Back in 75 the army took no notice of civilian qualifications of any type. It was all about passing the aptitude tests.
We had at least one engineer on my course with no educational qualifications at all.
Passed with flying colours.
Looking back I think this was a great system, everybody had a chance and obviously the better educated and intelligent the better the chance, neverless everybody had a chance.
The test was the same for all and the jobs you were offered a choice of be it infantryman or aircraft technician depended on the results achieved.
I remember being really concerned because there were pages of the test that I had not even got too. The recruiting sergeant noting my concerned face said " vacancies for field marshalls are a bit thin on the ground but otherwise you should be ok"
Last edited by ericferret; 24th Oct 2012 at 11:01.