They undertake the role of equipment care specialist, with additional responsibilities for engineering and technical project management sometimes.
[1] A soldier from the Royal Corps of Signals selected for foreman of signals training must hold a minimum qualification of class 1 communications systems engineer, have served a minimum of ten years within the Army and hold the rank of corporal or above.
However, the board only selects between 8 and 20 students for each course, which typically commences in the first week of September each year and lasts 20 months.
On completion of the course, the soldier is promoted to staff sergeant if the rank is not already held, and assumes the appointment of foreman of signals.
They work as part of a unit operations team with a yeoman of signals, who is a communications technical specialist.