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Application Process Samples [2003 - 2018]

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Hey, there haven't been many people posting lately. Especially people trying for DEO Officers. I was wondering if this was because all of this year's spots are full?  Everyone else now has to wait till the new fiscal year in April?
 
You can get this information right there:

Selection dates
https://army.ca/forums/threads/112790.1525.html
 
For questions about selections and information check out this thread.

https://army.ca/forums/threads/112790.0.html
 
Recruiting Center: CFRC Hamilton     
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: NCM (Originally applied for MARS but after talking to a few reg force members and  some deep consideration, decided to submit instead for NCM. Simple matter of calling up the RC. I was asked to submit an email to my MCC formally explaining my decision.)
Trade choice 1: NCI OP
Trade choice 2: NavCom
Trade choice 3: Sonar Op
Application date: Nov 2016
First contact: Dec 2016
CFAT: February 7th, 2017
MOST: March 13th, 2017
Interview: March 13th, 2017
Medical: April 5th, 2017
Medical Forms Submitted: April 18th, 2017
Med Approved: July
Back-check: September, 2017
Competition list: Week of Oct. 16th, 2017
Position offered: 
Ceremony:
BMQ:
 
Recruiting center: CFRC Halifax
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: Officer
Trade Choice 1: DEO MARS
Trade Choice 2:
Application Date: September 4, 2017
First contact: September 4, 2017
CFAT: May 2009 (Prevoius App)
TSD: September 11, 2017
MOST: September 21, 2017
Medical: Pending (10 day notice received Oct. 27, 2017)
Interview: Pending (10 day notice received Oct. 27, 2017)
Position Offered: Pending
Enrollment: Pending
BMOQ: Pending
 
So far the process is moving very quick for me. I'm quite pleased with the process and the recruiters.
Recruiting Center: Toronto
Regular/Reserve: Reserves
Officer/ NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Artillery Soldier
Trade Choice 2: Combat engineer
Trade Choice 3: Armoured Soldier
First Application Date: September 20, 2017
(Had to put application on hold to acquire my legal documents and order a photo ID card)
Re-application date: October 25, 2017
First Contact: October 26, 2017
Aptitude test: November 2, 2017 (passed)
FORCE test: November 2, 2017 (passed)
Medical: Scheduled for November 9, 2017
Interview: Scheduled for November 15, 2017
Medical Forms Submitted: Pending
Med Approved: Pending
Competition list: Pending
Position Offered: Pending (But they seemed quite upbeat about emphasizing artillery for me when I asked them about some trades similar for it, and even said there was a spot open)

 
Received a very nice phone call Friday afternoon as I was leaving work, turned a not so good day into a great one.  Now just two more months then I will begin my new career in the RCN as a MARTECH.

Recruiting Center: CFRC Halifax
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: NAVCOMM
Trade Choice 2: NESOP
Trade Choice 3: MARTECH
Application Date: March 31, 2017
First Contact: April 4, 2017
Aptitude Test: April 18, 2017 (Passed)
Interview: July 19, 2017
Medical: August 1, 2017
Medical Forms (Dropped Off): August 14, 2017
Medical Cleared: Found out September 6, 2017
Competition List: Mid September
Position Offered: MARTECH Nov 3, 2017
Enrollment/Swear in: Dec 13, 2017
BMQ: 1/8/18
 
Recruiting Center: CFRC Victoria
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Geo Tech
Trade Choice 2: Met Tech
Trade Choice 3: Med Tech
Application Date: January 10, 2017
First Contact: January 16th, 2017
CFAT Date : March 8th, 2017
Medical Test: March 8th, 2017
Interview completed: March 8th, 2017
Medical Cleared; Mid-May 2017
Background check cleared: Early July 2017
Merit Listed: October
Position Offered: Geo Tech, November 15th 2017
Sworn in: December 11th, 2017
Basic Training Begins: Jan 8th, 2018
 
Called my recruiting centre this morning and got some very good news!

Recruiting Centre: Winnipeg
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: Officer
Trade Choice: AERE
Application Date: ~ 26 June 2017
First Contact: 27 June 2017
Aptitude Test: 24 February 2014 (from previous service)
Background Check Initiated: 13 July 2017
Background Check Cleared: 6 September 2017
Interview: 18 September 2017
Medical: 18 September 2017
Medical Forms (Dropped Off): 18 September 2017
Competition List: Found out 3 November 2017
Selected for Offer: 15 November 2017
Training Begins: TBD!
 
Long time reader, first post... hope I'm doing this right.

Recruiting Center: Winnipeg
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/ NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Infantry
Application date: May 6th 2017
First Contact: May 8th 2017
Aptitude test: June 20th 2017 (passed)
Medical: August 17th 2017 (told to see an optometrist)
Interview: August 17th 2017 (passed)
Medical forms sent: August 21st 2017 (mail)
Med approved: September 5th 2017
Job offer: to be determined
Swearing in: to be determined
BMQ Date: to be determined
 
Recruiting center: CFRC Halifax
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: Officer
Trade Choice 1: DEO MARS
Trade Choice 2:
Application Date: September 4, 2017
First contact: September 4, 2017
CFAT: May 2009 (Prevoius App)
TSD: September 11, 2017
MOST: September 21, 2017
Medical: Nov. 23, 2017
Interview: Nov. 23, 2017
Position Offered: Pending
Enrollment: Pending
BMOQ: Pending
 
Recruiting Centre: Toronto
Regular/ Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade choice 1: Supply Tech
Trade choice 2:
Trade Choice 3:
Applied: Sept 29, 2017
First contact: Oct 02, 2017
CFAT: Nov 22,2017 (Passed)
Medical: N/a
Interview: N/a
Merit Listed: N/a
Position offered: N/a
Enrollment/swearing in: N/a
BMQ: N/a
 
Recruiting Centre: CFRC Winnipeg
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Musician
Trade Choice 2: Int Op
Trade Choice 3: Fife and Drum
Application Date (Online): November 20th, 2017
First Contact: November 21st, 2017
Documents Received:
Second Contact:
CFAT:
Medical:
Interview:
Merit Listed:
Position offered:
Sworn in:
BMQ:
 
FORCE Test, Medical and Interview done. Waiting on medical results from Ottawa. Hopefully will be enrolled soon and have my kit issued in time for the January 2018 Weekend BMQ. Fingers crossed.
 
Took 4 months to get my offer. So by the time im in BMQ the whole process took 6 months.

Recruiting Center: CFRC Toronto
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1: Infantry
Trade Choice 2: Combat Engineer
Trade Choice 3: Weapons Tech (Land)
Application Date: July 17, 2017
First Contact: July 25, 2017
Aptitude Test: August 23, 2017 (Passed)
Interview: September 5, 2017
Medical: October 3, 2017
Competition List: Early November
Position Offered: Infantryman December 1 , 2017
Enrollment/Swear in: January 17, 2018
BMQ: January 29, 2018
 
Well, thought I do another update. Also, probably specific to my individual case, there were some instances that unfortunately extended the processing period, so hopefully people will find this helpful. Officially, it is still on track for the average 8-12 month time span. Ah well, all the more reason to prepare for BMQ, especially since it looks like to be a Winter BMQ (at least the kit comes with a Parka that Summer BMQ don't get,  :rofl:).

JHuang said:
Recruiting Center: Hamilton
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: Initially, DEO [Logistic Officer]; Changed to NCM [Supply Tech] around May 2017
Trade Choice 1: Supply Tech
Trade Choice 2: N/A
Trade Choice 3: N/A

Application Date: January 15th, 2017

First Contact Date: January 20th, 2017
- Was in the US and had some other things, so asked them to put my file on hold with regards to scheduling the CFAT since I didn't know when I would be back.

Re-activated Application: February 10th, 2017

CFAT Date: March 14, 2017
- Passed with Officer and NCM trade available, both competitive scoring. Decided to do Officer given I had completed my degree and had 1.5 year formal work experience.

Pre-screening/Foreign Implications Check completed: April 12, 2017
- Since I was not native born in Canada, native country not NATO-tied [Mainland China] and both parents were working in US. However, was citizen for over 20+ years, so this step's waiting time was at the lower end.

Medical Date: May 30, 2017
- Had glasses since I was in elementary school, so as expected, need to get Vision tested and send in forums. Otherwise, good.

Interview Date: May 30, 2017
- Given my degree and 1.5 year work experience, both of which were hands-on and technical, I believe the most value and contribution to the CAF would be more of an NCM role. I also see myself transiting into a supervisory/management role after being proficient and experienced, thus the NCM to NCO with the option to SCP/CFR to Officer as a more fulfilling career path. Because file initially was for Officer, had to reschedule for NCM trade interview.

Medical (Vision forum) sent: June 01, 2017

Rescheduled Interview: June 08, 2017

Medical Completed: August 29, 2017 
- Called on August 08, 2017 and apparently the CFRC Mistakenly sent application to CFRC Vancouver as applicant with same name and thought I relocated. Took about 3 weeks to get file back.  :waiting:

Additional Forums Sent: September 01, 2017
- CFRC updated their Reference Check forum, needed to re-send. Dropped it off in-person to assure it would be processed. It was done by 2 Clerks at the desk. Now, I was notified by my new File Manager about the updated, but he wasn't there when I dropped it off. Thing is, he actually called me 2 weeks later to ask if I had updated the information. That's when I realized the emphasis of not just maintaining contact with the CFRC site, but specifically with "your file manager" to get the most updated information and ensure things are being processed. :facepalm:
 
Reference/Background Check completed: Late September - Early November 2017

Sent off to Competition List: November 08, 2017
- Due to Remembrance day that weekend, I probably missed the November selection period.

Competition listed: Mid-November

Position Offered: TBD
Enrollment: TBD
BMQ: TBD
 
Got my early holiday gift - the call  ;D. Thanks to everyone for the information/insights, it certainly helped with the "waiting".

Recruiting Center: Hamilton
Regular/Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: NCM [Supply Tech]
Trade Choice 1: Supply Tech
Trade Choice 2: N/A
Trade Choice 3: N/A

Application Date: January 15th, 2017
First Contact Date: January 20th, 2017
Re-activated Application: February 10th, 2017
CFAT Date: March 14, 2017
Pre-screening/Foreign Implications Check completed: April 12, 2017
Medical Date: May 30, 2017
Interview Date: May 30, 2017
Medical (Vision forum) sent: June 01, 2017
Rescheduled Interview: June 08, 2017
Medical Completed: August 29, 2017 
Additional Forums Sent: September 01, 2017
Reference/Background Check completed: Late September - Early November 2017
Sent off to Competition List: November 08, 2017
Competition listed: Mid-Late November 2017
Position Offered: December 15, 2017
Enrollment: February 7, 2018
BMQ: February 19, 2018
 
Trueprince2 said:
Recruiting Centre: Toronto
Regular/ Reserve: Regular
Officer/NCM: NCM
Trade choice 1: Infantry
Trade choice 2: ATIS
Trade Choice 3: Supply Tech
Applied: Sept 29, 2017
First contact: Oct 02, 2017
CFAT: Nov 22,2017 (Passed)
Medical: Jan 16, 2018
Interview: Dec 21, 2017
Merit Listed: N/a
Position offered: N/a
Enrollment/swearing in: N/a
BMQ: N/a
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