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NCA -> Ground Trade

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Hello fellow e-goaters! I'm currently stuck in limbo and was wondering if I could filter through your vast fountains of knowledge for a hand!

I have recently been withdrawn from NCAITC for the third time due to a knee injury that keeps playing up. Therefore I have decided to throw in the "grow bag towel" and transfer to a ground trade. The trouble is... I have no idea which one to go for! :S.

This is where e-goat comes in! The 2 trades at the top of my list at the moment are either AMM or Int. I was just wondering if anybody has any better ideas, or some more real life information rather than that from the RAF Careers website!

I'm looking for an active job (not behind a desk all day!) but aprt from that I'm open to speculation!

Any replies would be much appreciated. Thank you.
 
M8, Sorry to hear about your knee. If you are still at cranwell go along to the OASC building, and turn right at recepton to the IofR and speak with the recruiters there, thats were the AFCOs are run from. They should give you some gen and maybe latest hot poop on what open to you.

Being AMM or W Tech would keep you with Aircraft but you are going to be sat down a lot in training but once you are out there you will be kept busy. But remember you will be in at the bottom of the pile again.

Dont rush into any trade choice.

Off TopicHow about a commission- I heard that they seal cadets up in bubble wrap on day one of IOT and open them up on grad day - much easier that NCAITC. Just look at the JOs they churn out.
 
Throatarea said:
How about a commission- I heard that they seal cadets up in bubble wrap on day one of IOT and open them up on grad day - much easier that NCAITC. Just look at the JOs they churn out.
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Unfortunately the last guy that attempted to go from NCA to IOT, there was a lot of politics kicked up.. ending up with Gp Capt OACTU and Gp Capt OASC arguing over it. In the end he didn't get it and is now on the NCA course I was on!

Also, I have seen some of the JOs they churn out with the thoughts of "well if they an graduate then I should find it a breeze! Also according to a MAcr I was talking to, IOT is the hardest couse to fail! I don't really want to be tarred with that brush... just yet!
 
You could always have a crack at Direct Entry ATC. If you've completed Phase 1 at Cranwell and can pass the aptitude test, you're a shoe in.
Be careful though, they're so desperate for controllers that if you even mention it in passing you could be shackled to a console before the dribble has dried on your chin.
 
Youngy

I was genuinely sorry to hear about your injury - presumably you are going to have to spend some more time on RAD before you have to make your decision about which ground trade to go for? If so, you don't have to rush into anything.

I know Int is a popular choice at the moment among aircrew cadets looking to transfer to a ground trade. All I'll say is: if that's what you choose, make sure it's because you want to do the job and not just because others have gone before you. The goat is heavy in TG1 so you should get the good, the bad and the indifferent about "God's own trade" without any input from me.

Seriously, though, if your knee is going to stop you completing NCAITC but you are determined to stay in the RAF then take the time to see exactly what's out there. Decide what you want out of your future RAF career and see which trade fits those aspirations best. You may be surprised.
 
Normally I would say get yourself to a station and have a chat with the trades, sensible thing to do, normally!

However, talking to the AMM's/Techies at the moment might leave you with a bit of a 'sinking feeling'!

If your seroius about AMM, please ignore comments from the guys actually doing the job, assume engineering is the way forward, study hard and dream of getting awarded appropiately. Alteratively, build a time machine and make a fortune with it, or go back 15+ years to when times were good.

Hope this helps but a bit doubful.


Regards

Chad
 
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