Construction Engineers (Formerly Airfield Engineers)

[Mountie]

Does this mean that the Army Area Construction Troops (not sure if they are now Division Construction Troops) are commanded by RCAF officers or are they commanded by Army Engineer Officers? 

It seems weird that the construction engineer trades are both Army and RCAF, but the construction officers are RCAF only.

 

[McG]

Construction Troops are commanded by Engineers and not by Construction Engineers.  Officer positions with fleet construction engineering (FCE) is can be either Engineer or Construction Engineer, and the same is true of the positions in 1 CEU.

Most of the construction trades exist in both Army and Air Force, but they are still managed by the RCAF regardless of an individual's uniform colour.  Wearing of the two environmental uniforms by the trades is not odd because they work in organizations that may be commanded by officers of either uniform, and they are employed in support of all three environments.

What is odd is that we maintain separate officer occupations when there is so much interchangeability.  I would have thought us better served by one occupation with two or three sub-occupations.