Ballard
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(Originally posted on: 07-06-05 04:36:25 AM)
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To fight for the glory of the British Empire!
No, seriously. Hello listeners. I actually applied to join up last year after dropping out of university (economics sux) and deciding I probably didn't want to pursue a career in dishwashing. The job I applied for was Avionics Technician ('AVTECH'), ie. equivalent to an 'aircraft maintenance engineer' for the aircraft electonics systems.
Today I finally had the dreaded 'assessment day' I've been sweatin' over for weeks, which comprised a psychological assessment, medical (as in "remove your undies now" type medical), and general job interview.
The psychiatrist was a bit of a wanker, but I managed to pass as 'not insane'.
The medical I passed as class 1 ie. all good, though much to my disappointment my genitals weren't examined by a:

But rather just some old feller.
I was under the impression that the job interview would be an hour of intensive and probing interrogation, but it turned out to be 15 mins of conversation with a friendly Seawoman. Easy as piss!
So, yeah, then they were all like "ok, you're in", and I was all like "where do I get my grenades at?!"
I have to pass a fitness test (also easy as piss), then I'm shipped out to recruit training on oct 4, where I'll be shouted at for 10 weeks. Then it's 3 more years of training before I become a fully qualified AVTECH.
If you're interested, I'll ultimately end up specialising in one of these aircraft: C130H or J Hercules, Caribou, FA18 Hornet, F111, P3C or AP3C Orion, Hawk 127, PC9, 707, 737, JSF (not sure when that's coming in tho).
Any questions?
btw army people please form an orderly queue for giving me shit
This reply was last edited on 07-06-05 05:01:14 AM by Ballard.
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