Imagery Technician

Non-Commissioned Member | Full Time, Part Time

As a member of the military, Imagery Technicians are visual media specialists and are responsible for the operation, maintenance and management of a wide variety of imaging equipment and products.

They provide both still and video coverage of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in support of operations, public affairs and internal communications.

Imagery Technicians operate still and video cameras; produce prints and video and multi-media products; perform quality control of products; and maintain imaging equipment.

The primary responsibilities of the Imagery Technician are to:

• Produce still and video images
• Use Infrared, Image Intensified, and thermal imagery equipment
• Produce imagery using 3D animation
• Download image data from imaging sensors to ground processing facilities
• Process and duplicate aerial film
• Catalogue, describe, store and retrieve imagery
• Analyse, annotate and enhance imagery
• Perform colour management on imagery systems
• Produce imagery products
• Maintain an imagery database
• Test and evaluate new imaging equipment

Work environment

Imagery Technicians work alongside other CAF members, in the Army, Navy and Air Force to document the important events in the life and times of the Forces. They may work at any base in Canada, on ships at sea, and overseas as part of United Nations and NATO missions.

If you chose a career in the Regular Force, upon completion of all required training, you will be assigned to your first base. While there is some flexibility with regards to postings (relocations), accommodations can’t always be made, and therefore, you can likely expect to move at some point in your career. However, if you decide to join the Primary Reserve Force, you will do so through a specific Reserve unit. Outside of training, your chosen Reserve unit will be your workplace on a part time basis, and you will not be obligated to relocate to a different base. As part of the Primary Reserve Force, you typically work one night per week and some weekends as a minimum with possibilities of full-time employment.

If you have a passion for video, photography and journalism and a yearning to be the one telling the story, then a career as an Imagery Technician in the Canadian Armed Forces may be a perfect fit for you.

Imagery Technicians – or Image Techs for short – are part of the Public Affairs team, working alongside Public Affairs Officers to tell the Canadian Armed Forces story.

On completion of their military and occupational training, Imagery Technicians are posted to an Army, Navy or Air Force base in Canada where they will become part of the Public Affairs team involved in a variety of communications activities.

This includes still imagery, video and graphic design, and creating products that support the Forces’ strategic narrative.

The minimum required education to apply for this position is the completion of the provincial requirements for Grade 12 or Secondary 5 in Quebec.

The ideal candidate will already have a college diploma; the Forces will decide if your academic program matches the training criteria for this job and may place you directly into the required on-the-job training program following basic training.