress Regulations for Combined Cadet Force (Army Sections) and the Army Cadet Force", Ministry of Defence, April 2013
  3. ^ AC 14233 The Army Cadet Force Manual (2005 Edition), Paragraph 6.012
  4. ^ St John's Ambulance Cadet Ranks
  5. ^ Images of VPC ranks