What does a typical year look like as a reserve?
I’m currently a part time student/ part time surveyor and will be graduating Uni in June. Following this I’ll be full time employed (9-5/5days pw). My understand was you do 27days min. split in various ways. This appealed to me as I’m thinking I can do a few evenings after work and weekends through the year. However, reading online it seems you can get deployed for even up to a year as a reserve? Having just started my career in surveying.. I would be sacred to lose my civilian job if I had to be deployed somewhere for even just a month. Is this actually the case? Can my civilian job be un-impacted if I join as a reserve. (Except for the two week training period it states in the ‘Reserve Life’ section)
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That's a great question. It sounds like you know most of the basics about life as a Reservist, in terms of the annual training requirement, including a 2 week annual camp, and that this is the common experience for most Reservists.
When looking at deployments, there are really two types - voluntary and non-voluntary. The vast majority of operational deployments are voluntary. This is when an opportunity to deploy arises and you put your name forward as a volunteer. Non-voluntary would likely only be in a time of national emergency, when all eligible personnel would be called to mobilise.
In the case of Reservist deployments, your employer receives a letter informing them that one of their employees is being mobilised and allowing them to challenge the mobilisation. This means that if you wish to deploy, you should absolutely consult your civilian employer, but you should also be reassured that you are in control of your training days and deployments in all but the most exceptional circumstances, so Reserve life is easily compatible with a full-time job.
Josh
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