Officer Career Development Centre

Officer Career Development Centre (OCDC) is a Sri Lankan military academic establishment providing command and staff courses for mid career commissioned officers of Sri Lanka Army as well as to limited number of officers from Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Air Force and officers of various allied forces. It is located in the town of Buttala, it was opened on 23 January 2012 and is affiliated to the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka.[1][2][3] The Naval and Maritime Academy and the Sri Lanka Air Force Junior Command & Staff College conducts similar courses for mid-career officers of the Sri Lanka Navy and the Sri Lanka Air Force.

Officer Career Development Centre
Established23 January 2012
Postgraduates300
Location
Buttala
,
Sri Lanka
AffiliationsSabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka

History

With the rapid expansion of the Sri Lankan Army with the escalation of the Sri Lankan civil war, the army saw the need to enhance command and staff training for its senior subalterns and junior field officers since it depended on friendly nations for staff college trainings which amounted to a few slots per year. With the re-designation of the former Army Training Centre as the Sri Lanka Military Academy (SLMA) in 1981, the Officers Study Centre (OSC) was established in the SLMA to conduct the Junior Staff Course, the Senior Tactics Course and the Senior Administration Course. aimed at mid-career officers to develop basic command and staff techniques in the British tradition, for staff officer grade III/II appointments (Officers in the ranks of Lieutenant / Captain / Major). With end of the civil war, the Army established the Officer Career Development Centre in 2012 as a junior staff college with the Junior Command Course (JCC) and the Junior Staff Course (JSC) transferred to it from the OSC. OCDC initiated the Senior Command Course, which has been redesignated as the Unit Command Course for prospective battalion commanders. In 2021, work has commenced to redesignate the OCDC as the Army War College.

Courses
  • Unit Command Course (UCC) - 13 week course aimed at Lieutenant Colonels and Majors to become successful battalion commanders.
  • Junior Command Course (JCC) - 13 week course aimed at Majors and Captains to become successful grade II level command, staff, and instructional appointments.
  • Junior Staff Course (JSC) - 13 week course aimed at Captains and Lieutenants to become successful grade III level staff appointments.

See also

References
  1. "New three-storied building for Buttala OCDC". Daily News. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. "Eight brigadiers promoted as major generals". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. "SL Army Unit Command Course (No-4) at the Officer Career Development Centre-Buttala Visit INSSSL". inssl.lk. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.