Work Experience

Created by: Austin Tyler

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The place I worked at was the base
maintenance in Shilo
The jobs they do involved repairing
or building weapons, vehicles,
computers many more
So like mechanics, welders,
weapon technicians, computer tech
etc.
The working environment was
good, people got along with each
other just fine
It was a job where you had to get
your hands dirty all the time which
was fun
Everyone had a good working
attitude, hardly complained about
anything and trained me pretty
well


Meeting the employees
It was a privilege meeting some of the
people at the base
During my work experience I met multiple
employees
They always stay on task but they have
their moments for fun as well
Most of the people I met have been working
there as a civilian
Had my first conversation with a veteran
who served 60 years in the military and his
name was Tom Hicks


The Opening
So what kind of work I did was mostly involved in
changing the tires
The tools I would use was a socket wrench to take
off the lug nuts
I would first remove the plate off the tire and I
would use a bar to squeeze in between then lift the
plate off the tire
I had to mark the two tires and the back ones so
we wouldnt get them confuse when compressing
air in the tires
They had a machine called the tire machine where
it takes the rim off the tire completely
Then we add new tires on the rim, finally we
compress air into them and see if its the right
amount of air needed



Wade taught me how to change
the oil on a truck
Learned how to change my own
battery on a vehicle
Also learned how to change the
diesel on another vehicle
We went underneath the truck
and use the grease gun on a
grease fitting or also called
nipple
I certainly loved working with
wade because hes always
confident, knows what he's
doing and

This is a LAV 3
This is an light armoured vehicle used for
assistance and can provide help in many
ways
The carrying capacity of holding infantry
soldiers is around 8 personnel's
This vehicle is equipped with a daytime
optical thermal imaging system
For the weapon system it is equipped with
M242 Bushmaster, coaxial 7.62-mm
machine gun, 5.56 mm or 7.62 mm
machine guns is positioned on top of the
turret.
The LAV III also has eight 76-mm grenade
launchers in two clusters of four launchers
positioned on each side of the turret
Next I worked with a guy name josh and
he worked on bigger components
Such as a Combine, Fire truck and
Military trucks
Again I just took the tires off with a
socket wrench, change the battery and we
took a look at some of the engines as well


Next Wade took me out on
a tour of the base
He shown me the PT base
Their own little hospital
There was place for soldiers
that were provided therapy
because some have been
suffering from PTSD
I go to see the HQ
Seen the Shilo Military
Museum

Later on when we finished
wade took me to the ice
rink
We had to fix the Zamboni
We found out that the
battery needed to be
replaced with a new one
We grabbed a new one and
put it back in the Zamboni
Then we used a tool called
a multi meter to measure
the electric current,
voltage and if it was stable
enough
After we finished with the Zamboni
we headed back to base maintenance
I went to go work with Josh again on
the combine
I couldnt really work on the combine
because Im not experienced enough
So I just washed it and went
underneath to take out loads of dirt
Replace the tires with new ones
Fix the door
Third Day on the Job
Well in the morning mark took
me out to the PT base
I had the opportunity of meeting
the RECCE battalion
So we did morning PT
We went biking for an hour or so
during PT
After we finished we headed back
to RECCE HQ
I talked to superior officer of the
unit and his name was Michel
I had a long conversation with
him of how many years he served,
what kind of training courses he
had to take etc.



Him and his unit had to
work on some stuff dealing
with their equipment.
So I was sent to the Sniper
unit.
I was given the tour of the
their weapon system.
Carried some of their
weapons such as a brownie
pistol, C6 assault riffle,
m40O5 sniper rifle or a C9
sniper rifle.
Even other equipment such
as a ghillie suit, armour,
grenades, smoke grenades,
night vision goggles and
thermal optic sights etc.

The man who was showing me
everything was Cpl Hodgeson aka
Hodge
Hes been professional sniper over
25 years now
A sniper can be a lone wolf or can
be a two man unit, ones a shooter
and the other a spotter
Being a sniper involves stealth,
accuracy, marksmanship and able
to camouflage with their
surroundings



So I went back to RECCE
I got insight of how there unit
works, what tasks they do daily
mostly repairing their equipment,
vehicles and weapons
Doing PT
What kind of chores they have to
do
Going over details about the
mission
Got to hear some unique stories
about what it was like out on a
mission

Well for one you have to be
confident of what you are
doing
Have to understand what
your main objective is
You must be able to trust the
other guy next to you
Have to show them they can
rely on you
Be a leader if no one else is
willing to

What I learned about myself during
my work experience
I learned that I dont want to be an officer
anymore
Im more interested in being the guy taken the
orders then giving them
Im a quick learner of doing hands on work
I just need to work on listening more when given
intel of the mission
I know I am suited for this kind of work
environment and career