Fact file: Comparative military and civil service grades

Written by Leon Engelbrecht Monday, 15 March 2010 09:45

Comparative rank tables

Officers

SA Army	SAAF	SAN	SAMHS	South African Police	Correctional Service	South African Civil Service	Comparable Common-wealth Civil Service	Comparable Francophone Civil Service
General	General	Admiral	General	General	Commissioner	Director General	Permanent Secretary	Directeur général/ Secrétaire général
-	-	-	-	-	Chief Deputy Commissioner			-
Lieutenant General	Lieutenant General	Vice Admiral	Lieutenant General	Lieutenant General	Deputy Commissioner	Deputy Director General	Deputy Secretary	Directeur général adjoint/ Secrétaire général adjoint
Major General	Major General	Rear Admiral	Major General	Major General	Assistant Commissioner	Chief Director	Under Secretary	-
Brigadier General	Brigadier General	Rear Admiral (Junior Grade)	Brigadier General	Brigadier General	Director	Director	Assistant Secretary	Directeur/ Chef de bureau
Colonel	Colonel	Captain (SAN)	Colonel	Colonel	Deputy Director	Deputy Director	Senior Principal Secretary	Directeur adjoint/ Adjoint chef de bureau
Lieutenant Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Commander	Lieutenant Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Assistant Director	Assistant Director	Principal Secretary	-
Major	Major	Lieutenant Commander	Major	Major	Senior Correctional Officer	various	various	-
Captain	Captain	Lieutenant (SAN)	Captain	Captain	-	various	various	-
Lieutenant	Lieutenant	Sub Lieutenant	Lieutenant	Lieutenant	-	various	various	-
Second Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant	Ensign	Second Lieutenant	-	-	various	various	-

Warrant Officers

SA Army	SAAF	SAN	SAMHS	South African Police	Correctional Service	South African Civil Service	Comparable Common-wealth Civil Service	Comparable Francophone Civil Service
Master Chief Warrant Officer	Master Chief Warrant Officer	Master Chief Warrant Officer	Master Chief Warrant Officer	-	-	-	-	-
Senior Chief Warrant Officer	Senior Chief Warrant Officer	Senior Chief Warrant Officer	Senior Chief Warrant Officer			-	-	-
Chief Warrant Officer	Chief Warrant Officer	Chief Warrant Officer	Chief Warrant Officer			-	-	-
Senior Warrant Officer	Senior Warrant Officer	Senior Warrant Officer	Senior Warrant Officer			-	-	-
Warrant Officer Class 1	Warrant Officer Class 1	Warrant Officer Class 1	Warrant Officer Class 1	Warrant Officer	Correctional Officer I	-	-	-
Warrant Officer Class 2	Warrant Officer Class 2	Warrant Officer Class 2	Warrant Officer Class 2			-	-	-

Non-commissioned officers and other ranks

SA Army	SAAF	SAN	SAMHS	South African Police	Correctional Service	South African Civil Service	Comparable Common-wealth Civil Service	Comparable Francophone Civil Service
Staff Sergeant	Flight Sergeant	Chief Petty Officer	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	Correctional Officer II	-	-	-
Sergeant	Sergeant	Petty Officer	Sergeant	-	-	-	-	-
Corporal	Corporal	Leading Seaman	Corporal	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Corporal	Lance Corporal	Able Seaman	Lance Corporal	Constable	Correctional Officer III	-	-	-
Private	Airman	Seaman	Private	-	-	-	-	-

New ranks introduced for SANDF warrant officers on June 1 2008:

Rank	Abbreviation	Address	Tied to the following posts:
Master Chief Warrant Officer	MCWO	Master	Sergeant Major of the SANDF
Senior Chief Warrant Officer	SCWO	Master	Sergeant Major of the Army, Air Force, Military Health Service. Master-at-Arms of the Navy
Chief Warrant Officer	CWO	Master	Formation Sergeant Major
Senior Warrant Officer	SWO	Master	Command Sergeant Major
Warrant Officer Class 1	WO1	Sergeant Major/Warrant	Various
Warrant Officer Class 2	WO2	Sergeant Major/warrant	Various

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