Sign On: Automotive Technician ?
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Hi all , i am interested in signing on as a auto tech for veh in the Saf lah , anybody can tell me more about this vocation ?
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Unless you really have alot of interest in repairing vehicles, i don't really see whats so interesting about being an autotech after spending my NSF life as 1.
If you have questions about this vocation feel free to pm me but i'm a wheeled autotech so questions regarding and the armoured and track autotech i can only answer to what i know which might not be everything involved in their work.
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i think ts is considering automotive lah...not amoured vehicle lah...
hi burp, what is ur qualification? why do u want to be auto tech?
outside market so bad meh?
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automotive tech is just the vocation still have to be divded into A B and C technicians. Up to what TS is interested in i guess.. anw TS i used to be an A Technician meaning armour vehicles.. do PM me if you wanna know anything abt being an automotive tech in Armoured vehicles
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hey TS,
i was an auto tech spec during my nsf days, attached to an artillery unit. just reply in this post and i will get back to u ASAP. Cheers
oh yah, i was a 'B' mech, ie landrovers, tonners, bikes.......
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i'm going for a diploma , ording soon . thinking of going for the jspds , then carry on as a technician . wonder if this is a good choice .
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Originally posted by burp:
i'm going for a diploma , ording soon . thinking of going for the jspds , then carry on as a technician . wonder if this is a good choice .
not worth, dude... munching on a dangling carrot without sipping water will get u choke... -
Originally posted by burp:
i'm going for a diploma , ording soon . thinking of going for the jspds , then carry on as a technician . wonder if this is a good choice .
mai xiao lah....
going for jspds, the highest u can go is just second sgt, by end of first contract...
think carefully hor...
after first contract, what are u going to do out in the market?
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Originally posted by Mospeada:
mai xiao lah....
going for jspds, the highest u can go is just second sgt, by end of first contract...
think carefully hor...
after first contract, what are u going to do out in the market?
Knowledge of automobile repair is a skill that can be applied in the private sector, but then again, a lot of work is now passed on to contractors especially for the newer vehicles.
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
Knowledge of automobile repair is a skill that can be applied in the private sector, but then again, a lot of work is now passed on to contractors especially for the newer vehicles.
in saf, most vehicles are repaired by private sectors, esp those complex problems..
so the auto tech in camps jsut merely do the maintainance ....nothing much is learned
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Originally posted by Mospeada:
mai xiao lah....
going for jspds, the highest u can go is just second sgt, by end of first contract...
think carefully hor...
after first contract, what are u going to do out in the market?
Not sure about jspds but a normal autotech contract is 10 yrs and you can get till 1SG unless you do something to cockup your promotion.
Originally posted by Mospeada:in saf, most vehicles are repaired by private sectors, esp those complex problems..
so the auto tech in camps jsut merely do the maintainance ....nothing much is learned
Though most major repairs are outsourced to contractors, i won't say autotech learn nothing. Before any vehicle is sent out to contractor, it has to be first diagnosed by a autotech to find out the fault and certify its a fault that is contractor level repair before its sent out. We don't ask contractors to come diagnose the faults and repair, we tell them what we want them to repair. Contractor level jobs are not really that many so don't just assume autotechs know nothing.
Even as a NSF i was given a chance to learn vehicle diagnostics and i would say i used to be decent at diagnosing Man 5 ton air system and electrical faults since my MSG was a 5 Ton SME and i've got alot of chances to learn from him.
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
Knowledge of automobile repair is a skill that can be applied in the private sector, but then again, a lot of work is now passed on to contractors especially for the newer vehicles.
The only vehicle now that is often passed to contractor now should be the new landrover replacement since its still under warrenty and due to that, its not really our responsibility to repair all faults on them if the part that is faulty is under warrenty
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i hear rumors that they are commercialising the operations by the end of the year and the rank given will be based on your education level.
which means most of the warrant officers who are less educated will suddenly be of a "lower grade" than say.. a 1st sergeant with a diploma/degree?
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i see , regarding A B C cat , what is cat C about ? can i choose to go either A , B or C ? cause i'm more interested in vehicle and bikes , and is that a stay out or stay in vocation ? how long does the course take ? any guard duty ? cos duty ? bos duty ?
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Originally posted by burp:
i see , regarding A B C cat , what is cat C about ? can i choose to go either A , B or C ? cause i'm more interested in vehicle and bikes , and is that a stay out or stay in vocation ? how long does the course take ? any guard duty ? cos duty ? bos duty ?
C are all the tracked vehicles such as cranes etc, generator is also under C.
I believe you should have a choice since all 3 platforms have their differences and a regular would need to be able to specialise in 1 of them but you might be trained in some of the other platforms as well.
Vehicles and bikes are all under B which includes practically everything with wheels that can move on the road.
Its generally a stayout vocation with OT during peak periods like exercise and LAB. There are outfields though since all autotech are expected to be able to repair vehicles out in the field without proper lighting and sometimes equipment.
The basic course is 3 months with 2 months of on job training.
Duty is something everyone in the army does so no exemptions from that regardless of vocation. Depending on camp, generally a 3SG can be anything from a guard to a guard comm. COS duty is quite rare since most units are stayout while BOS will require you to gain a much higher rank before you will do it.
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i see , as i'm currently in bedok camp now , the autotech that i see always book out at 5 , and never see them doing guard duty before in my 1 year and 10 months there . Can you clarify more on OT during peak periods ?
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Originally posted by burp:
i see , as i'm currently in bedok camp now , the autotech that i see always book out at 5 , and never see them doing guard duty before in my 1 year and 10 months there . Can you clarify more on OT during peak periods ?
Hmm Bedok camp autotech should be in my former battalion but we belong to different company so i don't really know much about the workload on their side. Our workload really depends on the unit we are supporting since autotechs for B vehicles are split into 2 battalions, 1 in Jurong 1 in Selarang and they will sent their autotechs to all the other camps to provide on site support. Personally i was stationed at Sembawang Camp so i was supporting 1TPT.
Regarding guard duty for personnel at Bedok camp, last i heard they do it at Selarang camp instead and not in Bedok camp since our HQ side don't have enough people for guard duty there it seems that time.
Every unit will have an annual LAB inspection which is when people would come down and inspect every single vehicle in that camp. This is the time autotechs become very busy since we need to push out as many vehicles from the workshop as we can and aim for a 100% servicibility. Other busy periods would be when the unit is going for exercise especially oversea exercises. Since i serve 1TPT which practically supports vehicles for alot of activities, we tend to get alot of work during these periods but occasionally there are slack periods and i've bookout at 3pm before but such occasions are really rare.
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hmm so it means for autotechs in whichever there are still guard duty for sure ? and if unit goes overseas for ex , will they be attached out to overseas too ? and even there are OT , you still stay out right ? thanks for the explanation !
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Originally posted by burp:
hmm so it means for autotechs in whichever there are still guard duty for sure ? and if unit goes overseas for ex , will they be attached out to overseas too ? and even there are OT , you still stay out right ? thanks for the explanation !
So far i only know my friends at Kranji camp 3 have the option of COS or Guard duty while all the rest is strictly guard.
When units got for overseas exericse, only certain number of technicians will be attached but generally a regular will have the chance to go Wallaby etc at least once and be attached to an overseas base for at least a year or something throughout their 10 yr service term.
When there are OT its up to you whether you want to stayin or bookout since we generally can work till about 10pm depending on workload. Whether you have a bunk or not depends on the camp you are in since not all camps will allocate bunk space to autotechs. For my company, i think we're the only ones who have bunks allocated to us but most of us only use it to change and sleep after guard duty.
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i see , thanks for the info , wondering out of the 3 forces , which technician role would be the best ..
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Originally posted by burp:
i see , thanks for the info , wondering out of the 3 forces , which technician role would be the best ..
That i'm afriad would be a question you would need autotech from the other 2 forces to comment since the training etc are all not the same.
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Originally posted by burp:
i see , thanks for the info , wondering out of the 3 forces , which technician role would be the best ..
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Originally posted by alwaysbemybaby:
hahaha nice one
