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All true. Where our CF medics end up getting the shaft is if they stay in long enough to almost be trained to the ACP level but leave prior to becoming a PA. If a CF Med Tech leaves at any point prior to PA training they are bounced right back down to PCP even though their training may be significantly more advanced. Canadian Forces Med Tech training is delivered in modules associated with rank after they complete their PCP training. The problem with the module system the Canadian Forces has developed is that it doesn't line up with the Canadian National Occupational Competency Profile. Canadian Med Tech's would be served very well by an education unification whereby the NOCPs and CF modules were unified. IE. once you have completed module X you are allowed to challenge the ACP licensing exam. It's something that truly matters to these vets. The average wage for a full time PCP in BC for example is $68,000/year (base salary), while a typical ACP makes $81,000/year or more (base salary). In most provinces the difference in education between PCP and ACP is quite significant so I don't dispute the difference in wages. What I do take issue with, is our failure to assist veterans in bridging into the civilian system without having to start back almost on square one (and on their own dime).