Hi All

I am new to this site and am after some answers that I cant find anywhere. I am interested in joining the REME as a technician as I am already a fully qualified electrical engineer but I cant find out what technicians jobs are best for me with my experience and qualifications. Also, one of the main reasons I want to join the army is to do the commando training to support the royal marines. I have been into the afco and they couldnt give me any specific job desicriptions or couldnt tell me if I can do the commando training. For example, if I was to join as an avionics technician in the army air corps, could I still do the commando course or would I have to be in the royal engineers for that? Also, where can I find a list of job descriptions for technicians jobs? The afco couldnt tell me and I can see them all on the army website.

Thanks for any help

Jon

You can do the All-Arms Commando Course whilst in the REME - I know a couple who have done it.

T

Electronics/Avionics Technician Job Description

Aircraft Techician Job Description

Any soldier can apply for the All Arms Commando Course (AACC) with the blessing of their chain of command.

You won't necessarily get to serve within 3 Cdo Bde though.

Your best bet if this is your aim as a REME Technician, is to join as an Elec/Avionics Tech and then choose the the Elect Tech stream during Phase 2 training.

Having completed Phase 2 you can apply for the AACC or better still get yourself posted to 29 Cdo RA and do it from there. I'm not sure if 24 Cdo RE, have Techs on the Orbat.

Yes, one of the WO1s at Arborfield did it as a Tom - and it did him no harm

Originally Posted by jon_d_h

Hi All

I am new to this site and am after some answers that I cant find anywhere. I am interested in joining the REME as a technician as I am already a fully qualified electrical engineer but I cant find out what technicians jobs are best for me with my experience and qualifications. Also, one of the main reasons I want to join the army is to do the commando training to support the royal marines. I have been into the afco and they couldnt give me any specific job desicriptions or couldnt tell me if I can do the commando training. For example, if I was to join as an avionics technician in the army air corps, could I still do the commando course or would I have to be in the royal engineers for that? Also, where can I find a list of job descriptions for technicians jobs? The afco couldnt tell me and I can see them all on the army website.

Thanks for any help

Jon

Wikipedia can be your freind: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commando_Logistic_Regiment

Originally Posted by Timble

You can do the All-Arms Commando Course whilst in the REME - I know a couple who have done it.

T

As a technician? The marines used to have their own REME trained techs. That is; selected marines went to the SEME to get trained as techs. I think it is more feasible to do AAComando as a Scaley tech. But I am out now, so things may have changed.

Originally Posted by StickyEnd

Originally Posted by Timble

You can do the All-Arms Commando Course whilst in the REME - I know a couple who have done it.

T

As a technician? The marines used to have their own REME trained techs. That is; selected marines went to the SEME to get trained as techs. I think it is more feasible to do AAComando as a Scaley tech. But I am out now, so things may have changed.

Yes as a technician, the Royals also have their own VMs ARMs and RechMechs doesn't stop REME bods from completing AACC and serving with 29, 59 or Cdo Log.

Originally Posted by spaz

Electronics/Avionics Technician Job Description
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Any soldier can apply for the All Arms Commando Course (AACC) with the blessing of their chain of command....

Sory to go OT. Just followed that link. Have all the electronic tech trades (apart from avionics), now been combined?

Originally Posted by spaz

Originally Posted by StickyEnd

Originally Posted by Timble

You can do the All-Arms Commando Course whilst in the REME - I know a couple who have done it.

T

As a technician? The marines used to have their own REME trained techs. That is; selected marines went to the SEME to get trained as techs. I think it is more feasible to do AAComando as a Scaley tech. But I am out now, so things may have changed.

Yes as a technician, the Royals also have their own VMs ARMs and RechMechs doesn't stop REME bods from completing AACC and serving with 29, 59 or Cdo Log.

Thanks for that correction. Times have changed.

Yeah, Tech Elec now covers it all, the first SuperTechs(!) left the factory in around 2004. Now Techs just get posted to a slot somewhere and told to crack on with it. So we end up with ex Radar Techs working on Optronics, Inst Techs on Tels kit, you get the picture.