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Technician
All technicians in REME TA are recruited as a generic Electronic Technician and are later given the opportunity to specialise. They are responsible for the maintenance, repair and servicing all the Army's equipment including radios, weapons systems, optical fibre control systems and night vision equipment on Armoured Fighting Vehicles. They also repair and maintain all military laser, optronic and thermal imaging equipment, test and calibrate physiological, monitoring, therapeutic, surgical, pathology, x-ray, dental and anaesthetic equipment.
Minimum Entry Standards: Must be below the age of 37 on entry with a minimum National Certificate in Electronics Engineering.
CFN TARIQ ALAM OF 207 INCR COY 104 BATTALION FROM TELFORD
I work at ABRO Donnington (Army Base Repair Organisation) Telford, Shropshire. I am employed as an electronics engineer and repair the army communication and electrical equipment used on Warrior APC's and CVRT's right down to component level.
I joined the Specialist REME TA to be challenged, both mentally and physically and I wanted to learn new skills that I could use in my normal job, such as leadership and team working skills.
I have learnt all these skills with the TA and more eg, weapon and battlefield skills. As well as learning exactly what life as a soldier is like, the TA has also taught me a great deal about military life and I have a great deal of respect for serving soldiers in the British Army. You get to meet a lot of people from different walks of life and get to travel all over England and the world.
I have done a two week camp at Catterick where I joined a regular REME Battalion and repaired Clansman radios and did lots of physical training. I have been to Belgium to visit the Battlefields around Ypres and parading at the Last Post at Menin Gate. I have also done adventurous training which included mountain biking, coasteering and quad biking. I get special paid leave for my two week camp every year from my employer and the REME TA pay for my travelling costs plus TA pay.
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