Does my civilian job work with Reserve Service?

[Govang]

I live in Calgary, however I fly to Fort McMurray for work as a Pipefitter. Seven days on followed by seven days off. (Flying in and out on Thursdays)

Would this week on week off schedule be acceptable?

 

[Loachman]

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[LightFighter]

I live in Calgary, however I fly to Fort McMurray for work as a Pipefitter. Seven days on followed by seven days off. (Flying in and out on Thursdays)

Would this week on week off schedule be acceptable?

Once you're fully trained(DP1), I don't see it being a problem.

How ever, it may become a issue if your weekend at work is also scheduled as a BMQ weekend. As well, will you be able to take 1-2 months off in the summer for BMQ-Land(if required) and DP1. Another thing to consider is once you are DP1 qualified there will be other courses required for career progression that may require you taking time off from work.

Units will also generally have one training weekend a month. Hopefully your schedule and the units will line up occasionally allowing you to attend at least a couple exercises a year.


Contact the unit(s) you are interested in joining and their recruiter will be able to go into more detail about this with you.

 

[Govang]

Thank you, I'll be calling them

(I did search however I couldn't find anything. Thanks for linking it to this post though, Informative)