A non-commissioned rank in all navies but the holder is customerily accorded wardroom status. In the SA Navy, Midshipmen is carrying out their duties which require them to exert command rank above that of Warrant Officer First Class and below that of Ensign.
Sisikhundla esingena mkhomishina kuyo yonke imikhosi yamanzi kodwa umphathi uvunyelwa iwonga legumbi lewadi ngokwesithethe. Ngokomkhosi wamanzi wase-SA amadoda asembindini enza imisebenzi yawo efuna ukuba asebenzise isikhundla sawo sokuyalela ngaphezulu kweyeHlelo lokuQala loMphathi-mikhosi nangaphantsi kwaleyo yebhanile.