In the German Armed Forces, officer designates are enlisted personnel and have a corresponding rank code. In the Finnish Defence Forces, officer candidate is an NCO rank, comparable to sergeant. Officer candidates are graduates of the Reserve Officer School, where they have been trained as officer students. At the end of their conscript service they are promoted to the rank of second lieutenant. In the German Armed Forces, officer designates are enlisted personnel. Soldiers accepted for officer training are given the annotation (') for ' ("Officer Aspirant") to their rank. Then the designate progresses through the ranks of ' (OR-5), ' (OR-6) and ' (OR-7) in the German Army and German Air Force. Officer designates in the German Navy go through the corresponding ranks of ', ' and ' instead. Officer designates in the army and air force wear the same uniform and insignia as the corresponding NCOs; added a silver metal tissue cord on their shoulder straps. A distinction to this is the insignia of the '. His service and dress uniforms, including the shoulder straps, are sowed the silver piping, indicating the officer career instead of the NCO piping. However, his rank insignia on mounting loots for the field uniform are identically to the non-commissioned '; plus the cord of the officer designate. The navy doesn't use a silver cord to indicate the officer designates; instead a golden nautical star is displayed. The rank insignia of ' and ' is the same as for the corresponding NCOs, but exchanges the anchor symbol with the nautical star. The rank insignia for ' is lent to the ', displaying the nautical star and a golden half-stripe — also on the field uniform. In the Indonesian National Armed Forces, an officer candidate ("calon perwira") is one who wants to earn a commission as an officer in the armed forces. Officers in the Indonesian National Armed Forces are commissioned through one of four major commissioning programs. Upon graduation the candidates are promoted to the rank of second lieutenant, thus becoming commissioned officers. The four programs are:  In the Philippines, an officer candidate ("OC") is a civilian or enlisted service member who holds a baccalaureate degree and who wants to earn a commission as an officer in the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Upon admission to the Officer Candidate School, officer candidates are appointed as probationary second lieutenants and probationary ensigns. In the British Armed Forces, officer candidates (or potential officer candidates) are civilians or enlisted persons who apply to join the service as an officer.