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{{Short description|Rank of the British Royal Air Force}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Use British English|date=April 2017}} {{More sources needed|date=May 2024}} [[File:British_RAF_OR-7a.svg|right|thumb|100px|Rank badge of a Royal Air Force chief technician]] [[File:RAF-Chf_Tch-OR-7.png|right|thumb|100px|RAF chief technician as it appears on dress uniform]] '''Chief technician''' ('''Chf Tech''' or formerly '''C/T''') is a [[senior non-commissioned officer|senior non-commissioned]] rank in the [[Royal Air Force]] which is only held by aviators in technical trades and by musicians.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pandey |first=Nikhil |date=2023-09-21 |title=Who is a Chief Tech Officer? Top 10 Responsibilities of a CTO |url=https://emeritus.org/in/learn/what-does-chief-tech-officer-do/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Emeritus India |language=en-US}}</ref> It is between [[sergeant]] and [[flight sergeant]] and, like the latter has a [[NATO]] code of OR-7. Aviators in non-technical trades progress directly from sergeant to flight sergeant. Along with [[junior technician]] this is a survivor of a separate ranking system for technicians introduced in 1950 and abolished in 1964. During that period it was equivalent to flight sergeant, but was made junior to that rank in 1964. Chief technicians are usually addressed as "Chief". The rank of Chief Technician falls into Supplement 3 Pay Scales, an exception is Weapons Technician, which falls into Supplement 2 Pay Scales. This enhanced pay rewards those who wish to take on a technical trade. It is quite normal for a Trade Group (TG1) Supp 3 C/T (airframes/avionics) to be paid more than a TG17 Supp 1 Flight Sergeant (admin). To mitigate the extra ranks, a Chief Technician is said to receive a 'Flight Sergeants pension" after 2 years in rank and are currently receiving an extra uplift in pay (daily), due to holding "technical status", as part of the DERR Policy set out on NEM2016.
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