Current Red Air Force Trades and other questions

[Eye In The Sky]

Howdy all,

Ive already done the search trying to find the red air force trades (ones needing people) but I cant seem to find any info anywhere (could be just the army/navy having red trades I don't know).

Anywho, my wife has really started her nagfest about me going Combat Engineer (just waiting for my all for Basic) so I am trying to get ammo to use against her but just in case I've decided to jump over here to the Air Force forums to spam my questions.

So here we go I guess, this may get locked and I'm ready for that, but it doesn't hurt to get hte advice from the experienced. Based on what follows, what would you recommend as a possible trade

1 - I like not being stuck in 1 place all the time. I like to see things, do things but being crammed in a cubicle isn't my style.
2 - My hobby is working on computers and electronics and I really enjoy it, but I also enjoy being out doors doing stuff.
3 - Like to see some travel and see some overseas time
4 - According to my wife she doesnt want me out and about all the time so I guess the option for a more or less regular work day
5 - Chance to avoid overly reptitive work (I work in a call center at the moment, drives me insane) so a bit of dynamic work wold be great.
6 - Would like a chance to work with DART as it lies within my interests to help people (got counselling diploma / addictions counselling diploma) during a crisis.

I guess what it comes down to is I like computers, travelling, not being stuck in 1 place too often (but it can be nice sometimes) and a fairly steady schedule on a job thats not going to kill me with repetitive garbage.

Well, I got to clean up a tad, so if you have any feedback or questions please post em here.

RTaylor,

Maybe you have already applied....but in the event that you haven't...

Based on all 6 of the things you listed above, I would have to say that ATIS Tech or LCIS Tech are trades you should take a closer look at.  I don't think an AVN Tech would ever see a DART deployment, but if you were a ATIS or LCIS Tech posted to the CFJSR in Kingston (which provides the majority, if not all, of the Signals assets to DART) you could be deployed with DART.  Both ATIS and LCIS are very very diverse trades, and as either of them, you could be posted to any base, including Navy bases (shore postings, not on the ships, that would be NE Techs doing that job).

ATIS and LCIS are basically the same job but the environment, equipment and lifestyles are typically different in the ways the army and air force are different.  Typically as ATIS you can expect to be more static, where as LCIS you could expect a higher deployment tempo being posted to field units.  However, it is possible to be ATIS and be in a high deployment unit (CFJSR and 8 ACCS as examples).  Both trades are Spec Pay level 1 trades, which basically means a Cpl in those trades makes the same $ comparable to a Standard pay level Sgt.  Spec pay is roughly $600 a month when you hit the top IPC.

In either of those trades, you can / will rotate thru different shops (radio, radar, IT, crypto, etc) depending on your unit it might be every 6 months or so, to keep learning new skills on new kit and equipment.  There are TONS of courses called OSQs available.  You name it radars, computers (HW and SW side) voice services, cabling, radios, SATCOMM, the list is pretty extensive.

Something to think about.

ATIS Tech     http://www.recruiting.forces.gc.ca/v3/engraph/jobs/jobs.aspx?id=226&bhcp=1

LCIS Tech    http://www.recruiting.forces.gc.ca/v3/engraph/jobs/jobs.aspx?id=227&bhcp=1  (LCIS is listed as a hot job on the Recruiting site right now)

You can also find some info here on the Communications and Electronics forum 

 

[KingKikapu]

just out of curiosity; if ANAV is such a red trade, then why are there only 15 slots available?  Is that simply the amount that they can train in a year?

Oh yes, first time poster, long time reader.