Sgt Schultz,
First of all, I'm not sure what you did to get an admonishment from the moderators after only one post, but I will offer my 2 cents anyway.
Secondly, we would hope that if you join the CF that your first thoughts are not about releasing as soon as possible in order to find a civilian job. If your intent is to look "long term" in order to make plans down the road... fair enough.
Joining the Combat Engineers as a Non-Commissioned Member while being successful on training and unit employment will give you plenty of competencies that could be desired by civilian companies/organisations. Subject to the courses you achieve and the experience you have here is a sampling of what you could do after completing a Term of Service:
- United Nations demining contractor
- Civilian UXO/Demining contractor
- Heavy Equipment operator
- Surveyor (Assistant)
- Blaster
- Road Construction Crew member
- Building Construction Crew member
- Anything that involves teamwork in harsh conditions (ie. oil and gas industry, Non-Governmental Organisation working overseas)
There are many other opportunities, which are only limited to your imagination, leadership attributes, willingness and drive. I suggest you conduct a search of this website to see what some of the other trades are saying. See example below:
http://army.ca/forums/threads/303.0.html
Hopefully, this has answered your question or at least given you an indication of what the possibilities are.
S6