RSN Navy Naval Diving Unit: Vocational Assessment Selection?
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Hi all, i receive a letter from the Navy asking me to go for a vocational assessment. Can anyone give me more information about this assessment so that i can be more mentally prepared? I am not exactly a good swimmer by any measure so... Also, the letter said that i met the preliminary selection criteria for the vocational assessment. Does anyone know what the preliminary selection criteria is? Thanks.
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Originally posted by Lord dejavu:
Hi all, i receive a letter from the Navy asking me to go for a vocational assessment.
Can anyone give me more information about this assessment so that i can be more mentally prepared? I am not exactly a good swimmer by any measure so…
Also, the letter said that i met the preliminary selection criteria for the vocational assessment. Does anyone know what the preliminary selection criteria is?
Thanks.
I dont remember the details. It has been many years and I have already throw away my lecture notes.
blood test, lung volume test, height and weight, x-ray. I dont know do you need to go for dry dive? The most important is to check if you are fit to dive on the medical aspect.
But anyway, dont worry, it is nothing strenuous. Just perform as what you are.
Being a men, dont ask questions, dont ask why, you will make a good diver then.
Good Luck.
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Originally posted by Lord dejavu:
I am not exactly a good swimmer by any measure so…
don't worry.
After the naval diver course, you will be a first class swimmer.
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Thanks guys, Lokey in particular. Lokey, actually i would really prefer to do land training. Do you think it is adviceable(sp) if i just go on that day and tell them that? I dont want to waste everybody's time.
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Originally posted by Lord dejavu:
Thanks guys, Lokey in particular.
Lokey, actually i would really prefer to do land training. Do you think it is adviceable(sp) if i just go on that day and tell them that? I dont want to waste everybody’s time.
NDU is good. It is one of the unit that give you a free diving license. It cost a thousand plus to get one as a civilian. And almost immediately after you ORD you can apply for diving instructor and later start teaching diving. One of the most siong but useful vocation.
If you are Pes A and you are fit, and since you get selected, you should be honour.
Even if you do tell them that you are not interested, they will not bother you as it is they who select you and not the other way round.Even if you tell me that you are not interested I dont have a place to write in my form at all. Unless... you are not medically-fit, Of course.
Good Luck.
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I heard from NDU people that the training is siong, very siong, but after you pass out of the course, life in unit is quite slack.
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One of it is to go into a pressure chamber and test how much you can tahan. Ya Ndu is no joke.
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You know sometimes when there are bodies or body parts to recover from kallang river, or canal or whatever, NDU divers are the ones tasked to do it.
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Originally posted by Lokey:
NDU is good. It is one of the unit that give you a free diving license. It cost a thousand plus to get one as a civilian. And almost immediately after you ORD you can apply for diving instructor and later start teaching diving. One of the most siong but useful vocation.
Good Luck.
Just to clear up some misinformation here:
1. It does not cost over $1,000 to get 'diving license', it costs about half of that to be certified as an open water diver, unless you intend to travel to expensive locations to do your 5 qualifying dives. If you want to do more advanced training later on it will of course cost more.
2. Even as an NDUdiver you will need to do the full divemaster or dive control specialist course before you can be trained as an instructor.
3. Recreational diving is different from the kind of diving NDU does, and there is a slight variation in the gear as well. hence the need to be re-trained under the recreational diving agencies such as PADI, SSI etc.
4. I know this because there were a bunch of guys who did their NS as Navy divers doing their dive control specialist training together with me.
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You know sometimes when there are bodies or body parts to recover from kallang river, or canal or whatever, NDU divers are the ones tasked to do it.
That's one of their regular missions.
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Originally posted by av98m:
Just to clear up some misinformation here:
1. It does not cost over $1,000 to get 'diving license', it costs about half of that to be certified as an open water diver, unless you intend to travel to expensive locations to do your 5 qualifying dives. If you want to do more advanced training later on it will of course cost more.
2. Even as an NDUdiver you will need to do the full divemaster or dive control specialist course before you can be trained as an instructor.
3. Recreational diving is different from the kind of diving NDU does, and there is a slight variation in the gear as well. hence the need to be re-trained under the recreational diving agencies such as PADI, SSI etc.
4. I know this because there were a bunch of guys who did their NS as Navy divers doing their dive control specialist training together with me.
My uncle is a diving instructor himself. The gears are different but they clock diving experience and they are supposed to handle stress better.
They look all the same to me, except the mouth piece and tanks are different. The diving principle is the same.
One thing that I am not sure is really do the NDU go for deep sea diving?
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Originally posted by TTFU:
One of it is to go into a pressure chamber and test how much you can tahan. Ya Ndu is no joke.
You dont feel anything when you go for chamber dive. There is some poping in the ears and clearing of the airway, other than that, It is normal like normal as in now.
But a sudden ascent will let you to have decompression sickness, which also known as diver's disease. But this one you will get it even in recreation dive.
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is this anything like the navy seal of america? vocation pay must be a lot higher?
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Originally posted by dukedracula:
is this anything like the navy seal of america? vocation pay must be a lot higher?
No. Do you notice we don't have aircraft carriers too?
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Hello,
Question : Is it possible to be a commando if I'm going for the NDU VA? I'm interested in CDO but not NDU.
Thanks.
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No, you think the govt is giving you a choice ar? The govt gives no one no choices to make.
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Okay. When does NDU BMT begin? And what happens after BMT?
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Originally posted by ditzy:
No, you think the govt is giving you a choice ar? The govt gives no one no choices to make.
Well this might not necessasarily hold true. In another thread I recall someone getting a VA letter for NDU too but he wasnt too keen, so he called up CMPB to inquire the possibility of going for the CDO VA instead and soon enough he received another letter for the CDO VA.
And if you really dont wanna go for NDU and switching to CDO isnt possible- from what I read from other threads and according to one of my current CDO friends; they wont actually charge you if you skip the VA.
But then again its always good to play it safe and besides- its an honor to be called up for a VA, and even more so to be accepted into NDU/CDO :)
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Originally posted by av98m:
Just to clear up some misinformation here:
3. Recreational diving is different from the kind of diving NDU does, and there is a slight variation in the gear as well. hence the need to be re-trained under the recreational diving agencies such as PADI, SSI etc.
4. I know this because there were a bunch of guys who did their NS as Navy divers doing their dive control specialist training together with me.
yes they are required to fulfill the certification agency's standard all over again...Its a walk in the park for them...their buoyancy control is good...haha
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Originally posted by Lokey:
I dont remember the details. It has been many years and I have already throw away my lecture notes.
So, were you a diver in NDU?
Don't be shy answering, hor?
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Originally posted by Xcert:
yes they are required to fulfill the certification agency's standard all over again...Its a walknd in the park for them...their buoyancy control is good...haha
I know. And they are very used to navigating in shitty visibility.
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Originally posted by Gedanken:
So, were you a diver in NDU?
Don't be shy answering, hor?
NO. I am busy "chao keng" since day -999 of NS life. It is the opposite of you think.
There is a way to get out of this VA.
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Right. So, you're a fucking useless piece of shit who was basically a burden to all around you when it counted, but on an Internet forum, you want to come in and talk like you know all.
Fucking hypocrite.
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erm I just received the letter from the Navy asking me to go for a vocational assessment. If I fail my physical test BUT I express interest in joining them, will I still stand a high chance to get in NDU? I was pretty happy to get the letter though, always wanted to get into NDU :D
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Originally posted by theyj:
erm I just received the letter from the Navy asking me to go for a vocational assessment.
If I fail my physical test BUT I express interest in joining them, will I still stand a high chance to get in NDU?
I was pretty happy to get the letter though, always wanted to get into NDU
nope.
if you do get in, then good luck.