BMT POP Posting Orders FAQ

last SG · 2007-03-23T11:03:22+00:00

Storeman job is generally easy, more than often i see storeman slacking more than clerks. It just depends which store you get as some have more work while so...

dkcx SG

Maybe during your time, but not now. I would say a good 5-10% of SAF drivers already hold class-3 licence before even enlisting. So the only thing to look forward when ord is the class 4 licence..

That would violate the reason they did not allow ppl with license to be drivers in the past cos they dun wan them to zuo bo etc during the driving course since people who knows how to drive will be way ahead of the others.

However SAF is ever changing so nothing is forever concrete though 3-4 yrs back i still hear that ppl with driving licences cannot be drivers.

Resentment SG

However SAF is ever changing so nothing is forever concrete though 3-4 yrs back i still hear that ppl with driving licences cannot be drivers.

i am a driver in the saf , and some of the drivers now have cv license but they are still being posted as a driver. But maybe those with class 3 cv license will chiong for the class 4. But for my unit its hard to get a class 4 though.

noahnoah SG

nothing beats being a runner

best vocation of all

dkcx SG

I know you are a driver, i even remember you and your posts before you even enlist. However are you sure the drivers had their CV licenses when they were enlisting or did they get it after their enlistment?

If i didn't recall wrongly, i think during preenlistment, it is asked whether you have a driving license or not though i might be wrong. Some of them might have gotten their license after they filled in the form etc i guess.

Xelement SG

i dun rem them asking during pre-enlistment

dkcx SG

i dun rem them asking during pre-enlistment

Not sure then, it was so long ago who remembers :p

Master -_- SG

stellazio SG

my buddy in bmt studied nursing, and was posted as a medic..

dkcx SG

my buddy in bmt studied nursing, and was posted as a medic..

Unsure about the odds of a nursing student being posted to medic but there are surely alot of nursing students who do not become medics. There is always chance of friends who got into a vocation base on their 'specialisation' but there are alot more out there that get thrown to something totally unrelated.

For eg, my entire batch of 60+ autotech, only 1 was an ITE student who studied on automobile. If he was the only friend i known, i might have said that an automobile student would have a high chance to become an autotech yet he was only 1 out of the 60+. Get what i mean?

stellazio SG

technical specialization is not that related to that extent as per say nursing to medics.. and i do know of many nsf airforce technicians who had diplomas in engineering and IT more then those from other areas of expertise.. so i think its fair enough to say that there is a slightly higher chance..however command schools take precedence..

dkcx SG

I am a technician myself, do you think i dunno the ratio of the type of courses people were from and posted to that vocation? What has IT got to do with technicians anyway? Almost all the medics i know were not nursing dip graduates so out of the 100s of nursing graduates each year really get into medics and not other vocations that you really know of rather than just 1 case?

Actually i would say someone who studied automobile in ITE is more qualified than most of the rest of us in all vehicles repairs, do the work quicker and more efficiently but theres hardly any of them sent to be a autotech.

If you want to say there is a higher chance, why do drivers rarely get driver vocations? Aero Eng/tech students not mostly get technician in RSAF etc etc. I know of many poly grads who were posted to fields totally unrelated to their course of study regardless how they they have done and many did not choose to go to command school.

Master -_- SG

wahh technician posted at CPC ah? Know the ratio et al

105090 SG

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dkcx SG

wahh technician posted at CPC ah? Know the ratio et al

You don't need to even be at CPC to know the education of your peers and I do not believe CPC clerks can and bother to check the NSF's education background to determine posting.

stellazio SG

err fyi, aero eng/tech students the field they're in is held by regulars in the rsaf.. the nsf techs in rsaf do not service aircrafts at all..what has IT grads gotta do with techs? a technical job in the rsaf is not all bout mechanical work, airrcaft has systems.. thats why im saying from what i know, the people who works closely with me, i know their education has maybe somewhat played a part however minor it is. its too many to ignore..in fact few years ago, technicians in the rsaf only took in poly grads from engineering/it courses and there were no A lvl grads at all. see the logic?

dkcx SG

I have a regular friend whos a senior tech in RSAF and he was not from an aero course nor does he have any aero background except interest in that field so nothing is absolute. There are alot more other factors that influence posting and are you sure there are noone in there who is a non IT/eng student in RSAF tech?

stellazio SG

signing on is a totally diff shit.. they will train u from scratch..i never said there was none, but i said there is enough proof for me to say that ur field of expertise might just affect ur posting slightly..

dkcx SG

I mentioned my friend since you said all the regulars had to be aero students but he was not.

Until we have a forumer who is in the vocations posting 'department', it will never be certain whether or not they really bother or is it just pure coincidence. However, noone should expect or pin too much hopes in getting any vocation just because it is their area of study since the chances are still very low when you compare the number of graduates from that course, the openings for that vocation as well as the chance of other people getting into that vocation.

As many have discussed in the past, the assessment done after medical checkup could have a significant effect on posting and it could just be that graduates of certain courses being better in certain sections of the test that is required for that vocation and thus get that posting.

stellazio SG

but one things for sure.. if you're a medicine student, your chances of becoming a MO, is certainly higher..

and btw what i mentioned by the field they're in is held by regulars is the different type of techs in the rsaf.. those in the aero engineering field will do more with maintenance and how the aircraft performs/works..nsf technicians never maintains an aircraft..they're only DCC's or armourers..

dkcx SG

but one things for sure.. if you're a medicine student, your chances of becoming a MO, is certainly higher..

For MOs, thats 1 noone can argue about.

RSAF tech are sent to AFS and not OETI like the army techs so what they learn or do is not something i'm clear about but those i know who were there were non eng students though i dunno wat those few do since i was not close to them and never kept in contact.

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