Clearance level for Sig Op and Officer

[Sig_Des]

Most Ops are coming out of CFSCE right now have either ERC or Lvl II. The units are upgrading to Lvl III when they arrive. The prob with Apprentice Sig Ops coming in, they are unemployable, pretty much, at the Regt until they get atleast a Lvl II clearance.

That bites the proverbial radiating element, and I feel your pain, 211. We're getting kids with only ERC, not SQ, no driver quals. And a bunch are getting here right in time for work up IBTS.

Fun times.

 

[jzaidi1]

Hi All,

When I was a reservist RadOp (now called SigOp) my clearance level went from enhanced during basic training to Level II inside of one year and by the second year attained Level III.  My application took longer because my father and mother were both born overseas (I was born in Canada though).  My references were visited by some folks in the military (MPs?).  One of my references told me that two people came to visit him and identified themsleves as RCMP.  Mind you this was years ago.  This was in-between my Level II and Level III clearance.

In short, to continue training you have to eventually hit Level III.

CPL Jay

 

[PuckChaser]

That bites the proverbial radiating element, and I feel your pain, 211. We're getting kids with only ERC, not SQ, no driver quals. And a bunch are getting here right in time for work up IBTS.

Fun times.

Thought all SigOps required SQ to be completed before they were QL3 loaded? Or am I thinking little r only??

 

[Sig_Des]

Thought all SigOps required SQ to be completed before they were QL3 loaded? Or am I thinking little r only??

Alas, I thought the same. When I was little r, it was that way.

But working in Ops here, I've cleared in several new Ptes off their 3's in the last few months that have no SQ, or no Driver's quals.

 

[211RadOp]

Thought all SigOps required SQ to be completed before they were QL3 loaded? Or am I thinking little r only??

Before I left for Wx, I had two from my Tp on the SQ.  One of the other Tps in my Sqn had 6 pers posted in from CFSCE who did not have it either, and so far, only one has gotten on the crse.

 

[PuckChaser]

I have no idea how students can pass a SigOp QL3 without any field skills (save BMQ) at all, unless they drastically lowered the standard. That totally sounds like Old-school talk, and I only joined in 2002. I'm not that old.  :-\