Artificer?

[HotShot]

Hey all,

Went to my Royal Marines/Navy aptitude test today, with intent on joining as a Royal Marines commando. The thing is, I got such an extraudinarily high mark (think i got 116/120) that my AFCO has tried talking me, and talking to my parents, about me going in the Navy as an Artificer instead.

Just wondering if anyone here could give me some more information on this, other than just the couple of pages on the navy's site. I have about 1 and a half weeks to decide whether to go for the marines or navy (as I have my interview booked in 2 weeks).

Thanks all in advance.

Ps: Was anyone else here sitting the Aptitude test in Lincoln today?

[AdamC16]

116!

fairplay mate. I cant really speak from experience but if you've got the intelligence i would certainly use it. Artificer apprenticeships although long and hard work offer good oppurtunites with the fast track promtion system. I looked into articifer but they've got rid of the Air engineering articifer scheme which i really wanted to do so i went for Air engineering tech instead.

[HotShot]

Already did, and they didn't really interest me too much. Always wanted to be a frontline marine or in the regiments or something, but I'm still trying to weight out the pro's and con's at the minute.

[CrouchmasterT]

I originaly applied for AET but switched to RM, same reason really, I wanted to be a frontline infantryman.

Personaly i say go with your heart not your head because you'll regret it in years to come.

Don't let the AFCO push you into anything, it needs to be YOUR decision, no one else's.

[HotShot]

Say I went for artificer, completed my training and went operational, and then hated it...would I be able to switch to the marines, obviously after doing the neccessary tests...

[Gazza_2004]

im 3/4 through tiffs course atm, WE side, Ull spend 4-6 months on a ship of ur choice, then about 2 and a half years at collingwood doin ur degree,
U get some good laugh's and make gd mates with ppl, its not all hard u just have to put in the efford now and then, When in training u get crap pay tbh, but its worth it when u finish ur course, pick up ur rate and get decent money 4 a change.

[Gazza_2004]

Say I went for artificer, completed my training and went operational, and then hated it...would I be able to switch to the marines, obviously after doing the neccessary tests...

When u start ur degree side of ur course, the navy wont let u leave on the grounds u hated it, as it costs them £150,000 a year to train you,
when u join up u get a PVR date, which is a final deadline when u are allowed to leave, this deadline runes out for WE tiffs when ur on ship, so u get to see what tiffs r like on ship and how they work, then ull know if u like it or not.

[Valkryja]

Gazza - once you start your degree, you can transfer if you want it badly enough. I did after about 5 months of the degree course (obviously not to the RM's).

Just provide a good case when you go to your DO, continue to put the effort in (ie. keep passing the exams don't just give up) and keep pushing. Why would they spend more money on someone who is unhappy and unlikely to do their return service?

As for joining as a Tiff in the first place, you can't go wrong. Looking back now I wasted a brilliant opportunity, it's not easy to get such a good degree outside and get paid!

[Doc]

Gazza if you look at the thing infront of you that has letters and numbers etc, you will notice its a tad bigger than a mobile phone keypad.

So, can you bin the text speak and write proper like I does!

Cheers