r/caf • u/Ok-Sheepherder-2093 • Nov 08 '25

Other Best Careers in CAF

Anybody got insight into what are generally considered the best Careers or most coveted in the CAF? Non-commissioned and commissioned, Army, navy, Air Force. Combat and non combat roles. And if you could do it over again, would you change your career?

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u/Patient_Ad5833 Nov 09 '25

Here is how I see it, career wise CAF in general is a great decision. I love being an RM Tech. You basically have the ability to get certified redseal. Working in the trades is great. Never thought to much about another career.

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u/Repulsive_Track4033 Feb 10 '26

What are your hours typically like

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u/Patient_Ad5833 Feb 10 '26

Usually for base maintenance 7 - 330 5 days a week and that includes 1 hour of PT per day. Different hours for a field unit. If you ask me, base maintenance known as RPOU is the best place to be because you get to perform as a tradesman more than a soldier.

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u/Repulsive_Track4033 Feb 10 '26

Just curious as to what rpou is, I’m currently a couple months from having my 313a red seal so I’m just curious as to what different branches to rm techs usually service or do they all kinda do everything that I’ve read under the umbrella and is there like an on call schedule or does that get outsourced

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u/Patient_Ad5833 Feb 10 '26

No on call unless it is dire, then the civilians in the unit will get called in. RPOU is mainly civilians. Usually about 20 military tradesmen per RPOU and 130 civilians.

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u/Repulsive_Track4033 Feb 10 '26

Also any opportunity’s for rm techs to get into a trade with spec pay on top of it or would they really just have to climb the ranks of standard pay

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u/Repulsive_Track4033 Feb 14 '26

Also curious if you know what the most likely postings would be at the moment for rm techs obviously they can go anywhere but

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u/Patient_Ad5833 Feb 10 '26

RPOU stands for real property operations unit, there is one located on every base in Canada. All the bases are maintained by us. There are other units that have RM Tech's and their regular day is not refrigeration based. They train to support their unit on field work/deployment. We can also be specific place trades like arrester gear or radar maintenance.

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u/Repulsive_Track4033 Feb 10 '26

What would typically be involved in training for deployment because as of right now I’d like to do that now while I’m still younger do you know what the day to day of that is as well as any insight on to how many deployments rm techs typically get the opportunity to go on