Cyberspace comms specialist
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Cyberspace comms specialist
Looking for some info about this trade. My nephew has applied to join the RAF, and they are pushing this with a signing up bonus. I have no idea what this trade is, as it has come in long after I left, and I can't really find out much about it on the RAF site or e goat. As best I can figure out 3 trade groups have merged at some point in the past, and this looks like a trade that covers ground radio,radar and what was,(still is?),the TCW. Can I ask anyone who has more knowledge about this trade, what is the general day to day nature of work in this job.
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Probably a pint and a shilling.
i take it it you have read
https://www.raf.mod.uk/recruitment/r...ion-specialist
i take it it you have read
https://www.raf.mod.uk/recruitment/r...ion-specialist
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Though the page does not want to load here which is a good advert for the roll lol.
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Thanks Nutloose, I did see that page and that was what reminded me of TCW. Downsizer, is retention due to the job being rubbish/poor morale, or folk just leaving for better pastures? I'm not trying to put my nephew off, he actually wants to do avionic stuff, but the RAF are pushing this at the moment, and I couldn't tell him what this was. I can tell him about some of the stuff I got up to though.
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It is C4I but the RAF rebranded it to make is sound more appealing. It is not in the main anything cool like hacking or stopping cyber terrorism, more fixing station websites or issuing passwords.... hence the retention.
Is it?
https://assets.publishing.service.go...2017-08239.pdf
Page 82
TG4 ICT CIT, Average RoS 13 years 10 months
https://assets.publishing.service.go...2017-08239.pdf
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TG4 ICT CIT, Average RoS 13 years 10 months
Is it?
https://assets.publishing.service.go...2017-08239.pdf
Page 82
TG4 ICT CIT, Average RoS 13 years 10 months
https://assets.publishing.service.go...2017-08239.pdf
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TG4 ICT CIT, Average RoS 13 years 10 months
Whatever they call it these days, but telecoms is the trade I would join. Once you leave, there will be far more opportunities for a high paying career with that background.
Whilst Avionics may be at the sharp end (for most), post RAF you need to become a licensed engineer to do Civvy stuff and take home a decent wage. Plus, realistically, you will also have to live close to an airport.
Whilst Avionics may be at the sharp end (for most), post RAF you need to become a licensed engineer to do Civvy stuff and take home a decent wage. Plus, realistically, you will also have to live close to an airport.
TG4 ICT Tech, Average RoS: 15 years 3 months
and yes, according to the figures, 480 left in the 3 year period (which is down from the previous 3 year period) but there were 150 gained to trained strength this year alone.
I suggest what we are seeing is that some of the new joiners have a different mindset from "the RAF is a life-long career" to "the RAF is a way of achieving world-class training that will set me up for a second career somewhere else". I don't actually see a problem with either view. Those opting for an early exit to a second career will leave without achieving a pension-earning engagement and will be a lot cheaper to employ. I'd also suggest that to average 15 years 3 months RoS (and remember this excludes the FS and WOs who become TG4 ICT Man on promotion) means plenty of people aren't jumping ship as is being suggested.
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Whatever they call it these days, but telecoms is the trade I would join. Once you leave, there will be far more opportunities for a high paying career with that background.
Whilst Avionics may be at the sharp end (for most), post RAF you need to become a licensed engineer to do Civvy stuff and take home a decent wage. Plus, realistically, you will also have to live close to an airport.
Whilst Avionics may be at the sharp end (for most), post RAF you need to become a licensed engineer to do Civvy stuff and take home a decent wage. Plus, realistically, you will also have to live close to an airport.
Thanks everyone for your comments, and I'll pass on what I've learnt here.