Could you please help as I am trying to learn the trainig course for WSOp but I am not sure I have the up to date info!
9wks at RAF Halton
10wks at RAF College Cranwell
24wks at 55 (R) Squadron Cranwell
after this do you get streamed? Crewman,EW, Acoustics & Linguist
then you do your specialist traning?
Also once you are a sargent and have passed on the training, what secondary duties would you have? things like running clubs and fundraising?
Any help would be much appreciated
Thanks alot
EHG
Could you please help as I am trying to learn the trainig course for WSOp but I am not sure I have the up to date info!
9wks at RAF Halton
10wks at RAF College Cranwell
24wks at 55 (R) Squadron Cranwell
after this do you get streamed? Crewman,EW, Acoustics & Linguist
then you do your specialist traning?
Also once you are a sargent and have passed on the training, what secondary duties would you have? things like running clubs and fundraising?
Any help would be much appreciated
Thanks alot
EHG
Yep, correct, after cranwell it's onto 55(R) Sqn. Some Tutor flying up to 1st solo standard, then Tutor nav at Cranwell. Off to Linton to be seconded to TANS, the Tucano Air Nav Sqn, to do 25 trips or thereabouts in the back of a Tucano. Back to Cranwell, this time into a Dominie, to learn how radars work.
Get streamed. FJ navs do more Dominie radar and low-level stuff, multi-engine navs hang around for a little bit more Dominie time then go to either the Herc K or Nimrod and the appropriate OCUs.
FJ guys go to the NTU on 100 Sqn at Leeming (Nav Trg Unit) to do some whizzing around in the back of a Hawk, and learn about AD and bombing. Then you get your brevet and head off to an OCU.
Blackhawk wrote:Get streamed. FJ navs do more Dominie radar and low-level stuff, multi-engine navs hang around for a little bit more Dominie time then go to either the Herc K or Nimrod and the appropriate OCUs.
But for one letter! That's WSOs, rather than WSOps....
EHG,
Just found this site by accident but I may be able to help with one of your questions.
"once you are a sargent and have passed on the training, what secondary duties would you have?"
You will be given acting Sgt rank at the end of the initial course at RAFC but you will not become substansive in that rank until you are Combat Ready (CR) on a squadron which will be at least two years later, sometimes more. In the intervening period you will not generally do any secondary duties as the training system wants you to spend your time studying to pass exams, ground checks and air checks.
Once you are CR your rank will become substantive and you will become eligibe for secondary duties. To begin with you will probably be given some Sqn duties such as running the tea bar/flying rations account, responsibility for flying document amendments or being the SNCO in charge of an airmans accomodation block. As you become more senior on the Sqn and if you are considered reasonably capable you will start to pick up flying related duties that require you to attend courses. These could include becoming a Combat Survival and Rescue Officer, an Air Gunnery Instructor, a Helicopter Tactics Instructor or a crewman trainer.
As well as all these Sqn duties there are Station Secondary Duties, these are the running of teams, clubs that you alluded to in your question. Generally you volunteer for these if you are interested in that particular sport or activity.
This answer relates to crewmen on SH Sqns, I know nothing of how it works elsewhere although I'm sure it's not that different.
As to your question about when streaming occurs, I am afraid I can't answer with any certainty as I went through some years ago when you chose your branch before signing anything. Its a simple question though so why not just ring up RAFC (number is in the phone book) and ask to speak to the 55 Sqn instructors.
A couple of further points;
1 This is a very odd website, some of the info posted above is utter rubbish and I suspect some of these people are not really qualified to answer your questions. The Military Aircrew forum on pprune .org is a much better bet and is full of current RAF pilots and WSOps. Make sure you use the search function on that site because most questions have been asked before and people get irritated answering the same thing again and again.
2 Be careful with spelling and the like, both when asking questions and on your application. It may seem trivial but being aircrew is all about attention to detail, (eg have you plotted that drop point precisely on your map or have you read out the FRC actions for that hydraulic failure correctly) If you aspire to be a sergeant in the RAF its probably worth knowing how to spell the word.
3 I wish you the best of luck with your application, if you succeed you will end up in what I believe is the best job available anywhere, working with some fantastic individuals and experiencing some incredible places.
Fwd 5 wrote:1 This is a very odd website, some of the info posted above is utter rubbish and I suspect some of these people are not really qualified to answer your questions. The Military Aircrew forum on pprune .org is a much better bet and is full of current RAF pilots and WSOps. Make sure you use the search function on that site because most questions have been asked before and people get irritated answering the same thing again and again.
I would say that the Mil Aircrew forum on PPRuNe is not a place for wannabes; they are much better off somewhere like this where there're a lot of them, and a few qualified people to answer questions. You'll know as well as I do that PPRuNe is not a friendly place for someone new, and no-one is particularly willing to answer bone questions again and again.
The only "wrong" advice I've seen on this thread is the mistake between WSO and WSOp; and the WSO advice given seemed alright.
I'm a serving fast jet mate, and I'm sure I'm not the only one around. Don't write this place off so quickly.
