Direct Entry

[Johnny2Stripes]

Direct entry....

Does anyone know anything about DE in the Ordnance corps?
Has anyone else applied, have they heard back yet etc...

[Loque]

IEEE membership is good if you live in the US. IEE and IEI membership should suffice. Anyway you can apply online if you need IEEE it's no big deal.
I think you start off as a captain with DE ?
The 6-week "sword course" and being capped at Lt Col is a small price to pay for engineer officer pay.
Good luck to all those applying

[landmark]

According to the Competitions Section in the Dept of Defence ... the competition closed last Wednesday. Strange ... given that it was only advertised two/three weeks ago

[Smithy]

One thing you should be careful of if you take the direct entry route is that you will never be regarded as a career soldier by your fellow officers who have gone through the Cadet School.
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Nash-Kelvinator Specifications

[Truck Driver]

Be God !

Thanks for that... from all the above, I would seem that I am suitably qualified to go for this too... would make a change from my current job, anyway...

Did someone say the ad was in the Irish Indo???

[Big Al]

no its the IEEE

[strummer]

Originally posted by yellowjacket
The phrase used for DE officer training is "Shoot & Salute" :D

In the US they call it "Knife and Fork School."

[Bravo20]

As far as I can remember the qualifications included IT, Electrical and Electronic Engineering degrees. I think I remember something about membership IEE.

[Bailer]

I can't remember my name half the time ICUN!!

I Remembered the Ad though becasue a mate of mine from the Unit is a Comms engineer for Irish Rail and was trying for the Cadets for years, and now has his chance to go DE.

[ICUN]

I was goin by what Bailer said he read in the ad:

The INDO appointments Section about 2 weeks ago you must have a degree in IT or Communications to apply,

I will phone them and find out (if anyone else does that before me then post info here, thanks!)

[Big Al]

fixing radios!! its a electronic eng degree you need, i dont think the add was for it qualifications but check and see, i'm not always right

[ICUN]

Does it say what exactly the role would be? I am not too familiar with what CIS do!

When you say Communications Engineering what exactly do you mean? Is it installing hardware and stuff like that?

[Bailer]

Hmm,

No its not advertised on military.ie, could be why they need a CIS engineer!!

Anyway I think its more Communications Engineering. Than IT!

[Bravo20]

They may have advertised on the military.ie.

[ICUN]

Thats pretty good money.

I will give them a ring and see what the craic is.

I always thought direct entry was for medical personnel and engineers only...I didnt realise IT qualifications could get you in as well