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VEHICLE TECHNICIANThe Canadian Army • Halifax, NS, CA
VEHICLE TECHNICIAN

VEHICLE TECHNICIAN

The Canadian Army • Halifax, NS, CA
2 hours ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Part-time
  • Permanent
Job description

Do you love working with and fixing vehicles? As a Vehicle Technician in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), you’ll be responsible for maintaining, repairing and overhauling land vehicles.

This position is available full-time or part-time, or as part of our paid education program.

Pay & Benefits

The CAF offers a range of benefits to ensure members are well supported. These include:

  • Competitive salary starting from $4,337 - $6,413/month for new recruits who join the Regular Force under the Direct Entry plan
  • New pay increases: earn more from the start
  • Signing Bonus paid in installments at key service milestones
  • Paid education and training opportunities
  • Vacation, parental, and other types of paid leave
  • Health, dental, and vision coverage
  • Counseling, and relocation support services
  • Pension plan
  • Stimulating workplace that promotes respect, belonging, and work-life balance

Overview

The primary responsibilities of Vehicle Technicians are to:

  • Inspect, repair, overhaul and modify all types of automotive equipment, systems and components
  • Repair, adjust, overhaul and modify powered equipment
  • Use and maintain common and specialized tools, basic garage hydraulic, mechanical and pneumatic equipment and oxyacetylene welding equipment
  • Carry out the recovery of all types of vehicles used in the land forces, utilizing standard towing trucks and specialized tracked and wheeled recovery vehicles
  • Drive all types of vehicles ranging from small support wheel vehicles to tank transporters
  • Perform in land operations, when necessary, fight as infantry

You will find a comprehensive list of the primary duties on the forces.ca website.

This position is similar to the following:

  • Industrial Truck Mechanic
  • Automotive Brake and Front-end Mechanic
  • Truck-Trailer Repair Specialist
  • Tune-up Specialist

To be eligible to apply to the CAF, you must:

  • Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident living in Canada;
  • Be at least 18 years old (17 years old with parental consent), except:
    • For the Paid Education programs, you may be 16 years old (with parental consent);
    • For the Primary Reserve, you may be 16 years old (with parental consent) and must be enrolled as a full-time student;
  • Have completed at least Grade 10 or Secondary IV in Québec (some jobs need higher levels of education).

Required Education

The minimum required education to apply for this position is the completion of provincial requirements for Grade 10 or Secondary IV in Quebec, including:

  • Grade 10 Applied Math or Math 416 (CST 4 in Quebec); and
  • Grade 10 Science or equivalent

Foreign education may be accepted.

Direct Entry Plan

The ideal candidate will already have a college diploma, the CAF will decide if your academic program matches the training criteria for this job and may place you directly into any required on-the-job training program following basic training.

Join the CAF

To learn more about becoming a Vehicle Technician, visit www.forces.ca, talk to a recruiter at a centre near you: www.forces.ca/en/find-a-recruiting-centre or call 1-800-856-8488.

Explore over 100 different career opportunities at www.forces.ca/en/careers.

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