Specialist pay
A Royal Engineer Diver is decontaminated following the search of a flooded basement in Basra
The main forms of Specialist Pay in the Army are Flying Pay, Parachute Pay and Diving Pay.
Specialist Pay is only used to deal with recruiting and retention, once all other possible means of alleviating undermanning have been considered.
The Armed Forces' Pay Review Body (AFPRB) recommends the rates of Specialist Pay. The Job Evaluation process, which sets the rates of basic pay, take no account of 'market forces' in the civilian job market. Specialist Pay is used to encourage volunteers and to retain personnel trades where there are manning difficulties. Risk and danger may contribute significantly to the retention issue for some Specialist Pay activities.
