Electrical technician, there's no such trade! There's vehicle electrician or electronics technician so which is it?
I'm an electronics technician (class 1) that's why i'm quick to jump on that one as it's a major annoyance for me to be called an electrician by anyone, let alone by one of the REME who should know better. Anyway...... Rant over, and i apologise but i feel much better now
Ok, now as part of my looking into transferring also i was looking at two trades, Radiographer and Biomedical Scientist. Both had the same criteria education wise i.e A-Levels in science based subjects equivalent to 220 UCAS points. Now as a class one technician the qualifications earned from that alone was sufficient due to my grades, however my qualifications still needed to be checked over by the university (I originally joined the army with only GCSEs). Oh and if you're wondering, i chose Radiographer as i felt it was more suited to what i was looking for and i start my training in the near future.
My first assumption is that you have the necessary qualifications however you will need to speak to your RCMO who will look into it further for you, and speak to the correct people. Now to get a bit more of a feel for the job, if you go to
www.armyjobs.mod.uk/jobs/Pages/default.aspx then go to medical, there is a list of all the jobs that your qualifications open up to you such as.....
Radiographer, Operating Department Practitioner, Biomedical Scientist, Registered Nurse to name a few, of which the phase two training is at university. Make sure that when you click on a job on the website that it says regular and not territorial as this can cause a bit of confusion, you'll understand what i'm talking about.
Any questions about the transfer process then send me a PM or something and i'll try and be of some help. Just keep in mind that i transferred to Radiography so i can't answer too many of the Biomedical Science questions but i'm sure someone can.
Good luck, always good to see more REME transferring in
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