Thats a fair point about the not being able to fix anything business. It seems your not allowed to open the kit to fix it because its been strategically designed to break at the most awkward moments, which thenhas to be sat in back loading stores across the corp to get fixed.
Mind you, would being a tech/is geek be all soo bad? Good quals for civvy street!
Considering techs fill in 1045's and 1033's when they fix kit anyway, is it such a drama? Even if you could fix the kit you would still have to do the paperwork! Just think of it as practise
Alternatively, do courses in specialised kit i.e Talon, LWRN and VTC. Jobs a good'un