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So I can only imagine it won't be combat oriented.

Absoloute rubbish. Worst reference to give a wrong answer yet.

Medics can be at the front line and are deployed there contantly. OP - go to a careers office and get details there - that is what they are there for - or give them a ring. Again, that is what they are there for. Your 'I want this' reference to combat is a bit worrying tho.

Quite right. Unlike those working in the field hospital setups etc - combat medics are essentially infantry with advance medical skillsets.

Well no - they work in field hospitals etc as well. There are infanteers who have some medic training, but the combat med are medical professionals working with the infantry.

They do - but how do they go and retrieve patients etc.

This is from watching a video by a combat medical technician. on the army website. So minus things like grenades and stuff they genuinely have to be used to combat, whereas its a bit token for say a consultant surgeon joining.

The only "combat" training that combat medical technicians get is in their basic training and then its occasionally covered in their phase two and in their units, probably as much as a surgeon would get tbh. The infantry spend a lot more time trianing in combat as it is their job. Medics are armed, and with the nature of ops at the moment as likely to come under contact as much as anyone else but they have to rely on the infantrymen they are with to fight while they deal with casualties. Generally patrols that go out have their own team medics so the CMT's can be a safer distance from any action.

Anyway im looking for a career in the army, as either a Combat Medical Technician or a Combat team medic. Now i want to go in and get a trade so i have a job for when i leave, im currently sitting my Highers(Scotland!) so i will be staying on a school for a further two years.

like what qualifications i can gain, what jobs i can do when i leave, Will it be Combat orientated(i want this!) and what the pays like

The Combat team medic is a similar job, but I believe you are a medic for your company (ie: if you're in the infantry and a CTM, you will definitely go out on patrol because you are primarily an infanteer).

If a recall correctly, you can't go straight for the CTM until you've done a certain time in your trade, but can go straight in as a CMT.

Hiya mate,
CMT is a trade within the Royal Army Medical Corps. You're primary role would be similar to like a paramedic in civi street

Qualification wise, you'll probably get a certificate in healthcare or something like that. It's mainly an in-house qualification now. If you go back out onto civi street and want to work in the healthcare sector you'll still need to retrain eg: as a nurse/ paramedic etc.

Wrong, sorry.
CMTs are NOT paramedics. Once they qualify as a CMTs they do have the opportunity further training, and move into specialities including ambulance tech and paramedic.
CMTs will (obviously) potentially see combat and they are trained to do first aid, casualty evacuation, triage etc in the field. The vast majority are actually working in army medical centres though.

The inital training route for a CMT is phase 1/basic training, followed by the phase 2 "Common Core" course at DMSTG (Keogh) which trains them for the job and also gives them a civilian qualification - an Apprenticeship in Health which includes Functional Skills, First Aid, BTech and a level 2 Diploma in Clinical Healthcare Support.

How do I know all this? I'm a CMT!