Chris4Pez

what lux dont tell you is i wear his trousers lol

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johnboy05

They promote quickly as a tech to keep the pay in line with the civvy equivalent. You usually sign up for 3 years AFTER training. So They pay for your quals and you give them 3 years active service. You should leave phase 2 as a lance corpral then in 1 year become a full corpral. You then can do your class 1 trade course and get promoted to sgt within a year or 2 after. The only thing is you have to commit to another 18 months. RMP is a slower promotion but you still leave training as a lance corpral, your still at the bottom of the pile but your get paid a bit more. However as an aircraft tech there is only 3 possible postings ( i think ) So not that much opportunity to move around. Have you considered electronic tech?

Chris4Pez

Are you in the army then John? if so what regiment you in and how long you been in for?

Where are the postings then for the aircraft Techi?

TBH i never even thought about the aircraft Techi til i went into the army careers center and they told me about it as i had the REME in mind as option 2 as you have to have 3 options but i had vehicle mechanic in mind and they said that Aircraft techi is better paid, got better prospects and also when going back into Civi street is better paid than any vehicle mechanics but i did have RMP as my first choice but now i aint to sure as i dont know if i want to do the Techi job in the REME or the RMP!

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fozyspilgrims

Some good information there from johnboy05 the training program looks ok. Some of the information isn't correct, John is discribing the fitness test for serving soldiers not the test that is carried out by potential entrants at ADSC (Army Development and Selection Centre). The run is 1.5 miles or 2.4km (outside not on a treadmill) and there is no time that you have to achieve 'as such' because it depends on how well you do on the upperbody strength tests, ie good upper body slower run time excepted, faster run less upper body excepted. Also there is different standards for different jobs. There is no press ups and sit ups just pull ups and various strength tests.

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fozyspilgrims

Under 11:30 is what you should be aiming for for the mile and a half run. I usually advice to run 3-4 times per week for about 30-40 mins and regularally test yourself on the 1.5 miles (weekly, fortnightly, monthly what ever you choose). Measure the 1.5 miles in a car and go run it or 6 laps of an athletics track. Also practice pull ups, underarm chin over the bar when you lower lock arms out fully pause and back up again. As for the strength tests you are a member of this board and train anyway so trust me you won't have any problems there.

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Your local AFCO or ACIO will have training programs, or if you want to pm your address i will post you one on tuesday but you will probably find it to easy as they are for everyone. You just need to work on your running, try and get as fast time as possible, on the day you may of just finished team tasks and your legs could be knackered from lifting or carrying, the camp could have hills on the route, it could be lashing down with rain etc etc. Train for the worst case.

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Steady with the 'he never told me that', there are 144 different jobs in the Army and 1400 different career paths and that is only one job that you are talking about. As for Sgt in 5 years there are lots of jobs where you would have the opportunity to get accelerated promotion but its never a definate. For example the Royal Signals have a foremans course which you can take as a junior rank and jump to SSgt if you pass. The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers have the tiffy course where you can do the same, and that not just one job in each corps but many.

To get into the Army you have to meet the criteria for that job/trade whether its phyiscal, GCSE's, A levels etc but once you are in the Army it comes down to your ability and appitude. As an example i had a female join the Army as a VM she did very well in training and was offered to change to Aircraft tech or Avionics tech because she had the ability to do well and was out performing those who had been excepted for those jobs. And it works both ways so if you don't perform you can be down graded in your job.

Its sounds to me that you haven't been in the AFCO/ACIO that long and there is so much info on the Army you wouldn't believe. I could talk all weekend about it.

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fozyspilgrims

Did i say 'tests' earlier i ment 'assessments':lift:

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You need to get the medical forms done mate they can drag on for ages, and alot of people fail them so get that out of the way first then you can seriouly plan ahead.

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Hijacked :tongue10:

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Chris4Pez

thanks m8 appreciate it!

I cant get the medical forms done though til i start a application can i?

Also i dont really want to do an application until i know i am ready in fitness terms as i know i am ready in strength but not the running as this is one thing i have got to get right!

I think what i am gonna do is run in the morning and weights in the evening as usual or maybe weights in the morning and run in the evening who knows!

What would you suggest????

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Captain Hero

Fozy that is some serious post whoring, I dont think Ive ever seen such rampant whoring in all my life! Tall would be proud

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juntamonkey

Mae you joing as REME if you can.....more money and if your going Army air core side of it...you can go work with the Apache and have fun In Afghanistan, but yeah dont go RMP if Reme is an option, like its been said faster promotion and more money

juntamonkey

lol lol lol do people really fail to get in to the ARMY

johnboy05

I was A Vehicle Mechanic (A mech) in the REME for 7 years, but left last year. Its a good job but you tend to work ALOT of overtime as there is serious issues with manpower in the trade. Good thing about being a mechanic is the postings available, every unit in the army uses vehicles so there is loads of places you could end up. You also have the opportunity to go PTI, Para, Commando, SAS if its something you fancy. As a techi I think the postings are Colchester, Wattasham and it used to be Northern Ireland but im not sure now because of the withdrawal.