Resettlement courses, what did you do?
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Resettlement courses, what did you do?
Good evening, i am posting to enquire what courses people did who were leaving the military. I would be interested to hear your thoughts on the whole process. Thanks in advance.
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You could try this.........
Servicewoman funded to pole dance
Pole dancer
The MoD offered to pay for a pole dancing training programme
The Ministry of Defence has paid for a former RAF senior aircraftwoman to become a pole dancer.
Stephanie Hulme, 23, was funded to take up the profession after completing five years' service.
Her training was carried out through an RAF resettlement and training programme which reportedly cost over £2,000 over four weekends.
The move has allowed her to pursue a career as a pole dancer at a club in London.
Do you have legs like that?
Servicewoman funded to pole dance
Pole dancer
The MoD offered to pay for a pole dancing training programme
The Ministry of Defence has paid for a former RAF senior aircraftwoman to become a pole dancer.
Stephanie Hulme, 23, was funded to take up the profession after completing five years' service.
Her training was carried out through an RAF resettlement and training programme which reportedly cost over £2,000 over four weekends.
The move has allowed her to pursue a career as a pole dancer at a club in London.
Do you have legs like that?
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Only at weekends. But seriously im trying to see if i can get funding for my class one medical and skills assesment to convert to an ATPL. I guess thats going to be hard to try and convince them to pay for.
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Why did she waste her resettlement grant? She could have gone to the goose in MPA and learnt for free. Failing that the pole at Byron Heights is always available and there is always a most appreciative audience. Byron boys are on the P$%s again!
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Resettlement time = 35 working days
Terminal Leave = 28 days
Resettlement grant = £534
Service pay for accom and travel (rules apply ie, UK!) for any course you wish to do. If cse is 4 days, then you must use 4 days of your resettlement time.
You can use your ELC too £1/2000 per year and you also have your annual education allowance £175 (up to 80% of the fees).
Have a look at 'Quest', 'Pathfinder' etc for courses - the bricklaying and plastering seems popular, as is basic plumbing. I knew someone who did painting and decorating and claimed it was the best course he'd ever done in the air force!
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Terminal Leave = 28 days
Resettlement grant = £534
Service pay for accom and travel (rules apply ie, UK!) for any course you wish to do. If cse is 4 days, then you must use 4 days of your resettlement time.
You can use your ELC too £1/2000 per year and you also have your annual education allowance £175 (up to 80% of the fees).
Have a look at 'Quest', 'Pathfinder' etc for courses - the bricklaying and plastering seems popular, as is basic plumbing. I knew someone who did painting and decorating and claimed it was the best course he'd ever done in the air force!
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Lol. sorry i meant if they had found the training useful in their chosen careers. I am planning to go accross to the airlines so would only try and push for that.
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Six weeks on Oahu, hawaii, kiteboard and windsurfing instructors course....and now a pension that is worth twice what it would be in the UK! Best thing I've ever done! I have a house half a mile from Kailua beach; when it's windy, that's where you'll find me! Priceless. Er.. the beach not the house.
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Did a month's Domestic Appliance Repair course at Alder****. Worthwhile course, got a City and Guilds certificate, and haven't used the skills learnt since I did the course in 93. The guys doing the general building skills course seemed to be have a lot more fun though - and probably have used their skills much more.
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Got my job sorted 6 months before my exit date. Part of job was teaching resettlement students! So used resettlement time as extra leave, as above, just "working", hence got paid by Aunty Betty while being paid by new company teaching service leavers. It's a funny old world.
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Six weeks on Oahu, hawaii, kiteboard and windsurfing instructors course....and now a pension that is worth twice what it would be in the UK! Best thing I've ever done! I have a house half a mile from Kailua beach; when it's windy, that's where you'll find me! Priceless. Er.. the beach not the house.
You could try this.........
Servicewoman funded to pole dance
Pole dancer
The MoD offered to pay for a pole dancing training programme
The Ministry of Defence has paid for a former RAF senior aircraftwoman to become a pole dancer.
Stephanie Hulme, 23, was funded to take up the profession after completing five years' service.
Her training was carried out through an RAF resettlement and training programme which reportedly cost over £2,000 over four weekends.
The move has allowed her to pursue a career as a pole dancer at a club in London.
Do you have legs like that?
Servicewoman funded to pole dance
Pole dancer
The MoD offered to pay for a pole dancing training programme
The Ministry of Defence has paid for a former RAF senior aircraftwoman to become a pole dancer.
Stephanie Hulme, 23, was funded to take up the profession after completing five years' service.
Her training was carried out through an RAF resettlement and training programme which reportedly cost over £2,000 over four weekends.
The move has allowed her to pursue a career as a pole dancer at a club in London.
Do you have legs like that?
I was on JOCC earlier this year and this case came up in the discip/admin action lecture about what constitutes unacceptable behaviour. When we were asked whether this did one of the guys on the cse piped up that he didn't think so as he'd signed off her resttelement application...
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All depends if you are a Qualified Service Pilot and how many hours you have.
You should be able to get a Class 1 Medical by going to an SMO qualified to do initial issue. There are several in the RAF and it works out considerably cheaper than going to Gatwick.
As for getting an ATPL you'll need to do Groundschool. If you have >2000hrs military time, you can do a Bridging Course (Done by www.bristol.gs). If you don't, you need to do all 14 ATPL exams, should cost £1900 but you can use £1000 of ELC to pay for it. If you are on resettlement then you can use ELCs for whatever you want. (Bristol again is the place to do them)
As regards getting a ME/IR which is needed to get a Frozen ATPL use one the flying clubs at Exeter. Should cost around £7000, provided you have held a Procedural Green Rating in the last 3 years. Again ELCs can help towards the cost.
Oh, you'll also need a Multi Crew Co-operation Certificate, cost upwards of £2000 before you can legally work as a commercial pilot. Again, you can use ELCs to part fund it.
You should be able to get a Class 1 Medical by going to an SMO qualified to do initial issue. There are several in the RAF and it works out considerably cheaper than going to Gatwick.
As for getting an ATPL you'll need to do Groundschool. If you have >2000hrs military time, you can do a Bridging Course (Done by www.bristol.gs). If you don't, you need to do all 14 ATPL exams, should cost £1900 but you can use £1000 of ELC to pay for it. If you are on resettlement then you can use ELCs for whatever you want. (Bristol again is the place to do them)
As regards getting a ME/IR which is needed to get a Frozen ATPL use one the flying clubs at Exeter. Should cost around £7000, provided you have held a Procedural Green Rating in the last 3 years. Again ELCs can help towards the cost.
Oh, you'll also need a Multi Crew Co-operation Certificate, cost upwards of £2000 before you can legally work as a commercial pilot. Again, you can use ELCs to part fund it.
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Thanks, some very useful stuff again. Unfortunately i only have 350 hours and only ever held a white rating. More questions to follow but looks like il have to do a full ATPL course for which i have the funds ready.