Okay, Need to Clarify a couple of things here..
Firstly if a cadet were issued 404's they would probabbly not be given anything big or expensive... meaning odds are you wouldnt be driving rentals, since the companies freak out over young people driving them... even though when dnd leases or rents it becomes the property of dnd for that period, and if there are damages, dnd absorbs the cost completly...
odd are as a cadet you would be driving what medic65726 had. some sort of staff car or dnd owned (read: it will have a CFR) veh... IT WILL NOT BE A CUBE VAN cube van is rated as a 2 ton truck and as such is in a higher catagory then basic commercial Cargo..
the cadet would have either basic passenger up to 8pax van, or basic cargo, up to full size pickup truck, or both. nothing higher then that, as any vehicle larger then that requires advanced training. and as such proof of a provncial license would not be enough. even still, I cant see the CF wanting to give even an 18yr old staff cadet a $60,000 chevy silverado or a $50,000 ford ecconoline van.. keep in mind that the army tends to have a failry new commercial fleet.. not too many old beat up cars. there are a few, but not alot that ive seen. and in the cadet world or at least at Connaught, all the vehicles I used, and saw in use by the Cadet Camp were rentals. I cant see the camp Tn O or the local MSE Safety guys being cool with letting cadets drive those vehicles... theyre just too expensive to risk it.
CH1: (TO MY KNOWLEGE) Yes, all MSE (Owned, Rented or Leased) requires a valid work ticket or Trip Ticket. now that we've switched to FMS (Fleet Management System) its all kept on computer. keep in mind that there is more then one type of ticket however.
Casual: used for a short term trip or when a standing work ticket does not apply. ie: we have a standing ticket on our 8pax van to be filled out monthly, and is valid for use in The 31 CBG Area. if we need to take the veh outside 31 Brigade we need to get a MSE Trip Ticket authorized. which I had to do just recently when I took the Van to CFB Pettawawa to transport Troops to their Course.
so basically if you have a monthly ticket you dont need to record every trip that the veh takes if the trip falls within the mandate of the ticket. ie: taking the van from CFRB Hamilton to John Foote Armouries (just up the road) to pick up stores, or as a duty driver for a training night. so in alot of cases with the rental vehs they also had monthly tickets, and we would use a log sheet on a daily basis to record who was driving and the km, time in and out.
that all applies to the Comercial pattern fleet. The SMP or Green Fleet will usually only have casual work or trip tickets. so for the duration of an exercise or something like that.
however, this is not the word of god here, keep in mind that I am a Reservist Corporal who has not taken his QL5, PLQ, 6A's SLC or any of the courses required to be a qualified Dispatcher, I have spent a very limited amount of time on FMS. so like i said, this is basically what I have observed and been told. im sure I have missed points and that there is imformation which may not be 100% correct. what I have said is to the best of my knowege correct. however Im sure there are a few more 935's on here who could correct any misimformation i may have accidentaly put here.
Cheers
- Josh
