How to go to RSAF to becum a technician
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hi guys I am currently doing my obese bmt in tekong and I have a dip in electronic and computer engineering, I heard my fz in airforce (also a technician) say that with a dip in electronic/electrical had a high chance of going to airforce is that truth? And do u guys have any tips to go to RSAF?
Thank in advance
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Your educational qualifications should already be noted down in your profile records, though it'll be further positively reinforced if you have relevant prior job/attachment experience as a complement.
But note that there are some purported 800 vocations in the various armed forces, generally categorized as combat, technican or support - i.e. a lot of jobs for each branch. No matter how scientific the job-matching, the odds are still against you getting precisely what you desire, esp. if you don't qualify for OCS or SISPEC or has signed on along the way.
For me, the "My Son, The NS Man" Parents' Handbook remains the biggest publicly-hinted disclosure on what factors will affect SAF vocational deployment. To quote:
"II. Vocational Training. For those who are not selected for any of the Junior Commander courses after their BMT, they will be trained for specific vocations. The SAF matches servicemen with vocations according to its organizational needs. The following points are considered in the assignment designating of vocations:
a. Educational qualifications.
b. Working experience.
c. Physical characteristics, eg. height and weight.
d. Physical fitness.
e. The SAF's organizational needs.
f. Unit Commander's recommendation
For each vocation, there is a job description stating the responsibilities for the job. If there is no vacancy in the vocation which the serviceman is suitable for, he will be matched with the next most suitable vocation."
In other words, what you could presently do is only with "f". You could perhaps mention your hopes during your PC interview, but otherwise had better perform accordingly in training to prompt him (&/or your DIs) into recommending you along. Who knows, maybe all they want is to see solid effort on your part. That said, requisite fitness criterion for specific RSAF deployment - considering your obese status - may be itself out of their hands, & may not yet favour you in the longer run if you end up being saddled with something you'll physically struggle in. Not every soldier is happy with his vocation, but in certain ways the system does ensure you get posted to a "suitable" one. -
You want to go there as NSF or Regular?
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I hope to be a technician after i pop next week. However being pes A means my chances of being one is very small.....shitz.....
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For regualr of course you can go and sign on.....
But for NSF, it is quite hard for you to get technical vocation in RSAF and RSN, however in army it is possible provided you either
1) OOC in BMT
2) From obese BMT
3) PES C BMT
4) PES A/B BMT with conditional passes or failed BMT
Your chances will be higher if you studied technical/engineering courses in poly and it is only for A level, poly dip holders as you will end up being a specialist i.e 3SG -
Yes.It's quite hard.The Navy has their own BMt intake if I'm not wrong, they go to INTO for their training.Can anyone clairfy this?Originally posted by chikopek:For regualr of course you can go and sign on.....
But for NSF, it is quite hard for you to get technical vocation in RSAF and RSN, however in army it is possible provided you either
1) OOC in BMT
2) From obese BMT
3) PES C BMT
4) PES A/B BMT with conditional passes or failed BMT
Your chances will be higher if you studied technical/engineering courses in poly and it is only for A level, poly dip holders as you will end up being a specialist i.e 3SG -
hmm...i belong to 4)Originally posted by chikopek:For regualr of course you can go and sign on.....
But for NSF, it is quite hard for you to get technical vocation in RSAF and RSN, however in army it is possible provided you either
1) OOC in BMT
2) From obese BMT
3) PES C BMT
4) PES A/B BMT with conditional passes or failed BMT
Your chances will be higher if you studied technical/engineering courses in poly and it is only for A level, poly dip holders as you will end up being a specialist i.e 3SG -
so far the most obvious criteria i see in the NS RSAF Technicians, is that they are weak, blur and totally cannot make it.
Feel like slapping and bashing them up. -
This one I am not very sure but for some PES A enlistees, they will be told to go for NDU vocational assessment months before enlistmant.Originally posted by LazerLordz:Yes.It's quite hard.The Navy has their own BMt intake if I'm not wrong, they go to INTO for their training.Can anyone clairfy this?
But there are still people who went to RSAF or RSN after doing BMT in Tekong. I have a friend who do BMT in Tekong ends up as a personnel who protects the airplanes in Tengah Air Base. -
FDS, Field Defence SquadronOriginally posted by chikopek:personnel who protects the airplanes in Tengah Air Base.