Commissioned Officers are recruited to the Sri Lanka Air Force to perform as leaders of this prestigious organization. They will perform in roles such Flying Operations, Aeronautical and General Engineering Duties, Avionics, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Information Technology Engineering, Air Traffic Controlling, Force Protection, Logistical Administration, Human Resource Administration, Civil Engineering and Aviation Medicine.

The recruitment of Officer Cadets and Direct Entry Officers as Regular or Volunteer to fulfill Officer vacancies is done twice a year unless otherwise decided by the Commander of the Air Force. The Command Recruiting Officer will ascertain from respective Directors after submitting the number of vacancies available in the respective Branch and thereafter deciding on the number and types of branch vacancies which require to be fulfilled.

BASIC QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICERS

Nationality	Must be a citizen of Sri Lanka
Age	18 to 22 years (Officer Cadet) 18 to 33 years (Direct Entry)
Civil Status	Unmarried for Officer Cadet Married or Unmarried (Direct Entry)
Height	Male 167.5cm (5’ 6") and above 165.0cm (5’ 5") and above for Medical and Dental Branch Female 162.5cm (5’ 4") and above 160.0cm (5’ 3") and above for Medical and Dental Branch
Weight	Male: 17 < BMI < 26 Female: 17 < BMI < 25
Chest	Male: 32” (Minimum)
Colour Vision Standard	Left eye 6/6 and right eye 6/6 (Without spectacles / Contact Lens)
Visual Acuity	Left eye 6/6 and right eye 6/6 (Without spectacles / Contact Lens). Medical / Dental Branches 6/18 in each eye (corrected visual acuity with spectacle should be 6/6 in each eye.

BASIC EDUCATION QUALIFICATION - OFFICER CADETS

GCE (O/L) IN ONE SITTING

Minimum of six Credit (C) passes at the GCE (O/L) examination with compulsory Credit (C) passes for English language, Science, Mathematics and a Simple (S) pass or above for Sinhala / Tamil language in one sitting.

GCE (A/L) IN ONE SITTING

• General Duties Pilot/ Operations Air Branchs - Three Simple (S) passes in three subjects at the GCE (A/L) examination in Bio (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) or Physical Science (Combined Maths, Physics and Chemistry) Streams in one sitting. Not combined to General English for A/L results.

• Technical Engineering/ Electronics Engineering Branches - Two Credit (C) passes and one Simple (S) passes in three subjects at the GCE (A/L) examination in Physical Science (Combined Maths, Physics and Chemistry) Streams in one sitting. Not combined to General English for A/L results.
Any Other Branches A minimum 3 ‘S’ Passed for GCE (A/L) Exam Subjects & not combined to General English for A/L results.

BASIC EDUCATION QUALIFICATION – DIRECT ENTRY APPLICANTS

• Minimum of six Credit (C) passes at the GCE (O/L) examination with compulsory Credit (C) passes for English language, Science, Mathematics and a Simple (S) pass and above for Sinhala / Tamil language in one sitting (additional and optional subjects are not considered).
• Minimum of three simple (S) passes at the GCE (A/L) examination and passes may be from any stream in one sitting.
• Pearson / Edexcel / International Ordinary / Advance Level, GCSE, GCE and Cambridge exam qualification may be considered subjected to a confirmation obtained from the Department of Examination, Sri Lanka to effect that it is equivalent to above basic educational qualifications.

RANK STRUCTURE OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS