Job help

[airforceguy37]

I need some big help and advice on picking my 7 AFJSC's. I've narrowed it down to these 8 jobs and was wanting to know how common or how rare it is to get any of them. I figured if some of these were very rare and non needed jobs then I shouldn't even list them as one of my 7 jobs.

Afsc: 2e231 Job Title: Elec Computer & Switching Sys Apprentice
Afsc: 3c031 Job Title: Communications-computer Sys Ops Apprentice
Afsc: 3e531 Job Title: Engineering Apprentice
Afsc: 2e134 Job Title: Visual Imagery & Intrusion Detection Sys Apr
Afsc: 1n131 Job Title: Imagery Interpreter Apprentice
Afsc: 2e031 Job Title: Ground Radar System Apprentice
Afsc: 2a031 Job Title: Avionics Test Stn And Cmpnt Apprentice
Afsc: 2a533 Job Title: Bomber Avionics Systems Apprentice
Afsc: 2e131 Job Title: Satellite And Wideband Comm Equipment Apr


I also had some other jobs that I liked but I figured they we're very rare to get.

AFSC: 4H031 JOB TITLE: CARDIOPULMONARY LABORATORY APPRENTICE
AFSC: 4J032 JOB TITLE: PHYSICAL THERAPY APPRENTICE
AFSC: 4P031 JOB TITLE: PHARMACY APPRENTICE
AFSC: 4R031 JOB TITLE: DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPRENTICE
AFSC: 4Y031 JOB TITLE: DENTAL ASSISTANT APPRENTICE
AFSC: 6F031 JOB TITLE: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT APPRENTICE
AFSC: 1N531 JOB TITLE: ELECTRONIC SIGNALS INTEL EXPLOITATION APR
AFSC:3N032 JOB TITLE:RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING APPRENTICE
AFSC: 3V031 JOB TITLE: VISUAL INFORMATION APPRENTICE
AFSC: 4U031 JOB TITLE: ORTHOTIC APPRENTICE

Being realistic and all, could I actually have a chance in getting of these jobs above? These all seemed really cool but like a job that'd be pretty much impossible to get.


Few more questions, which aptitude area would be the smartest to choose, General or electronics? General seems to have more choices in it but then again general has feared jobs like being a cook and a cop.
Also, I heard it is best to join the air force between october and febuary because there are alot fewer people joining and i'll have a much better variety of jobs to pick from whether be in MEPS or BMT. Is this true or does it not matter and I should just join now instead of waiting? I also heard it would be a good idea because the fiscal year starts in october so I'd have a better chance in getting what I want from needy recruiters, true also??

And when I was looking at the job requirements for some of the jobs, it would list "knowledge" required for the job and then "Education" required for the job. When it says knowledge, is that what i'll be learning in tech school or is that something I need to know before joining the job? Or is the education requirement the only thing I need to have before getting the job?


Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks

[Shaken1976]

I need some big help and advice on picking my 7 AFJSC's. I've narrowed it down to these 8 jobs and was wanting to know how common or how rare it is to get any of them. I figured if some of these were very rare and non needed jobs then I shouldn't even list them as one of my 7 jobs.

Afsc: 2e231 Job Title: Elec Computer & Switching Sys Apprentice
Afsc: 3c031 Job Title: Communications-computer Sys Ops Apprentice
Afsc: 3e531 Job Title: Engineering Apprentice
Afsc: 2e134 Job Title: Visual Imagery & Intrusion Detection Sys Apr
Afsc: 1n131 Job Title: Imagery Interpreter Apprentice
Afsc: 2e031 Job Title: Ground Radar System Apprentice
Afsc: 2a031 Job Title: Avionics Test Stn And Cmpnt Apprentice
Afsc: 2a533 Job Title: Bomber Avionics Systems Apprentice
Afsc: 2e131 Job Title: Satellite And Wideband Comm Equipment Apr


I also had some other jobs that I liked but I figured they we're very rare to get.

AFSC: 4H031 JOB TITLE: CARDIOPULMONARY LABORATORY APPRENTICE
AFSC: 4J032 JOB TITLE: PHYSICAL THERAPY APPRENTICE
AFSC: 4P031 JOB TITLE: PHARMACY APPRENTICE
AFSC: 4R031 JOB TITLE: DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPRENTICE
AFSC: 4Y031 JOB TITLE: DENTAL ASSISTANT APPRENTICE
AFSC: 6F031 JOB TITLE: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT APPRENTICE
AFSC: 1N531 JOB TITLE: ELECTRONIC SIGNALS INTEL EXPLOITATION APR
AFSC:3N032 JOB TITLE:RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING APPRENTICE
AFSC: 3V031 JOB TITLE: VISUAL INFORMATION APPRENTICE
AFSC: 4U031 JOB TITLE: ORTHOTIC APPRENTICE

Being realistic and all, could I actually have a chance in getting of these jobs above? These all seemed really cool but like a job that'd be pretty much impossible to get.


Few more questions, which aptitude area would be the smartest to choose, General or electronics? General seems to have more choices in it but then again general has feared jobs like being a cook and a cop.
Also, I heard it is best to join the air force between october and febuary because there are alot fewer people joining and i'll have a much better variety of jobs to pick from whether be in MEPS or BMT. Is this true or does it not matter and I should just join now instead of waiting? I also heard it would be a good idea because the fiscal year starts in october so I'd have a better chance in getting what I want from needy recruiters, true also??

And when I was looking at the job requirements for some of the jobs, it would list "knowledge" required for the job and then "Education" required for the job. When it says knowledge, is that what i'll be learning in tech school or is that something I need to know before joining the job? Or is the education requirement the only thing I need to have before getting the job?


Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks



I don't know about all those jobs. But I will tell you anything with a 2E is undergoing a huge transformation. a lot of the jobs won't exist after 1 November. They will have different codes and a lot are combining. If you PM me with an e-mail address I will send you the information that I can on all of this.

[h0vit0]

Any chance of the recruiter getting it gauranteed is what you need to look at and also see how long you will have to wait in DEPS to get it.

[airforceguy37]

Any chance of the recruiter getting it gauranteed is what you need to look at and also see how long you will have to wait in DEPS to get it.

So is there an actual chance of the recruiter getting it gauranteed? I heard that was pretty much impossible now unless i have a direct family member in the service still.

[h0vit0]

If there is a will there is a way. Well it deals with manning numbers pretty much for that career field i had to wait 9 month to get the 4R Radiology Tech.

[Bunch]

The medical jobs are really hard to get and the recruiter level just because of the way the job slotting process works, if you qualify you can put the General Aptitude Area as one of your choices but their is not guarantee the job will be available in BMT, I just send two guys under the General area becasue they wanted medical jobs, I explain to them that they might get one or they might not, having understood that they went under the aptitude area, one got a medical job and one didnt.

The first list of jobs you had looks like something a recruiter can work with. You just have to balance you job choices with the amount of time you willing to wait to leave for BMT, because if your are not flexible about jobs you might be in DEP for a while.