Thread: Military time comming to an end.

I have been in the Army for around 4 years now and it is coming time for me to take on the roll as a civilian again. I want work in a field that interests me and I love. The past 4 years I have been working with satellite communications and wide are networking, but it cont seem to interest me all that much anymore. I have always played around and tinkered in metal working and CNC machining but never really pressured it as a job. What schooling...

There are many tech schools that offer a machining program, that being said I would agree with jgramlich, call around to shops and see who is hiring get your foot in the door, to see if you are going to enjoy machining before, going into a tech school, some shops prefer to train you in house.

Heh, I did satcom in the USAF and now I'm running robots in a steel fabrication plant. :-) You don't really need any certifications. A real good working knowledge of computers...DOS & Windows XP is probably the best thing to know. I'd look for a small company that is looking for someone technically proficient...so many machine tools these days are computer controlled and so many of the older workforce do not have the...

My suggestion was to call the companies that you would look at and talk to the HR dept what they have to say. There are lots of them around and I am sure they will give you an answer. Your combination should be a good fit for private companies that do a combination of mechanical and electronic parts, like missiles, torpedoes, aircraft systems, etc. Those companies are always looking for people with existing security clearings and technology...