Im currently applying for the role of mine clearance diver, the waiting list correct as of today is till 2021, which the AFCO told me they received on the friday just gone.
I have booked in for my PADI open water course, starting in 2 weeks to try get as much dive experience as possible before I join, can anyone recommend further diving courses that would be relevant and beneficial for me to complete while I wait for entry.
other than the obvious things i can be working towards such as improving my general fitness, practising finning, is there anything else I can use this time to work on, from watching some videos on the role I have seen that they use body measurements while blindfolded to describe and relay information about a mine as part of the tests so I will start to work on this also.
Once you have completed your basic and specialisation training do you have any say in which unit you go to? As I would like to be with either the SDG as they perform most of the EOD or FDU1 which is predominantly a counter terrorism unit, I have read that the first diver to complete the high threat IED course did a tour of afghan, implying there is more that have completed the course? if so how likely is it to be given the opportunity to complete the course, as its something i would like to work towards, obviously my main concern is to get in at the current time but id like to know a little more about what i can expect in the way of job progression.
I have booked in for my PADI open water course, starting in 2 weeks to try get as much dive experience as possible before I join, can anyone recommend further diving courses that would be relevant and beneficial for me to complete while I wait for entry.
other than the obvious things i can be working towards such as improving my general fitness, practising finning, is there anything else I can use this time to work on, from watching some videos on the role I have seen that they use body measurements while blindfolded to describe and relay information about a mine as part of the tests so I will start to work on this also.
Once you have completed your basic and specialisation training do you have any say in which unit you go to? As I would like to be with either the SDG as they perform most of the EOD or FDU1 which is predominantly a counter terrorism unit, I have read that the first diver to complete the high threat IED course did a tour of afghan, implying there is more that have completed the course? if so how likely is it to be given the opportunity to complete the course, as its something i would like to work towards, obviously my main concern is to get in at the current time but id like to know a little more about what i can expect in the way of job progression.