Station Officer is Watch Manager if that is their role, as would a SubO be, if they are flexi-duty then they are now Station Manager - which is 19mm band (as per old rank of ADO)
Lee
The FSC does not state what 'rank' is now the role it simply gives the role insignia. I am more than aware what the role insignia would have meant had they been rank markings, but they are not. They are ROLE INSIGNIA and the FSC says - FOR PPE ONLY, nowhere does it say on working rig or undress uniform.
Only those FRS who had SubOs in charge of watches have to buy white helmets, those who had StnO riders don't need to change anything.
Remember that rank to role is now agreed and therefore there are no ranks, the FSC gives no guidance for rank/role markings as there are no ranks and the FSC was a ROLE INSIGNIA notification. The role someone is presently being paid at is only due to the pay assimilation point they were put on at the end of the dispute. Now comes the assessment of the role they are in. The previously ranked SubO with a StnO rider as was, will almost certainly be a Crew Manager, no matter that they will be presently on Watch Manager A pay. After the role has been determined they will be on WM A pay for another three years, but will be in a CM role. As I said where that leaves some LFfs is in doubt as will there be two CMs on a 2 pump stn?
I have heard that role insignia may be extended to other items of clothing, but that is still a chinese whisper. My FRS withdrew rank markings 5 years ago, we cannot replace them as they no longer exist, we may introduce role insignia should this become a national policy, it presently is not.
Matt
You will be able to see who is a Watch Manager - white 12.5mm and who the Station Manager - white 19mm. You won't know what their prior rank was, but as there are no ranks and only roles why would you want to? It is the role that now matters.
The previously ranked StnO will only have changed to 19mm if they are flexi-duty as they are a WM otherwise.
This does correct some long term inequities between the higher-ranked services and their lower cousins. Here every watch commander was a SubO, there are many FRS where the same job attracted a StnO rank. That was never fair and was often based on the amount of money the FRS had. Mow you will be in the role these wrongs should be righted. What is clear is that those of us who have been spending less on our wage bills (by having lower ranks throughout in comparison to some) will be those having to buy the most new white helmets!
The choiceof white/12.5mm for WM was probably so as to placate the StnO riders who were now being classed as WMs..........
Out of interest is has cost us nothing (in real terms) to replace all the yellow helmets with white as the returned ones have since been isssued to new joiners.
Another example of an inequality - all our station managers are SM A (previously StnO flexi) many services had ADO station commanders who have ended up as GM A, or SM B seemingly dependent on the wealth of the FRS - so this should be another area that r2r assessments corrects.
