Marine technicians in the navy are hoping for change as the navy faces record-low recruitment rates
As the Royal Canadian Navy continues to face record-low recruitment, marine technicians are hoping for change as the trade continues to see some of the highest attrition rates among the navy.
"While our overall attrition is generally good, a leaves us every two days," he said."Our west coast fleet is beset with a shortage of qualified techs constraining our ability to maintain and operate our ships and causing us to prioritize our Halifax class at the expense of our Kingston class." They are also offering signing bonuses of up to $20,000 and are allowing permanent residents without Canadian citizenship to join the Canadian Armed Forces.
"The Royal Canadian Navy continues to work towards identifying particular attrition challenges and is developing initiatives to improve retention. In general, over the past 10 years, the attrition rate of the CAF has remained relatively stable, usually in the eight to nine per cent range for the regular and primary reserve forces.
"They give us the entire shift to study and work on and practice and learn and at the end of the day, we're getting the exact same pay, we're getting the exact same opportunities and the exact same monetary rewards as some of the other trades that are just camping around, doing nothing all day," said Hartley."It's hard to keep a positive outlook on how the navy actually cares for the marine technicians on ship and it definitely plays a role in the retention issue.
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