During my time though the Infantry School, the only OJT that occurred was for Phase 3 qualified pers who were waiting to take their Phase 4 and had a significant gap before it started. All of them were Course Officers for various courses running around the country. They were also a very small minority.
While both the Armoured and Artillery schools will have training NCM's present, only Infantry officers conduct their initial training in Gagetown. Can't really comment on what opportunities exist for NCM's at their respective schools as a result.
Unless much has changed during the past 2 years, your day will consist of reporting in for the morning at 0800, doing PT (either self directed, or as a group), reporting in again at 1000 for training or other small tasks passed down from PAT Pl, Lunch, then reporting back in at 1300 for more of the same. Depending on the day you will be "free" from as early as 1315, to as late as 1700 on most days.
Ways to spend your time other then OJT?
- See if you can get access to a computer lab to start working on AJSO (Army Junior Staff Officer) and register/complete a few CAFJOD (Junior Officer Development) Modules before starting Phase 2 (if possible). Once you finish your phase training you'll find you have very little work time to complete these modules later on.
- Get Fit. Phase 3 will be much easier if fitness is the least of your concerns.
- Get your fingers dirty. Try and see if there is anything you can do around the base to continue your administrative skills. We get precious little of it during the training portion and it will be one of the most time consuming portions of your first 6 months as a Pl Comd. This will likely depend on who is heading the PAT Pl at the time and their willingness to give you said opportunity however.
- Grab course materials from other PAT Pl members (who have finished BMOQ-L) for the upcoming course - while some of it might be better left to learn during the course proper, there is absolutely nothing wrong with having a good idea of the material you'll be expected to learn during the course. PAT Pl may have scheduled in classes on some of this material already. If your peers do not have this information (which is doubtful), PAT Pl leadership certainly will. Talk to whomever is in charge of you about it.
If you had any questions, feel free to send me a PM.
(Edited to add additional details)