Starting what will be the hardest (academically) 3 or so years of my life...

ChrisD.

ChrisD.

ChrisD.

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Gulp. This is going to hurt my brain and social life. I'm about to embark on the following selection process and all things going well the course itself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreman_of_Signals

Tutor Marked Assessments TMAs start in June this year. They take some hard graft to do. Six in total to do iirc, one a month. While doing this I've got to be studying the Distance Learning Pack (DLP) which will remind me of everything that I was taught on my class one and have since forgotten; and more.

Entrance exam (which will be loosely based around the DLP) will be in February. If I pass that then I’ll be on the Selection Board in May. If I pass that then I start the course next September. Course is 79 weeks long not including Holidays.

I hate Blandford. 54 weeks on my Class One was enough, not sure if I could hack 79 weeks!

Wish me luck :eek:
 
Not on the commissioned payrate :p

hehe on a serious note : good luck with your TMA's, exams &, if all goes to plan, your selection board week.:)

oh... and I hope your fit :D
 
Crap. It's the fact you're getting paid to get the qualification that makes it attractive and lucrative; and at the end of it you're put in a position to gain a lot of experience. Plus any decent comms company will welcome an ex Royal Sigs Foreman with open arms and offer huge salaries. I know mates who left the Army at the stage I'm at right now and they are earning £40k + mostly tax free. An ex FofS (the abbreviation fo Foreman of Signals) would typically start at £70k without too much hassle.

As an idea though, here's some figures, the future ones are of course projected and as such not 100% accurate.

I'm currently earning £29,312.64. On the course I'll be earning £30,961.56. Upon completion £35,704.20, and say 5 ish years after it would be £40,212.96. Once again, some are just estimates.
 
Over the two-year course, students march over 640 miles and ascend over 12,000 metres (higher than Mount Everest), from the Sergeants Mess to the School, all whilst carrying 30 pounds of lever arch files on their backs.
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Only the Top Brass of the British Army could come up with something like that.
 
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