Soldier Trucker

**Want to add a few thousand dollars to your income doing part-time work?**

**Become a Transport & Equipment Operator. Learn how to fire a machine gun and throw hand grenades**

**Dental Benefits & Education Benefits A Pension**

**What are you waiting for? Challenge yourself**

In 41 Service Battalion you work **part-time **within your community. You are not posted to another city or required to do a military relocation. We are a **part-time **component of the Canadian Army which is trained to augment the Regular Army and aid civilian authorities during crisis or emergency situations (floods, ice storms, forest fires, etc). However, you can volunteer to move to another Base. You may also volunteer for deployment on a military mission within or outside Canada. As a Reservist, the choice to go is always voluntary.

There is no career more challenging or rewarding than serving in the Canadian Armed Forces. You will receive world-class training, develop leadership skills and make great friends along the way. There really is no other career quite like it.

**Compensation**

We pay you Rates increase after courses are completed, you are promoted and as you gain experience in each Rank.

All uniforms and equipment are provided at **no cost**.

**Free** meals and accommodations during weekend field training, summer training, deployment training and deployment.

**Extra pay** is earned while on field, summer or deployment training, and deployments.

**Travel assistance** may be available to you depending on how far away from the Armoury you live.

There are **education reimbursements** available through the Canadian Armed Forces. The Royal Canadian Logistics Service Branch, Royal Canadian Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Branch and several Royal Canadian Legions have scholarships and bursaries that may be available toward your post-secondary education.

**Dental coverage** (for most items) is 90%, **Health Care Premiums** are reimbursed and you will contribute toward a **Pension **which provides financial and health benefits when you retire.
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**Qualifications**
- be a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident
- have completed at least Grade 10 or Secondaire IV (in Quebec)
- have parental consent if under age 18
- meet Canadian Armed Forces medical standards
- successfully complete selection process, interview and examinations
- pass physical fitness tests

The Canadian military is one of the most highly trained and respected forces in the world. Above all, the Canadian Armed Forces values strength of character and team contributions. This means that regardless of your gender, religion or ethnicity, the Canadian Armed Forces invites you to be a part of its team and to explore the opportunities it has to offer.

The Canadian Armed Forces has also taken great strides in safeguarding the equality of women. By adopting a “no exclusion policy,” it has become one of the only militaries in the world to remove all barriers to full and equal service for all its members. This means that women have the opportunity to work any job in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Combat Service Support Trades are in search of Drivers (Mobile Support Equipment Operators or MSE Ops) to move supplies such as food, ammunition, fuel, engineering assets, and soldiers. You will train as a part-time soldier and learn how to operate various trucks and types of equipment, how to dispatch, coordinate logistics prime movers, and conduct fleet management. Reserve MSE Ops are trained on a number of vehicles including counter-balance lift trucks, and Light, Medium and Heavy Transport Vehicles including Buses, Tractor-Trailers & Refuelers. Additional courses include Ammunition & Explosives Transportation, Driver Instructor, Driver Examiner, Air Brake Instructor, Collision Investigator, and many more. The MSE Op Trade is one of the most diverse Trades in the Reserve and in high demand. There are always opportunities for “extra” employment working with the Infantry, Artillery & Armoured Regiments. We are located at Debney Armoury, 8403 Roper Road in Edmonton. Regular training is from September to May on Wednesday evenings, one Saturday a month and one weekend a month.

**Not a Movie**

What you see in the movies is not what the Canadian Armed Forces is. You will learn how to push yourself physically and mentally to new heights. You will learn how to work as a cohesive team to achieve assigned tasks. You will be taught basic military skills like preparing your uniform, military drill, camouflage, map & compass, service rifles, hand grenades and NATO Orders Format. You will be taught how to survive in the cold and the heat. You will learn skills specific to your Trade. You will be tested. You will be cold or tired and sometimes both. You will learn how to instruct, mentor, lead, plan and manage. To become a “citizen soldier”, a “weekend warrior”, a Reservist, takes commitment, loyalty, training a