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AWST: http://www.forces.ca/en/job/airweaponssystemstechnician-166#info-1#training-2#video-0#training-2#video-0#training-2#video-0
I'm re-enlisting after 3 years out, I was an LCIS, and completed POET.
I did NOT enjoy the electronics, it was very difficult, and I barely scraped by. I failed 3 or 4 exams, and completely guessed my way through the re-writes. I did not feel comfortable graduating. How much actual electronics work, soldering, reading schematics is there as an AVS?
In my civilian life, I'm a computer programmer. I sit at my desk all day, no window, no real sense of purpose (my last project was a dish washer ecommerce store... blah).
I really want to work and put my hands on aircraft, specifically helicopters. They fascinate me. I was at Border for a brief stay on CFSCE, the runway was right behind us. I could hear the aircraft taking off, helicopters landing. I was extremely jealous of my friends who had gone Airforce, AVS, AWS, AVN... I constantly regretted LCIS, my instructors would always talk about aircraft and how cool it was.
Where can an AWST get posted? Any where an AVS could get posted I would guess? Kingston, Trenton, Greenwood NS, the typical air bases?
AWST: http://www.forces.ca/en/job/airweaponssystemstechnician-166#info-1#training-2#video-0#training-2#video-0#training-2#video-0
I'm re-enlisting after 3 years out, I was an LCIS, and completed POET.
I did NOT enjoy the electronics, it was very difficult, and I barely scraped by. I failed 3 or 4 exams, and completely guessed my way through the re-writes. I did not feel comfortable graduating. How much actual electronics work, soldering, reading schematics is there as an AVS?
In my civilian life, I'm a computer programmer. I sit at my desk all day, no window, no real sense of purpose (my last project was a dish washer ecommerce store... blah).
I really want to work and put my hands on aircraft, specifically helicopters. They fascinate me. I was at Border for a brief stay on CFSCE, the runway was right behind us. I could hear the aircraft taking off, helicopters landing. I was extremely jealous of my friends who had gone Airforce, AVS, AWS, AVN... I constantly regretted LCIS, my instructors would always talk about aircraft and how cool it was.
Where can an AWST get posted? Any where an AVS could get posted I would guess? Kingston, Trenton, Greenwood NS, the typical air bases?