Details:
Infantry Soldiers are the Army’s primary combat fighters and are responsible for closing with and engaging the enemy. They are the core members of the Combat Arms team, which includes Artillery and Armoured Soldiers.
Infantry Soldiers are capable of operating anywhere in the world in any environment – Arctic tundra, mountains, jungle or desert – and in any combination of arms, including airmobile and amphibious operations. The primary duties of an Infantry Soldiers are to:
•Expertly operate and maintain a wide range of weapons, including rifle, hand-grenades, light, medium and heavy machine-guns, and anti-tank weapons
•Use sophisticated equipment for field communications, navigation and night-vision surveillance
•Inspect and maintain weapon systems, vehicles, survival gear and personal defensive equipment
•Participate in airborne operations
•Operate with support elements such as fighter aircraft, tactical and artillery
•Engage in unarmed combat
•Employ camouflage and concealment, patrol, assault, defence, and escape-and-evasion tactics.
Qualifications & Experience:
Requirements are:
•Completion of Grade 10 or Secondaire IV in Quebec. Foreign education may be accepted.
•Canadian Citizenship
•At least 16 years of age with parental consent and while maintaining full-time student status, or 18 years without parental consent.
How to apply:
This position is available for part-time employment with the Primary Reserve at certain locations across Canada. Reserve Force members usually serve part time at a Unit in their community, and may serve while going to school or working at a civilian job. They are paid during their training. They are not posted or required to do a military move. However, they can volunteer to move to another base. They may also volunteer for deployment on a military mission within or outside Canada.
Reserve Force members are trained to the same level as their Regular Force counterparts. They usually begin training with their home unit to ensure that they meet the required basic professional military standards. Following basic training, Army recruits train for the Soldier qualification for approximately one month and then Infantry Soldiers attend one of three CAF training centres for 17 weeks of Infantry training.
Reserve Force members usually serve part-time with their home unit for scheduled evenings and weekends, although they may also serve in full-time positions at some units for fixed terms, depending on the type of work that they do. They are paid 85 percent of Regular Force rates of pay, receive a reasonable benefits package and may qualify to contribute to a pension plan.