Job Description

Want to add a few thousand dollars to your income doing part-time work?

Become a Transport & Equipment Operator. Learn how to fire a machine gun and throw hand grenades!

Dental Benefits & Education Benefits! A Pension!

What are you waiting for? Challenge yourself!

In 41 Service Battalion you work

part-time

within your community. You are not posted to another city or required to do a military relocation. We are a

part-time

component of the Canadian Army which is trained to augment the Regular Army and aid civilian authorities during crisis or emergency situations (floods, ice storms, forest fires, etc). However, you can volunteer to move to another Base. You may also volunteer for deployment on a military mission within or outside Canada. As a Reservist, the choice to go is always voluntary.

There is no career more challenging or rewarding than serving in the Canadian Armed Forces. You will receive world-class training, develop leadership skills and make great friends along the way. There really is no other career quite like it.

Compensation

We pay you! Rates increase after courses are completed, you are promoted and as you gain experience in each Rank.

All uniforms and equipment are provided at

no cost

.

Free

meals and accommodations during weekend field training, summer training, deployment training and deployment.

Extra pay

is earned while on field, summer or deployment training, and deployments.

Travel assistance

may be available to you depending on how far away from the Armoury you live.

There are

education reimbursements

available through the Canadian Armed Forces. The Royal Canadian Logistics Service Branch, Royal Canadian Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Branch and several Royal Canadian Legions have scholarships and bursaries that may be applicable toward your post-secondary education.

Dental coverage

(for most items) is 90%,

Health Care Premiums

are reimbursed and you will contribute toward a

Pension

which provides financial and health benefits when you retire.

Plus!

We guarantee that for the first 4 summers that you are a member of the Reserve, you will be provided with full-time employment (

if you are available

) completing training or assisting with courses for other soldiers. It is

not

mandatory at all but if you are attending University, College or a Technical School, we can help you with the costs by providing you with employment, meals and accommodations.

Are you still reading? Great! There's more.

Qualifications

A successful candidate

must:

be a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident have completed at least Grade 10 or Secondaire IV (in Quebec) have parental consent if under age 18 meet Canadian Armed Forces medical standards successfully complete selection process, interview and examinations pass physical fitness tests
The Canadian Armed Forces values strength of character and team contributions. This means that regardless of your gender, religion or ethnicity, the Canadian Armed Forces invites you to be a part of its team and to explore the opportunities it has to offer.

The Canadian Armed Forces has a "no exclusion policy," and has become one of the only militaries in the world to remove all barriers to full and equal service for all its members with the opportunity to work any Trade in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Combat Service Support Trades are in search of Drivers (Mobile Support Equipment Operators or MSE Ops) to move supplies such as food, ammunition, fuel, engineering assets, and soldiers. You will train as a part-time soldier and learn how to operate various trucks and types of equipment, how to dispatch, coordinate logistics prime movers, and conduct fleet management. Reserve MSE Ops are trained on a number of vehicles including counter-balance lift trucks, and Light, Medium and Heavy Transport Vehicles including Buses, Tractor-Trailers & Refuelers. Additional courses include Ammunition & Explosives Transportation, Driver Instructor, Driver Examiner, Air Brake Instructor, Collision Investigator, and many more. The MSE Op Trade is one of the most diverse Trades in the Reserve and in high demand. There are always opportunities for "extra" employment working with the Infantry, Artillery & Armoured Regiments.

We are conducting an information session on Wed the 24th of September at 7:30 p.m. at the Debney Armoury (parking in the east and west lots) at 8403 Roper Road NW, Edmonton, AB. We will present to you with what 41 Service Battalion and the Army Reserve has to offer. If you've read the Ad, you must be interested so come in and let us tell you more. Please be seated early to avoid interruptions.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: $128.00-$167.00 per day

Benefits:

Company events Company pension Dental care Discounted or free food Flexible schedule On-site gym On-site parking Tuition reimbursement Wellness program
Work Location: In person