I've seen guys up to full-screw transfer straight in and keep their rank before, but it depends on what skills they already had (e.g. PSBC, SCBC). You might be able to wangle a job as a Signal Platoon Bowman God and it could be an easy way of keeping your tapes. But if you actually want to do "mainstream" infantry i.e. work up through rifle section and beyond then you might have to drop down a rank or so. Unless you can offer them senior or junior brecon then you may struggle. In my experience, any time my unit got an ex-scaley then they always got posted to the Signal Platoon as they assume that all Royal Signals are CNR wizards and therefore your vocation within the unit is already chosen.Is_the_link_in? said:
You can do it, although whether the infantry will let you join them is another question. I know of a couple of T1s re-capbadging as we speak.Foxtrot__Oscar said:
With the new kit coming in (Cormorant, Bowman, Falcon (eventually)), it's turning into a bit of a shit job because your working day consists of filling in 1043s instead of actually fixing anything. Plus we're being amalgamated with the IS Engrs which isn't what most people joined as Techs to do.chocolate_frog said:
I've done the Cormorant course and I'm waiting on the Bowman one and tech's still turning into a cack job. I've never seen our Talon techs fix anything other than the occasional coax either. Ditto with LWRN and VTC.Is_the_link_in? said: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
Whether you agree with it or not, apparently it's too expensive for us to fix COTS stuff and it works out cheaper to buy new bits. That means the trade you joined has already changed and that's why the trades are merging - because a lot of "what most people joined as Techs to do" has already become obsolete. That's life. There's nothing we (the Army) have done wrong, it's just been driven by the technology revolution in civvy street. If you want to specifically work as a repair technician then maybe REME's the way forward. If you want to be an ICT Network or Systems Engineer then R Signals all the way. I very much doubt you're going to be forced into doing a pure IT job against your will, as there will always be enough task to go around in such a loose pool of requirements. Then again, having heard a lot of news on Falcon and DII/F I reckon there's a LOT to be thrashed out yet.jimmys_best_mate said:
PM sentchocolate_frog said:
I know, just having a general moan. It's a shame the more interesting parts of the trade are going though.PoisonDwarf said:
There's a shock!jimmys_best_mate said:
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