Posted to 21 SA as a Signal storeman

• ryangian

  1 Oct 04, 11:32

  OOC from 23 SA due to knee operation and got posted there yesterday
  
  Help, any advice for me and what doe a signal store man job scope is
• contact_thatslife

  1 Oct 04, 11:52

  hey e bunks at 21SA is much much better than other camps.
  
  10 person per bunk n 8 big KDK ceiling fans in there (Branded fans. Not those no brands one, top speed liao, turn oso turn so slowly)
  
  Metal cupboard, bed, bedsheet n pillow case all e same matching colour. > Sand colour, golden brown. (Unlike other camps, metal cupboard n bed grey, bedsheet n pillow case white)
  
  Everyone will have their own chair in bunk. No shortage of chairs.
  
  King koil pillow, dunlop mattress. Branded bedsheet n pillow case, once saw e same product even selling at John Little.
  
  Bedside table for every bed.
  
  N best of all, power point beside everybed, ontop of bedside table to charge HP. Dun need to share power point liao.
  
  For those kiasu ones, gt fire extinguisher in every bunk.
  
  Lastly, really got privacy, no windows facing e corridor.
  
  So enjoy ur stay in there!
• ryangian

  1 Oct 04, 12:25

  So what will be my job scope as a signal storeman
• contact_thatslife

  1 Oct 04, 13:34

  Originally posted by ryangian:

  OOC from 23 SA due to knee operation and got posted there yesterday
  
  Help, any advice for me and what doe a signal store man job scope is

  hey u gt posted there yesterday! hw cme e lao jiaos there never teach u mei?
  
  go n learn fm them, u r supposed to be their under study. so if they dun teach u, next time any1 ask u to do anything just say lao jiaos never teach, i dunno hw to do.
• Moxie

  1 Oct 04, 14:44

  Hey, we're from the same "family". FYI My batch created/voted the Deadly Accurate motto for 21SA back in '86-87.
  
  Signal Storeman is basically like a 7-11 job for signal equipment. The duties are pretty routine/mundane: T-loaning in/out, maintainence, sometimes helping to set up the sets for HQ Land Rovers (if not enough Signallers). It's rear-echelon but, being very much of a support-service niche, it'll often mean waking up at an unearthly hour or complying with last-minute requests or staying back on weekends - all in order to facilitate the battery-line personnel.
  
  There should be at least 2-3 of you, from my former experience anyway, assisted by a Signal Sergeant/Specialist & a Signal Officer. All of you will come under the S4 department in HQ Battery.
  
  I understand, with some outfits nowadays, the HQ Signal people may also be in charge of the unit computer system, especially as troubleshooters.
• ryangian

  2 Oct 04, 01:14

  Originally posted by contact_thatslife:

  hey u gt posted there yesterday! hw cme e lao jiaos there never teach u mei?
  
  go n learn fm them, u r supposed to be their under study. so if they dun teach u, next time any1 ask u to do anything just say lao jiaos never teach, i dunno hw to do.

  still on MC due to knee operartion..........
• LazerLordz

  2 Oct 04, 12:54

  21SA, Home of the Primus.
• contact_thatslife

  2 Oct 04, 23:58

  Originally posted by ryangian:

  still on MC due to knee operartion..........

  when ur mc over? so i could tell e lao jiaos to take good care of U on ur 1st day there. U will hve a memorable time in e unit, i promised. so nw dun worry so much, just relax n get well soon.
• ryangian

  3 Oct 04, 11:08

  i have got a bad feeling about this..........
• dotaro

  3 Oct 04, 11:19

  u have been blessed for the rest of yr life kid.
• ryangian

  3 Oct 04, 14:33

  Originally posted by dotaro:

  u have been blessed for the rest of yr life kid.

  why....can tell me more about it.....
• Moxie

  3 Oct 04, 15:11

  Perhaps the other posters were referring to something else, but my own experience (both active & reservist) suggested that the signal store & MT-line office are the most "happening" areas for rear-echelon people. By comparison, it's hard to locate the optical storeman or kit-exchange guy or maps-room rep - none of whom ever updated their movement charts regularly.
  
  MT line personnel must work in vest-&-slacks, at least. The signal storemen I've encountered seemed always in PT kit & could escape things like muster parades, maybe due to the autonomy accorded by the signal officers (usually quite lobo too, & ended up "contributing" elsewhere as regular DO &/or "DY QM"). Perhaps they've already resigned to booking out less frequently & also often later than the other guys, cuz the premises was often turned into a mini-recreation room on the side. Hi-fi radio, magazines, portable fans, snacks, chess sets, etc. were all stocked & replenished ....
  
• ryangian

  3 Oct 04, 22:12

  One more thing....will i be posted out after i have completed my BMT recourse
• LazerLordz

  3 Oct 04, 23:41

  Depends on your perm PES status then.