Vehicle Technician

Canadian Armed Forces | Forces armées canadiennes; London; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Canadian Armed Forces is hiring Vehicle Technicians to maintain, repair, and overhaul land vehicles. As a Vehicle Technician, you'll work in diverse environments, ensuring equipment operates effectively. This role offers training opportunities and part-time options in the Primary Reserve while providing military benefits.

Benefits

Medical and dental care

Paid education options

Salary during training

Extended leave with full pay

Qualifications

• Must have completed provincial requirements for Grade 10.
• Ideal candidate has a college diploma related to vehicles.
• Foreign education may be accepted.

Responsibilities

• Repair, overhaul and maintain all types of automotive equipment.
• Drive and recover vehicles used in land forces operations.
• Maintain records and documentation related to maintenance.

Skills

Repair and maintenance

Vehicle systems knowledge

Problem-solving

Use of specialized tools

Education

Completion of provincial Grade 10

Tools

Oxyacetylene welding equipment

Basic garage hydraulic equipment

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Overview
As a member of the military, Vehicle Technicians maintain, repair, and overhaul land vehicles and related equipment to keep them in top condition. Vehicle Technicians belong to the Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

A Vehicle Technician has the following responsibilities:

• Inspect, repair, overhaul and modify all types of automotive equipment and components
• Repair, adjust and modify automotive systems
• Repair, adjust, overhaul and modify powered equipment such as electrical generators and fuel-fired heating devices
• Use and maintain common and specialized tools, basic garage hydraulic, mechanical and pneumatic equipment and oxyacetylene welding equipment
• Carry out the recovery of all types of vehicles used in the land forces, utilizing standard towing trucks and specialized tracked and wheeled recovery vehicles
• Drive all types of vehicles ranging from small support wheel vehicles to tank transporters
• Prepare and process maintenance documentation dealing with work orders, individual time cards and parts request forms
• Perform in land operations, when necessary, fight as infantry

Work environment
Vehicle Technicians experience the unique adventures and challenges that come with working in different environments. They are employed at bases and stations across Canada and on deployed operations around the world. While on a base, they may work in small spaces, like workshops. In the field or on deployment, they may work outdoors most of the time or in temporary accommodations.

If you choose 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. If you decide to join the Primary Reserve Force, you will do so through a specific Reserve unit. Outside of training, your 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.

Entry plans

• Direct Entry Options
• Paid Education Options

The minimum required education to apply for this position is the completion of the provincial requirements for Grade 10 or Secondary 4 in Quebec, including Grade 10 Applied Math or Math 416 / CST 4 in Quebec, and Grade 10 Science or equivalent.

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

Foreign education may be accepted.

Non-commissioned Member Subsidized Training and Education Program (NCMSTEP)

Because this position requires specialty training, the CAF will pay successful recruits to attend the diploma program at an approved Canadian college. NCMSTEP students attend basic training and on-the-job training during the summer months. They receive full-time salary including medical and dental care, as well as vacation time with full pay in exchange for working with the CAF for a period of time. If you choose to apply to this program, you must apply both to the CAF and the appropriate college.

Training

The first stage of training is the Basic Military Qualification course, or Basic Training, held at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. This training provides the basic core skills and knowledge common to all trades. A goal of this course is to ensure that all recruits maintain the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) physical fitness standard; as a result, the training is physically demanding.

Vehicle Technicians attend the Canadian Forces Logistic Training Centre in Borden, Ontario for four weeks of driver training. Driver training covers a wide range of commercial and military-pattern vehicles up to a three-ton capacity.

Following driver training, they attend the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers School for approximately 30 weeks to receive a combination of theory instruction, demonstrations, and practical work, on topics such as:

• Principles and operating characteristics of internal combustion engines
• Repair and overhaul of typical engines and vehicle components
• Common and special tools and electronic test equipment
• Basic garage equipment
• Oxyacetylene welding equipment
• Automotive systems
• Operating light tracked vehicles

Applicants under NCMSTEP may complete part or all of their training at an approved college, university, or post-secondary establishment.

Vehicle Technicians may develop specialized skills through formal courses and on-the-job training, including further technical training. Supervisor and manager level training is also available.

As they progress, Vehicle Technicians demonstrating ability and potential will be offered advanced training, including:

• Instructional techniques
• Northern terrain vehicle maintenance
• Engineering and ground support equipment maintenance
• Armoured vehicle launched bridge/armoured engineering vehicle maintenance
• Recovery vehicle maintenance
• Leopard C1/A2 main battle tank
• Leopard armoured recovery vehicle maintenance and recovery

After Basic Training, Army recruits undergo the Basic Military Qualification – Land Course for about one month, covering:

• Army physical fitness
• Dismounted offensive and defensive operations
• Reconnaissance patrolling
• Individual field craft

Part-time options

This position is available for part-time employment with the Primary Reserve at certain locations across Canada. Reserve members serve part-time at a community-based unit and may serve while studying or working civilian jobs. They are paid during training and are not obligated to relocate but can volunteer for moves or deployments.

Reserve members are trained to the same standards as Regular Force members and begin with basic military training. Following this, additional specialized training is arranged. They serve part-time during evenings and weekends, with potential for full-time positions, earning 92.8% of Regular Force pay, benefits, and pension eligibility.

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