This specialized course is designed to teach the cadets the basic knowledge of machinery systems used on Canadian Forces Auxiliary Vessels and to enable the cadet to serve as a watch-keeper in the engine-room and to run these spaces in an orderly and efficient manner.
Wow. 8 weeks to qualify a Cadet for engine room duty. I've been trying to get my guys qualified DDC, so they can drive a truck, for two years, and they're Reservists : Maybe the Army is missing something...............or has too many empires
I was at a meeting about 18 months ago wherein I was advised by CFFS(E) that a Naval Reserve MESO C ticket fresh off a 3 year posting as a CERA on a MCDV would require 18 months classroom instruction before being allowed to sail as the engineer on an ORCA.
Fortunately this piece of outright lunacy wasn't allowed to persist but one gets the idea that some people would rather feed their respective empires (and their careers) rather than see these things go to sea.
Makes you wonder how many reserves (permashads or part-timers) have achieved this qualification. If I know NAVRES I suspect they have probably been dragging their feet on the whole thing.
Wow. 8 weeks to qualify a Cadet for engine room duty. I've been trying to get my guys qualified DDC, so they can drive a truck, for two years, and they're Reservists : Maybe the Army is missing something...............or has too many empires
Just did the course this summer. We were basically created to be "educated roundsmen" we qualify to fill the roundsmen position required when ORCA are taken into foreign port.
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