Which of these jobs should i choose for the AF?
Moe S asked:
I scored on a 39, and i qualified for Security Forces, Fuels, Aircrew life support, fire protection, electrical systems, HVAC, services, and flight engineer…but i dont know which one to choose…I have gained some interest in them all…
I scored on a 39, and i qualified for Security Forces, Fuels, Aircrew life support, fire protection, electrical systems, HVAC, services, and flight engineer…but i dont know which one to choose…I have gained some interest in them all…
Should i pick based on how well they are in the civilian world?
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Pick a job that you will find interesting, and feel that you will excel in.
nothing worst than spending 4 years doing something you hate
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if you want to stay with something associated with being part of an aircrew after serving, go w/flight engineer. if you want a trade type job when you get out go w/the fire,electrical,or hvac.
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This is 100% up to you, but I will give some friendly advice on these jobs seeing as I have done 2 of them. LS and Fuels.
Best for Civilian world after you are out= Fire, HVAC
Lots of demand for qualified HVAC technicans….average pay working on large HVAC systems= $30/hour in civilian world. Fire will give you the experience/quals needed to be a fire-fighter in the civilian world.
Most difficult training of all of these= Flight Engineer(50% washout). A good friend is a C-130 FE, said the training was academically the toughest thing he has ever done(has masters degree as well).
Life support has virtually no civilian equivalent( I currently have a 7 level in this career field). I have been to all the survival schools the AF has, but overall, the job is ok but not much need for survival specialists or parachute riggers in the civilian world.
Security Forces is seeing a lot of people get out for lack of interest in the career-field. 12 hour shifts guarding flight lines/gates, 5 days a week gets old. Higher speed units, like the 820th SF unit is a good gig.
Electrical systems is a good job for some technical training and you get some training that would value you in the civilian world, but overall, no the most exciting career-field out there(friend does this job).
Choose what interests you, but this is my .02 on this question.
Good luck, any job you choose will give you military experience which itself looks good on any resume out there.