Miscellaneous

BCC - CPCG - CMG or CTG
Course Photos - 1950-1962


We understand that these photos were taken on the first day of the course, which for the most part, was a Monday. We have also been advised that these photos were not "graduation photos" since they were taken at the beginning of the course and there were some trainees that did not graduate.


It is appreciated that there were probably a number of variations in Comm Tech courses between 1950 and 1962. We have, with the help of a number of Comm Techs and Radar Techs - managed to put together what appears to be a reasonable recall of the process which was followed in Clinton. Please provide additional detail or comments if you feel we are in error or that we are missing something important. Also - please bear in mind that we are restricting this section to those trades usually found at a Pinetree Line radar station. Many thanks. Ren.


As previously indicated, on successful completion of the "BEM" or the "BEC", you would then be streamlined into a specialist trade. For those that carried on in the world of "communication" the trainee was subjected to the following:

"BCC" - Basic Communications Course: On successful completion of "BCC" the trainee was once again streamlined in to one of the following:

"CMG" (Communications Mechanic Ground) - later - "CTG" (Communications Technician Ground) - with additional training at Clinton

"CMG" training covered theory, operation and maintenance of the ground radio receivers and transmitters in common use at the time. The trade's designation "Communications Mechanic Ground" "CMG" was later replaced with "Communications Technician Ground" "CTG" sometime in the 1950s.

Those that went the "Performance Checker" route from "BE" went directly to "Communications Performance Checker Ground" "CPCG". Training for "Performance Checkers" was devoted to equipment operation and maintenance. After a year or so in the field, the "PC" returned to Clinton or some other facility such as Ryerson in Toronto for training to the technician level. They ultimately graduated as "Communications Technician Ground".

As a "CMG" graduating to the field, you were expected to provide a higher level of expertise than the "PC". Reality was just the opposite as all the theory that the instructors had tried to cram into your head was of little use in the field. The "PC's" training was mostly "hands on" and they had to end up "teaching" the newly graduated "CMGs" how to become of some use in the field. Theory was a requirement for Trade Grouping Exams, but at that time, had little application on the job.


BCC - Basic Communications Course

CPCG - Communications Performance Checker Ground

CMG - Communications Mechanic Ground

CTG - Communications Technician Ground


BCC - CPCG - CMG or CTG
Course Photos - 1950-1962

Course # Date Courtesy Of
CTG-116 22 Jan 1962 Harry Smith
CTG-110 Jan 1961 Bob Kane
CTG-106 2 May 1960 Jim Frey, Stan Linklater, Bob Gohier
CTG-100 21 Sep 1959 Robert Kennedy
CTG-86 5 Aug 1958 Johnnie Lalonde
CTG-83 26 May 1958 Bill Petter
CTG-80 14 Apr 1958 Nancy Wolf
CTG-79 24 Mar 1958 Barrie Haigh
CTG-75 18 Nov 1957 Mike Bitten
CTG-61 Sep 1955 Harrison Agnew
CTG-7 Jan 1950 Ron McShane
CTG-4 Jul 1949 Ron McShane
CTG-3 May 1949 Ron McShane
CTG-2 Mar 1949 Paul Nobel
CMG-52 1955 Ron McShane
CMG-50 24 Aug 1955 Gardner "Bud" Hurley
CMG-41 4 May 1955 Harvey Bishop
CMG-15C 1953 Ron McShane
CMG-14C 31 Aug 1953 Ron McShane
CMG-8 July 1953 Ron McShane
CMG-3 1952 Ron McShane
CMG-2 1952 Ron McShane
CMG-1 1952 Ron McShane
CPCG-52 Unknown Ron McShane
CPCG-22 27 Jul 1953 Ron McShane
CPCG-19 Jun 1953 Ron McShane
CPCG-9 Unknown Ron McShane
CPCG-5 6 Sep 1952 Gardner "Bud" Hurley
BCC-58 20 Nov 1961 Harry Smith
BCC-52 28 Nov 1960 Bob Kane
BCC-37 24 Aug 1959 Jean Marie Picard
BCC-34 20 Jul 1959 Robert Kennedy


 

Updated: February 3, 2005