controllers and air combat officers joining the RAAF directly through the Officers' Training School (without going to ADFA) also start their career as an officer cadet. Once they have completed their employment training (2FTS, SATC and SAW respectively), they are promoted. This will change however, as of May 2018, where all graduates from OTS will graduate with a minimum rank of PLTOFF. This will mean that the OFFCDT rank will be used only during initial military training. Canada In the Canadian Armed Forces, the appointment of officer cadet (OCdt), or élève-officier (élof) in French, is held by beginning officers, as well as students attending the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario, the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec or a civilian university through the Regular Officer Training Plan. For Royal Canadian Navy members of the same rank, naval cadet (NCdt), or aspirant de marine (aspm) in French, is used in lieu of officer cadet. Some officer cadets, who are going through Regular Officer Training Plan, are highly qualified in their military trade. However, those officers are ineligible to receive a commission until holding a university degree. Officer cadets and naval cadets in the Canadian Armed Forces are subordinate officers, but generally billet or mess with other officers. They have yet to be granted the King's commission which would make them commissioned officers, and as such are not to be saluted by non-commissioned (enlisted) Canadian Armed Forces members. The rank insignia for the Royal Canadian Navy is a narrow gold braid (6 mm; note difference with standard braid size) and a narrow silver braid (6 mm) for the Royal Canadian Air Force which is worn on the cuff of the distinctive environmental uniform jacket, and on the epaulettes of all other uniforms. This gives rise to the somewhat derogatory term 'quarter-inch admiral' as a term for officer cadets who try to insist that they are superior to other non-commisioned members due to their ranks. In the Canadian Army, the rank insignia is one pip over a white band. The peak of the service cap (if worn) is plain - however, there are some circumstances, such as those enrolled in a university training program for non-commissioned members, where authorization of the branch cap badge is granted. France In the French Armed Forces, the posting, named « élève officer » or 'student officer' in French, is generally given to officers