The Navy Clearance Diver Trust, modelled on the SASRT, was created by a group of former Clearance Divers for the benefit of RAN Clearance Divers and their families whether they are on operational service or in training.
The Navy Clearance Diver Trust (NCDT) is a perpetual not-for-profit Trust fund which provides relief to current and former members of the Clearance Diving Branch of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and their dependants, who become deceased, damaged or disabled in, or as a result of, operational service or in training.
RAN Clearance Divers routinely work in an inhospitable environment, undertaking varied tasks including explosive ordnance disposal, counter terrorist duties and high risk ship boarding’s. The risk of Clearance Divers being killed, badly injured and/or made permanently medically unfit to dive, in the course of their work is high. Sadly, like others in the Australian Defence Force (ADF), Clearance Divers are not well compensated through workers’ compensation schemes, or other industry based funds, and cannot access legal chains to remedy this. The NCDT aims to address this.
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- Non-profit organization