General Information:
Recruiting Centre: Kingston, ON
Regular / Reserve: Regular
Officer / NCM: NCM
Trade Choice 1:
ATIS Tech
Trade Choice 2:
Met Tech
Trade Choice 3:
AVS Tech
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Application Timeline:
July 18, 2012 - Applied Online
August 3, 2012 - Application Transferred to CFRC
August 8, 2012 - First Contact
August 16, 2012 - CFAT
August 22, 2012 - submit Security Clearance Form TBS/SCT 330-60E, required because my wife is from the USA
September 4, 2012 - security clearance passed
September 10, 2012 - Interview
September 11, 2012 - Medical, failed eye sight test, optometrist evaluation requested by CFRC
September 20, 2012 - submit optometrist evaluation to CFRC, medical file transferred to RMO in Ottawa for evaulation
October 2012 to April 2013 - deemed unfit for service due to near-sightedness, underwent elective LASIK surgery to correct myopia, resubmit medical paperwork to RMO, details below
April 29, 2013 - RS granted and Merit Listed
June 18, 2013 - Position Offered, Meteorological Technician
June 25, 2013 - Sworn In
July 8, 2013 - BMQ
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Details of Medical Disqualification and LASIK Correction:
October 19, 2012 - letter issued from RMO in Ottawa informing me I was unfit for service due to extreme myopia (OD: -8.75-1.75x159, 6/400 uncorrected) (OS: -8.00-2.00x014, 6/400 uncorrected)
October 24, 2012 - consultation for LASIK correction at
LASIK MD
November 30, 2012 - elective
ACW LASIK surgery to correct myopia in both eyes
December 2012 to March 2013 - CF requisite 90 day waiting period between refractive surgery and submitting evaulation of results to RMO
March 7, 2013 - ophthalmological evaluation and submission of report on results of refractive surgery to RMO (OD: +0.75-0.75x020, 6/7 uncorrected) (OS: +0.5-0.25x105, 6/7 uncorrected)
April 5, 2013 - letter issued from RMO indicating that my medical status had been changed to meeting the Common Enrolment Medical Standard
Note: The WO who handled all the medical processes at my RC did an amazing job guiding me through that part of recruitment.
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This thread has been a great source of information for me and I'm so glad it's finally my time to add to the list. I hope someone finds the details I provided useful!