Army Communication & Information Systems Specialists (Sig Op, Lineman and LCIS Amalgamation)

[REDinstaller]

And positions that say ACCIS-CSTM are a crap shoot as well. Sorry it's a core job, but we can offer you the same position at the same type of unit in Valcartier. WTF???

 

[PuckChaser]

And positions that say ACCIS-CSTM are a crap shoot as well. Sorry it's a core job, but we can offer you the same position at the same type of unit in Valcartier. WTF???

I'm curious as to what is going to happen now that CISTM is on hold gone. Is someone going to have to go through all the positions and reclassify to the individual sub-occs? What a waste of effort...

 

[REDinstaller]

That's what I thought and still think of the whole process of MES. It could have bought or paid for a lot of other projects that we truly need. Not what is has promised and never delivered on

 

[PuckChaser]

CNR(E) and the CI/NAU replacement comes to mind.

 

[REDinstaller]

Along with more spares in the system

 

[RedMan]

CNR(E) and the CI/NAU replacement comes to mind.

If you are referring to E-LAN (which gets rid of the CI,NAU,RAU,PDU,Driver Box and replaces it with the new CSB and smaller pdu), that is supposed to start being installed in vehicles come April according to my sources... we shall see.

No one is using all of the SR2 equipment I spent forever installing/testing/repairing because they don't know how to use it, and its just going to get replaced soon enough anyway.

 

[PuckChaser]

If you are referring to E-LAN (which gets rid of the CI,NAU,RAU,PDU,Driver Box and replaces it with the new CSB and smaller pdu), that is supposed to start being installed in vehicles come April according to my sources... we shall see.

That's the one. From the powerpoints I've seen, CNR(E) is delayed almost a year. So if we get E-LAN before CNR(E), they won't have to worry about coding stuff to trick the NAU into thinking certain modes (FH for one) are still available.

 

[upandatom]

Yep. I'm finding out that all the open positions I want to fill with Core guys, are in fact IST because someone threw a set of darts at a board. So an undermanned section gets even further undermanned, because posted out pers can't be replaced with Core. MES is the definition of:  :facepalm:

Add on top of that being qualified, recommended, and asked for by name for a position, more then the member receiving and or filling the position. It gets super tedious, and frustrating. 

 

[LCIS227]

The ACISS CMs were supposed to come to Leitrim on Monday for our brief/interviews but we got an email on Friday afternoon telling us they are cancelling their appearance (this is the 2nd time they don't show up).

We weren't given any reason and we don't know when/if they'll come.

Any other units out there haven't spoken to the ACISS CMs yet?

 

[PuckChaser]

Wierd that they wouldn't get Ottawa, but anyone thats getting a face to face meeting this year is lucky. Rumour is G6 from Edmonton used their budget to bring them out.

 

[REDinstaller]

I don't know whose budget, but they did come first week of December

 

[Old EO Tech]

Wierd that they wouldn't get Ottawa, but anyone thats getting a face to face meeting this year is lucky. Rumour is G6 from Edmonton used their budget to bring them out.

That is how the RCEME CM team is coming to Edmonton, Bde/Svc Bn is paying for it.  But I can't see Letrium being a budget issue....unless they are so anal that they want gas money to drive from 101 :-/

 

[upandatom]

WE only had the phone call,

And then just to find out it was a phone call to Ottawa, and that they were here a day later.....but yet still couldnt meet face to face.

 

[LCIS227]

My CoC contacted the CM and they were informed their posting budget was cut deeper than they had anticipated.

They will spend the next few days going through all the priority postings and determine how many cost moves they can actually afford.

They basically had to redo their posting plot ...

As the case for many things in the Signals branch / ACISS trade it's another "wait and shoot" situation.

 

[c_canuk]

As the case for many things in the Signals branch / ACISS trade it's another "wait and shoot" situation.

I've made 3 attempts to write something concise about the state of the trade in reply to this.

I've abandoned that effort as I have nothing constructive to say, so I'll just leave it at the phrase "Wait and shoot" makes my eye lid twitch.

 

[upandatom]

I've made 3 attempts to write something concise about the state of the trade in reply to this.

I've abandoned that effort as I have nothing constructive to say, so I'll just leave it at the phrase "Wait and shoot" makes my eye lid twitch.

THREE YEARS OF WAIT AND SHOOT.

 

[LCIS-Tech]

I'm curious as to what is going to happen now that CISTM is on hold gone. Is someone going to have to go through all the positions and reclassify to the individual sub-occs? What a waste of effort...

The CISTM Sub-occ is not "gone", but the determination was that it will take upwards of 15 years + to build an ACISS trained person to be able to be an "all-singing, all-dancing" CISTM that can go into "any job" at the CISTM level. Therefore, while the CISTM sub-occ will continue as a sub-occ, they current CISTMs will be promoted according to their IST, CST, and Line sub-occs into jobs at the CISTM level IAW their previous sub-occ. Don't fool yourself: We are not going back to silos. It is a Job Based Specification, and you need specific job backgrounds in order to actually DO certain jobs as a CISTM. This will alleviate the problem that can arise when/if a Lineman is #1 to be promoted, but the only position available for a CISTM is as a Foreman or CCO. It's also not a matter of reclassifying positions: They are "job based". Line go to LCF/LCS positions, CST go to Foreman positions, and most LCMM jobs. Look deeper into what the actual position is, and it will tell you what the job/specification for it is.

As a former LCIS Tech, I can say without too much difficulty that I could "probably" fill into a CCO job with only a little bit of frequency management and spectrum management trg required. I am sure that a capable CCO could probably do the same for a Foreman with a bit of extra training. The same can NOT be said about the LCS job, since nobody other than other Linemen actually knows or understands what the heck they actually do anyways....(From what I can tell, they basically just spend all of their time on TD to Ottawa at "meetings"....)

 

[DAA]

My CoC contacted the CM and they were informed their posting budget was cut deeper than they had anticipated.
They will spend the next few days going through all the priority postings and determine how many cost moves they can actually afford.
They basically had to redo their posting plot ...
As the case for many things in the Signals branch / ACISS trade it's another "wait and shoot" situation.

I get the feeling that this is not going to be a "limited" activity and most likely universal right across all occupations/branches.  I sat in on a briefing about a month ago where the subject of Postings/Moves came up and some of the ideas/concepts and numbers spewing forth even had me thinking, doing a double take and trying to crunch numbers in my head.

Led me to believe that postings this coming year, will be "few" and in the future "far" apart.  Your post seems to validate this.

 

[Eye In The Sky]

THREE YEARS OF WAIT WATCH AND SHOOT.

 

[Eye In The Sky]

I get the feeling that this is not going to be a "limited" activity and most likely universal right across all occupations/branches.  I sat in on a briefing about a month ago where the subject of Postings/Moves came up and some of the ideas/concepts and numbers spewing forth even had me thinking, doing a double take and trying to crunch numbers in my head.

Led me to believe that postings this coming year, will be "few" and in the future "far" apart.  Your post seems to validate this.

We've had comm's from the CM via the trade CofC that posting will be reduced/limited this year and that this might also affect promotions, etc.  Sounds like a common theme across the board.