For basic military qualifications there are two courses. The first one is basic military qualifications for non-commissioned members, which is a 14-week course that is given at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School in St-Jean. There is a 15-week course that is called the basic military officer qualification for officer candidates who want to become an officer. Basically the course is geared towards giving the core skills and knowledge for a newly enrolled Canadian armed forces member to be effective in a military environment.
The basic skills are weapons handling, first aid, working within a small team, doing all kinds of tasking, and obviously a lot of physical training because it is a key factor for us to meet what we call the universality of service. It can be summed up in three words: be fit, employable, and deployable.