EXPLAINED

Applicant

AN applicant is a soldier who is applying for Salvation Army officership or territorial envoyship. This involves an in-depth process of interest, application, development and assessment. Development plans are unique and specific to each individual.

Candidate

ONCE an applicant for officership has passed the application stage, completed an assessment conference and been accepted for training by the Territorial Candidates Council, they become a candidate.

cadet /

UPON beginning formal officer training, a candidate becomes a cadet. Across the globe there are 941 people registered as Salvation Army cadets. In the UKI Territory, cadets study the Diploma of Higher Education in Salvation Army Officer Training, which is validated by the University of Gloucestershire. The majority of cadets study this at William Booth College in London in a two-year residential training course, but it is also possible for cadets to study this as distance learners.