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NewsOnline Nigeriareports that the British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.
As of January 2024, the British Army comprises over 75,000 regular personnel, including Gurkhas, and more than 26,000 volunteer reserves. The Army is involved in various operations worldwide, ensuring the security and prosperity of the UK and its interests.
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Clear communication is vital to winning the battle. It’ll be your job to maintain the crucial link between the helicopters of the Army Air Corps and the ground forces, making sure everyone has the most up-to-date information. You’ll also help pilots with mission planning.
You’ll learn to drive everything from Land Rovers to HGVs, and when you finish your training you can start working towards an Advanced Apprenticeship.
Wherever the Army is in the world the Army Air Corps is there ready to provide tactical aviation action and support. modern operations require big-picture thinking and large-scale cooperation, which is why the Army Air Corps is proud of it’s forward-thinking personnel and cutting-edge technology.
Key Responsibilities
Get the Army’s fleet of battlefield helicopters in the air – from re-arming the Apache gunship to programming the Wildcat flight maps
Take responsibility for all the equipment and supplies required
Deploy on exercise and operations all over the world, wherever your squadron is needed.
Qualification Requirement
Qualifications:
No formal qualifications needed
Age:
From 16 years & 6 months to 35 years & 6 months.
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m
MSFT (beep test) level 5.8.
Pay & Benefits
You’ll earn £25,200 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.
Cranes, bridge transporters, Land Rovers – as a specialist Driver, you can drive almost anything. Get trained, qualified and become a key member of our team.
Could you see yourself speeding across the battlefield in a Land Rover to help fellow soldiers? You could be doing just that as an Army Driver. We’ll teach you to drive all kinds of vehicles, from cranes to tank bridge transporters, in all sorts of conditions.
That means you’ll get a range of driving licences. Later on, you could manage our fleet. You can also get qualifications – in IT for example – to help you build a career. And when you’re not learning? There’s Army life to enjoy: worldwide travel, sports and activities, plus the chance to make friends for life.
Driver is a Combat role in the Royal Engineers.
All the Royal Engineer soldier job roles are divided into 5 groups. When you apply to the Engineers, you will apply to the trade group rather than the specific trade.
The Corps of Royal Engineers allows the Army to work all over the world, whether it’s involved in active combat or disaster relief.
The Corps are ‘first in’, setting up bases ready for the rest of the Army to arrive and ‘last out’, closing down patrol bases and military camps.
The Corps is at the forefront in disaster-relief operations, effecting rapid repairs to damaged infrastructure in stricken areas.
Key Responsibilities
Get a range of driving licences
Drive off-road in challenging conditions
Learn basic maintenance and servicing
Drive a variety of military and civilian vehicles
Travel all over the world
Qualification Requirement
Age:
From 16 years & 6 months to 35 years & 6 months
Qualifications:
No formal qualifications needed
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 3m
MSFT (beep test) level 7.5
Army Reserve standards:
Mid Thigh Pull: 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw: 2m 70cm
MSFT (beep test): Level 5 shuttle 8
Pay & Benefits
You’ll earn £25,200 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.
Groundcrew are responsible for getting our helicopters in the air and providing essential protection for them on the ground.
You’ll be trained to move, refuel and re-arm the aircraft that support ground forces. You’ll also drive everything from Land Rovers to heavy-goods vehicles (HGVs).
Wherever the Army is in the world the Army Air Corps is there ready to provide tactical aviation action and support. modern operations require big-picture thinking and large-scale cooperation, which is why the Army Air Corps is proud of it’s forward-thinking personnel and cutting-edge technology.
Key Responsibilities
Get the Army’s fleet of battlefield helicopters in the air – from re-arming the Apache gunship to programming the Wildcat flight maps
Take responsibility for all the equipment and supplies required
Deploy on exercise and operations all over the world, wherever your squadron is needed.
Qualification Requirement
Age: From 16 years & 6 months to 35 years & 6 months
Qualifications:
No formal qualifications needed
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m
MSFT (beep test) level 5.8
Army Reserve standards
Mid Thigh Pull: 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw: 2m 70cm
MSFT (beep test): Level 5 shuttle 8.
Pay & Benefits
You’ll earn £25,200 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.
Could you provide crucial medical scans on the front line or in a hospital? We’ll teach you how – and pay for your training too.
As an Army Radiographer, you’ll help keep our soldiers and their families fit and healthy by carrying out scans and X-rays using modern medical equipment.
You’ll work in a range of environments, from large medical centres on Army bases and in intensive care units or emergency departments to field hospitals on operations abroad.
You don’t need to have a background in medicine – we’ll fund your professional training and teach you everything you need to know about being a radiographer and a soldier.
The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is responsible for maintaining the health of servicemen and women.
The Corps is represented wherever British Soldiers are deployed, providing medical support to operations, exercises and adventurous training expeditions all over the world.
Key Responsibilities
Get a fully recognised civilian qualification in Diagnostic Radiography
Help military medical teams diagnose and treat casualties worldwide
Work independently in a high-profile and important role
Learn and gain valuable management and leadership skills on top of your clinical role.
Qualification Requirement
Qualifications:
BSc (Hons) in Diagnostic Radiography or equivalent and HCPC registration
STUDENT: Five GCSEs Grade A–C/9-4, or Scottish Highers, in at least English Language, Maths and two sciences
120 UCAS Points
You must pass specialist Army Radiography selection.
Age:
From 17 years & 6 months to 35 years & 6 months.
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m
MSFT (beep test) level 5.8.
Pay & Benefits
You’ll earn £25,200 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career. Once you’ve finished your trade training you will earn at least £39,974.
Keep Army animals bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Gain valuable experience, get qualifications, travel worldwide and make some great friends along the way.
Animals – mostly dogs and horses – are an important part of Army life. As a Veterinary Technician, you take care of them alongside our highly skilled Army Vets.
You work all over the world and deal with everything from injured search dogs to sick cavalry horses.
You could be preparing an operating theatre one day and nursing hospitalized animals the next. It’s great experience that can help you get valuable qualifications and a job if you return to civilian life.
When you’re not building your skills and career, you’ll have time to enjoy sports and make some amazing friends.
The Royal Army Veterinary Corps (RAVC) provides the service lead in the development of good animal husbandry, training practice, preventive medicine and care for Military Working Animals (MWAs).
Key Responsibilities
Overcome physical challenges
Manage equipment and veterinary supplies
Use patience and a consistent approach to get the best out of animals
Work in both a clinic and in the field
Carry out other military duties
Qualification Requirements
Age:
From 17 years & 6 months to 35 years & 6 months
Qualifications:
Level 2 in both Maths and English with at least one science
Attend a college-based study for a minimum of 22 weeks over the period of training before exams are sat – usually every 2 years. The college must be approved by the RCVS.
Complete a minimum of 60 full time weeks of practical experience attached to s RCVS registered training practice.
Must be a qualified Veterinary Nurse and registered with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m
MSFT (beep test) level 5.8
Pay & Benefits
Earn £25,200 during basic training. When your training is finished, and you will start your trade training on £25,864. Once that is completed you will earn £33,978.
As a Movement Controller, your work is vital for keeping the Army moving. Getting it to where it needs to be no matter where that is in the world. It is your job to direct and prepare troops, vehicles and equipment for transport by air, road, rail and sea.
You need to be able to think on your feet, be organised and a good communicator.
The role provides opportunities to travel and gain qualifications that are recognised outside of the Army too.
The Royal Logistic Corps are the Army’s professional logisticians keeping the Field Army marching, its helicopters flying, its vehicles moving and its tanks and guns firing.
We enable its deployment and supply it with everything it needs, wherever it operates, throughout the world.
Key Responsibilities
Plan movements internationally and work in military and commercial airports, seaports, railheads and road networks.
Primarily based at South Cerney, Gloucestershire. From here, you will deploy on short- and long-term movement tasks.
Be deployed worldwide – wherever the Army is stationed you will find a Movement Controller present.
Gain your qualification in Movement of dangerous goods by Air (IATA), Sea (IMDG), Rail (RID) and Road (ADR).
Earn your category B Driving License.
Qualification Requirement
Age:
From 16 years & 6 months to 35 years & 6 months
Qualifications:
GCSE Grade A–D/9-3, or Scottish National 5 grade A-D, in Maths and English Language
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m
MSFT (beep test) level 6.6
Army Reserve standards
Mid Thigh Pull: 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw: 2m 70cm
MSFT (beep test): Level 5 shuttle 8.
Pay & Benefits
You’ll earn £25,200 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.
Mental Health Nurse
Description:
A Mental Health Nurse gives advice to Army units and Medical Officers on mental-health issues as well as managing a patient case load.
You’ll help support soldiers and their families as part of a team working in a diverse range of clinical environments.
You’ll treat patients everywhere from community mental-health facilities on military bases to field hospitals in operational environments and have the opportunity to work in management, training and administration.
You’ll enjoy access to outstanding learning and development opportunities and get to travel, take part in Adventurous Training and play sports for the Army.
With a competitive salary, non-contributory pension and free healthcare too, you’ll get great rewards – and an amazing experience.
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) nurses have worked at the sharp end of military life throughout the last century.
Nursing Officers, Nursing Soldiers, Healthcare Assistants and Student Nurses of the QARANC deliver high-quality, adaptable and dedicated nursing care wherever the Army needs it.
Key Responsibilities
Provide general and specialist nursing care to soldiers and civilians
Manage daily patient case load on a ward within a Joint Hospital Group On operations you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, often alongside other multi-national forces
You could work in modern UK hospitals or the more austere and challenging conditions of a field hospital abroad
Excellent continued professional development up to and beyond MSc level
Qualification Requirement
Age:
From 17 years & 9 months to 35 years & 6 months
Qualifications:
If you’ve got your qualifications, then apply online.
Your application will be passed to our specialist team, who will help guide you through the process towards joining in this role.
You will be invited to an insight course where you will be offered a career discussion to advise which role best suits you – either Soldier or Officer.
Mental Health Nurse:
You need to be registered with the NMC.
You can join as a newly qualified nurse, be in your final year of training (on a course which will result in NMC registration) or join with prior nursing experience.
You chose whether you want to join as a Soldier or Officer once you qualify.
If wanting to join as a Nursing Soldier, you will need to pass the Assessment Centre tests for the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps.
If wanting to join as a Nursing Officer, you will need to pass the Army Officer Selection Board and the Arms Selection Board for the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps for professionally qualified officers.
Pay & Benefits
Earn £18,687 during initial training. When you complete your military training and join your unit, your pay will rise to £32,076.
Army Nurses can find themselves working in a variety of settings. These can range from NHS hospitals within a Joint Hospital Group to ground-based environments, such as medical regiments and field hospitals.
Nursing personnel deal with all types of medical situations, which could involve caring for civilian and military patients in the UK to military casualties of war and conflict.
You’ll also get to travel, take part in Adventurous Training and play sports for the Army. With a competitive salary, non-contributory pension and free healthcare too, you’ll get great rewards – and an amazing experience.
Posting opportunities are diverse and include a variety of clinical roles, instructional positions within clinical and military training establishments and other interesting jobs such as recruiting.
You can also choose to join as a Soldier or Officer, depending on your qualifications, experience and the type of career you are looking for.
Key Responsibilities
Provide general and specialist nursing care to soldiers and civilians
Manage daily patient case load on a ward within a Joint Hospital Group
On operations, work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, often alongside other multi-national forces
Have the flexibility to work in a modern UK hospital or the more challenging conditions of a field hospital overseas
Qualification Requirement
Age:
From 17 years & 9 months to 35 years & 11 months
Qualifications:
If you’ve got your qualifications, then apply online. Your application will be passed to our specialist team, who will help guide you through the process towards joining in this role. You will be invited to an insight course where you will be offered a career discussion to advise which role best suits you – either Soldier or Officer.
Student Nurse (Soldier):
120 UCAS tariff points from A/AS level (candidates from Scotland must have Advanced Highers and Highers before application), plus 3 GCSEs Grades 9-4/A-C, or Scottish National A-C, including Maths, English Literature or Language, and a Science. If you do not have A/AS levels, UCAS tariff points are accepted from a number of routes at Level 3. Full entry requirements on Birmingham City University
Student Nurse (Officer):
If you have already gained your Student Nurse university place, are in the process of obtaining a place through UCAS or are part way through your Student Nurse training you are eligible to apply for an Army Nursing Bursary. You will join as a Nursing Officer once you qualify.
You will need to pass the Army Officer Selection Board and the Arms Selection Board for the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps for professionally qualified officers.
Adult Nurse:
You need to be registered with the NMC. You can join as a newly qualified nurse, be in your final year of training (on a course which will result in NMC registration) or join with prior nursing experience.
You chose whether you want to join as a Soldier or Officer once you qualify. If wanting to join as a Nursing Soldier, you will need to pass the Assessment Centre tests for the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps. If wanting to join as a Nursing Officer, you will need to pass the Army Officer Selection Board and the Arms Selection Board for the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps for professionally qualified officers.
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull:
Soldier – 50kg
Officer – 76kg
Medicine Ball Throw:
Soldier – 2.7m
Officer – 3.1m
MSFT (beep test):
Soldier – level 5.8
Officer – level 8.7.
Pay & Benefits
Adult Nurse Soldier: Earn £25,200 during initial training. When you complete your military training and join your unit, your pay will rise to £40,714.
Adult Nurse Officer: You’ll be on an annual salary of £33,183 during your training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, before commissioning on a minimum of £35,744 a year, depending on your experience.
Student Nurse Soldier: Earn £25,200 during initial training. During your time at university you will be paid up to £21,409 each year. Upon qualification and first posting your pay will rise to £32,076.
Out on the battlefield, Army vehicles can get damaged, bogged down and overturned. As a Recovery Mechanic, it’s your job to rescue them. You will use specially adapted tanks and trucks to help you do your job, which is why you will learn to drive a number of Army vehicles in training.
You need to be quick-thinking and brave for this role – after all, you’ll be moving vehicles in the middle of battle. It’s up to you to assess the nature of the vehicle recovery needed and to decide the method of recovery. This may involve winches, ropes, metal cutting equipment or even the use of explosives.
You will receive world-class training throughout your career in order to develop your trade skills and expertise. All the while, you’ll have sports and other activities to keep you busy, and good mates around you.
The Corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) provides engineering support to maintain and repair the vast array of British Army equipment. They will be found wherever the Army is operating, at home or overseas.
The technical training our soldiers receive gives them the confidence to tackle any engineering problem. We are professional, resourceful and resilient, and we strive to keep fit equipment in the hands of the user; to keep the punch in the Army’s fist.
Key Responsibilities
Help to recover damaged vehicles and rescue stranded soldiers
Work at the heart of the action
Be adept at numerous recovery methods
Use cranes, lifting gear and mechanical theory to work out how to retrieve immobile vehicles
To keep the fighting forces moving forwards
Qualification Requirement
Age:
From 16 years & 6 months to 35 years & 6 months
Qualifications:
GCSE Grade A–C/9-4, or Scottish National 4, in at least English Language, Maths and Science.
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 3m
MSFT (beep test) level 6.6
Army Reserve standards:
Mid Thigh Pull: 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw: 2m 70cm
MSFT (beep test): Level 5 shuttle 8.
Pay & Benefits
You’ll earn £25,200 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.
We need experts in air conditioning and refrigeration at Army bases all over the world. With our training, you’ll have skills for a lifelong career.
An Air Conditioning Fitter installs, operates and maintains a variety of industrial, commercial and domestic refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment.
You’ll get your car driving licence and gain a civilian qualification in commercial refrigeration and air-conditioning systems. You’ll travel all over the world, make close friends, and experience all the Adventurous Training and sport you can handle.
Air Conditioning Fitter is a Technical role in the Royal Engineers. All the Royal Engineer soldier job roles are divided into 5 groups.
When you apply to the Engineers, you will apply to the trade group rather than the specific trade.
The Corps of Royal Engineers allows the Army to work all over the world, whether it’s involved in active combat or disaster relief.
The Corps are ‘first in’, setting up bases ready for the rest of the Army to arrive and ‘last out’, closing down patrol bases and military camps. The Corps is at the forefront in disaster-relief operations, effecting rapid repairs to damaged infrastructure in stricken areas.
Key Responsibilities
Design and install air-conditioning and refrigeration systems
Learn commercial brazing and pipefitting
Work on electrical installation and fault finding
Develop expertise in task planning
Qualification Requirement
Age:
From 16 years & 6 months to 35 years & 6 months
Qualifications:
GCSE Grade A–C/9-5 or Scottish National 5 grade A-C in Maths,
GCSE Grade A–C/9-4 or Scottish National 5 grade A-C in English Language and one other subject
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 3m
MSFT (beep test) level 7.5
Pay & Benefits
You’ll earn £25,200 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.
What does a Fitter do? In the Army, you service nearly all our vehicles and equipment. That means you could be sent anywhere in the world. First-class training teaches you about construction methods, health and safety, and working from engineers’ drawings.
You become an expert in bench fitting, fabrication for petrol and diesel engines, mobile generators, transmissions and hydraulic systems. Plus, you can get qualifications and build skills for your future career. On top of all that, you’ll have an active Army life, full of sports, adventure and friends.
General Fitter is a Technical role in the Royal Engineers. All the Royal Engineer soldier job roles are divided into 5 groups. When you apply to the Engineers, you will apply to the trade group rather than the specific trade.
The Corps of Royal Engineers allows the Army to work all over the world, whether it’s involved in active combat or disaster relief.
The Corps are ‘first in’, setting up bases ready for the rest of the Army to arrive and ‘last out’, closing down patrol bases and military camps.
The Corps is at the forefront in disaster-relief operations, effecting rapid repairs to damaged infrastructure in stricken areas.
Key Responsibilities
Service engines on a variety of vehicles
Be part of large-scale engineer construction
Work on plant mechanics
Earn qualifications in mechanical engineering
Deploy all over the world.
Qualification Requirement:
Age:
From 16 years & 6 months to 35 years & 6 months
Qualifications:
GCSE Grade A-C/9 – 4, or Scottish National 5 grade A-D, in Maths, English Language and one other subject.
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 3m
MSFT (beep test) level 7.5.
Pay & Benefits
You’ll earn £25,200 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.
Plasterer and Painter
Description and Qualifications:
Train in painting and plastering. Then work on the Army’s biggest building projects, all round the world. Get a trade, qualifications and an exciting lifestyle.
Painting, plastering, tiling; you’re the person who adds the finishing touches to Army building projects.
You could be working on hospitals, headquarters, military plants or bases, anywhere in the world. Whatever the building, you’ll get it ready for use.
First-class training teaches you about plaster boarding, scaffolding, glazing and more – skills you can use in the civilian world. Meanwhile, you can boost your CV by taking all kinds of qualifications to improve your Maths and English, for example.
When you’re not working, you can have plenty of fun with good mates doing sports and Adventurous Training.
Plasterer and Painter is a Trade role in the Royal Engineers. All the Royal Engineer soldier job roles are divided into 5 groups. When you apply to the Engineers, you will apply to the trade group rather than the specific trade.
The Corps of Royal Engineers allows the Army to work all over the world, whether it’s involved in active combat or disaster relief. The Corps are ‘first in’, setting up bases ready for the rest of the Army to arrive and ‘last out’, closing down patrol bases and military camps.
The Corps is at the forefront in disaster-relief operations, effecting rapid repairs to damaged infrastructure in stricken areas.
Key Responsibilities
Learn a host of trades including plaster boarding, painting, and tiling
Become expert in associated skills like glazing and scaffolding
Deploy on operations all over the world
Carry out work on a variety of military and civilian projects
Experience Army sports and adventurous training.
Qualification Requirement
GCSE Grade A–D/9-3, or Scottish National 4, in at least English Language, Maths and one other subject.
Age:
From 16 years & 6 months to 35 years & 6 months
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 3m
MSFT (beep test) level 7.5.
Pay & Benefits
You’ll earn £25,200 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.
Install, maintain and protect complex networks to support defence communications, on and off the battlefield. Gain engineering and cyber qualifications while all the time earning.
Royal Signals
Fast moving and game changing, the Royal Signals are leaders in IT, Cyber and Telecommunications, providing battle-winning communications to every part of the Army. The Royal Signals are experts in engineering and operating systems, networks and cyber equipment.
Description
You will be trained to manage, maintain, configure and deploy a wide range of Information, Communications and Technology systems, ensuring that frontline troops and commanders can communicate on operations worldwide whilst understanding the cyber threats our networks face.
Key Responsibilities
Engineer, maintain and repair a range of communications equipment
Install, service and repair telecommunications data cable networks, data centres, configure switches, routers, servers and LAN access equipment
Get continuous personal and professional development including civilian accredited transferable qualifications
Learn to drive and operate military vehicles ranging from Land Rovers and HGVs to fully armoured fighting vehicles
Operate as a Royal Signals soldier conducting military tasks wherever UK Armed Forces are deployed
Learn to instruct and pass on your expert skills and knowledge.
Qualification Requirement
Age: From 16 years & 6 months to 35 years & 11 months
Qualifications:
GCSE grade 4/C, Scottish National 5 grade C, or above in Maths or ICT, and
GCSE level 3/D, Scottish National 4, or above in English, or RQF level 2 equivalents.
Security Clearance Required:
CTC
(SC at Ph 1)
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m
MSFT (beep test) level 6.6.
Pay & Benefits
You’ll earn £25,200 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.
As an Army musician, you have the opportunity to turn your passion for music into a career and travel the world as well as earn a competitive and regular salary.
Army musicians are paid to perform at famous, high-profile events across the UK and all over the world.
The Royal Corps of Army Music is made up of 13 Regular bands and one string orchestra that play everything from military marching music to jazz and contemporary. We need musicians with a wide range of specialisms, so join us and spend your days rehearsing and developing music for concerts and performances alongside like-minded people.
Key Responsibilities
Play alongside some of the world’s best Military Musicians in one of our 14 bands based throughout the UK
Opportunities to travel and perform at venues and arenas worldwide
Enjoy a varied career up to the age of 55+ with the opportunity to promote across the rank structure
Take advantage of sports and Adventurous Training the Army offers
Have a full-time, salaried and pensionable career as a professional musician
Qualification Requirement
Age:
From 16 years & 6 months to 36 years & 11 months
Qualifications:
You must already play a musical instrument to a high standard and are required to pass an audition, which includes:
Two contrasting pieces
Technical exercises
Sight reading and aural perception assessment
A general musicianship assessment (inc Musical Theory assessment) Interview
All standard Army entrance requirements
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Army Reserve standards.
Pay & Benefits
Earn £25,200 a year during training. On completion of initial trade training you will earn £28,861.
Bursary for Music Students.
For a 4 year commitment to British Army Music, we are offering a bursary of up to £9,250 per year for up to a 3 year period to offset tuition fees during your studies. You must be studying a Bachelors’s or Master’s degree in Music Performance at a British university or conservatoire. Alongside your studies, you will be encouraged to attend frequent Army band events throughout the year.
When troops get sick or injured, you get them moving in the right direction. A highly trained professional, you could deploy anywhere in the world.
When troops get injured there’s a team of highly skilled medical personnel on hand to help them recover. As a Physiotherapist Officer, you use your expertise to treat and rehabilitate service personnel with musculoskeletal injuries. You also advise commanders on injuries and training. During operations, you may deploy anywhere in the world. You could work with a medical regiment or field hospital providing respiratory or critical care for wounded, injured or sick patients. The goal is to get our soldiers and officers fit and well so we have an active, capable Army.
The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is responsible for maintaining the health of servicemen and women. The Corps is represented wherever British Soldiers are deployed, providing medical support to operations, exercises and adventurous training expeditions all over the world.
Key Responsibilities
Work in harsh and challenging conditions
Build your clinical skills in a range of cutting-edge settings
Benefit from postgraduate training up to Masters level, depending on length of service
Explore opportunities to develop into other roles
Enjoy a wide range of sports and an excellent social life
Qualification Requirement
Age:
From 17 years & 9 months to 33 years & 11 months
Qualifications:
Fully qualified physiotherapist registered with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists and be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
Postgraduate experience is preferred, but opportunities are available for newly qualified clinicians.
You’ll earn £33,183 during your year of training at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, before commissioning and becoming a Second Lieutenant, on £39,671 a year.
Veterinary Officer
Descriptions:
You make sure the military’s working animals are fit, well and ready to be deployed. Give expert advice, get qualifications and build a rewarding career.
From horses to dogs, the Army has hundreds of animals in its ranks.
As a Veterinary Officer, you manage our Military Working Animals’ capability and lead soldiers under your command.
You deal with animal health issues – the kind you’d find in civilian practice – but also veterinary challenges that only the Army can offer. You advise on disease controls and biosecurity, too.
You can boost your qualifications by getting the Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice.
Develop your expertise and you can move up as a clinician or a commander. All this, plus travel, sports and Adventurous Training, too.
The Royal Army Veterinary Corps (RAVC) provides the service lead in the development of good animal husbandry, training practice, preventive medicine and care for Military Working Animals (MWAs).
Key Responsibilities
Work in challenging and hostile environments
Take responsibility and make decisions
Lead and manage people
Use patience and a consistent approach to get the best out of animals.
Carry out other military duties.
Qualification Requirement
Qualifications:
Veterinary Degree and Membership of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Age:
From 17 years & 9 months to 36 years & 11 months.
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m
MSFT (beep test) level 4.2.
Pay & Benefits
Your salary will increase to Salary: 50,540 Pounds Annually once you have finished training and joined your unit.
Student bursary (up to £60,000):
Open to candidates who will graduate with an Army endorsed veterinary degree and intend to join the Royal Army Veterinary Corps as a Vet for at least 4 years
Paid in annual instalments of £5,000 during your final three years of university then a lump sum of £45,000 on successful completion of Officer training
You may also be paid an Army salary or a lump sum of £5,000 during each of two years of professional development.
Organise care for casualties on the battlefield and lead our medical teams to ensure troops get treated. It’s a role that can take you all over the world.
On the battlefield, casualties have to be evacuated to get the best medical treatment as soon as possible. As a Medical Support Officer, you’ll provide the leadership, healthcare management and planning that this kind of challenge demands.
You don’t need any medical qualifications and you won’t be a hands-on medic. Instead, you’ll provide a command and control function, guiding and co-ordinating teams, so they perform at their best – and save lives.
The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is responsible for maintaining the health of servicemen and women. The Corps is represented wherever British Soldiers are deployed, providing medical support to operations, exercises and adventurous training expeditions all over the world.
Key Responsibilities
Assist in the delivery of clinical excellence to patients with varied medical needs
Command, lead and manage a multi-disciplinary medical team
Provide medical evacuation advice to Infantry and Armoured Corps commanders
Plan, deliver and maintain medical provision on exercise and on operations
Qualification Requirement
Age:
From 17 years & 9 months to 28 years & 11 months
Qualifications:
Minimum of 72 UCAS points.
35 ALIS points at GCSE or Scottish National (Minimum grade C/4 in English, Maths and Science or a Foreign Language).
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 76kg
Medicine Ball Throw 3.1m
MSFT (beep test) level 8.07
Pay & Benefits
You’ll earn £33,183 during your year of training at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, before commissioning and becoming a Second Lieutenant, on £39,671 a year.
As an Engineer Troop Officer, you’re the expert behind Army engineering projects worldwide. You could plan, lead and manage demolitions, or set up water supplies. Or you might be tasked with building runways, clearing mines, or advising friendly forces on terrain and capabilities.
You learn the principles of military engineering on the Young Officers’ course, and later how to project manage a construction site.
You could work in one of 15 regiments and switch between them throughout your career.
You may also choose to do the Parachute Course, Commando Course or Diver Course at any point up to senior Captain.
The Corps of Royal Engineers allows the Army to work all over the world, whether it’s involved in active combat or disaster relief.
The Corps are ‘first in’, setting up bases ready for the rest of the Army to arrive and ‘last out’, closing down patrol bases and military camps.
The Corps is at the forefront in disaster-relief operations, effecting rapid repairs to damaged infrastructure in stricken areas.
Key Responsibilities
Work with ammunition and explosives
Lead and manage people
Be involved in both general and military construction
Get involved in civil engineering projects
Learn about decision making and responsibility
Qualification Requirement
Age:
From 17 years & 9 months to 28 years & 11 months
Qualifications:
72 UCAS points and 35 ALIS points at GCSE or equivalent (including a minimum GCSE grade C/4, or Scottish National 4 grade C, in English, Maths and a science or foreign language).
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 76kg
Medicine Ball Throw 3.1m
MSFT (beep test) level 8.07
Training for the Role
Step 1:
You’ll start your career on the 44-week Commissioning Course at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. This is for all officer cadets, regardless of the Corps that they’re hoping to join.
Step 2:
You progress to the Troop Commanders’ Course, which lasts for six months. This is one of the longest Young Officer Courses because of the variety of skills you’ll need for your role.
You’re trained in water supply, demolitions (including live explosive training), bridge building and base construction.
You also learn about reconnaissance, advising on engineering issues, and managing people and equipment. You get the chance to do the Parachute or Commando Course if you serve with these regiments.
Qualifications you could get after training:
Chartered Institute of Personnel Development
Chartered Management Institute
Chartered in Institution of Royal Engineers (engineering degree not required)
Chartered Engineer (in varying institutions)
City and Guilds certificate in Human Resource Management
Edexel/BTEC certificate in Management Studies
Postgraduate certificate in Human Resource Management
Site Safety Supervisor
Watermanship Safety Officer
Explosives Safety Officer.
Pay & Benefits
You’ll earn £33,183 during your year of training at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, before commissioning and becoming a Second Lieutenant, on £39,671 a year.
Be our resident expert on medications. Give advice at senior levels and see that medical teams give the best healthcare to troops.
The Royal Army Medical Corps uses a huge range of medications and medical devices.
As a Pharmacist Officer, you have the medical knowledge to advise senior commanders on the use and management of medications.
You can give guidance on distributing medical suppliers and pharmaceutical care in Defence Medical Group Hospital Units.
What’s more, you can advise GPs in primary care and give pharmaceutical support to overseas bases.
During conflict or other operations, you deploy with a field hospital where you’ll provide a dispensing and ward-based clinical service.
The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is responsible for maintaining the health of servicemen and women.
The Corps is represented wherever British Soldiers are deployed, providing medical support to operations, exercises and adventurous training expeditions all over the world.
Key Responsibilities
Be the expert on medicines to ensure the best outcome for the patient
Work with all members of the Multidisciplinary Team
Use problem-solving skills to inform decision-making
Work alongside civilian counterparts in a rotational manner to develop clinical skills, knowledge and experience.
Qualification Requirement
Age: From 17 years & 9 months to 36 years & 11 months
Qualifications:
Qualified:
Accredited degree in pharmacy (MPharm, BPharm, BSc) and a registered member of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Make electronic repairs and maintain systems on Army aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
Army helicopters are maintained and repaired by teams of highly skilled specialists. As an Avionics Technician you’ll be trained to work on complex navigation, communication and flight controls, as well as some weapons systems. You’ll travel all over the world with your unit, servicing Army aircraft on operations and exercises, earning highly valuable civilian qualifications, and enjoying sport and Adventurous Training.
The Corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) provides engineering support to maintain and repair the vast array of British Army equipment. They will be found wherever the Army is operating, at home or overseas. The technical training our soldiers’ receive gives them the confidence to tackle any engineering problem. We are professional, resourceful and resilient, and we strive to keep fit equipment in the hands of the user; to keep the punch in the Army’s fist.
Key Responsibilities
Maintain technically challenging electrical and avionic systems
Sustain high standards of engineering integrity in a demanding environment
Work under supervision until you’ve gained enough experience to become self-supervising
Get posted wherever the British Army has aircraft
Promote to the rank of Lance Corporal on successful completion of your trade training
Qualification Requirement
Age:
From 16 years & 6 months to 35 years & 6 months
Qualifications:
GCSE Grade A*–B/9-6, or Scottish National 5 grade A-B, in Science and Higher Maths
GCSE Grade A*–C/9-5, or Scottish National 5 grade A-C, in English
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 3m
MSFT (beep test) level 6.6
Pay & Benefits
You’ll earn £25,200 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.
Play a vital role in keeping Army personnel fighting fit. Enjoy an immensely fulfilling job that comes with travel, adrenaline and a sense of pride.
Treating casualties on the front line, caring for soldiers in barracks, providing medical cover at Army sports events… There’s no doubt that life as an Army Doctor is varied.
You’re likely to spend the first few years as a Regimental Medical Officer with a combat unit or as a General Duties Medical Officer with a medical regiment.
You’ll get outstanding training to prepare you for the injuries and illnesses you’ll encounter in military life.
There’ll be the chance to get new qualifications, have valuable experiences, and take part in sports and Adventurous Training. It’s like no civilian role out there.
The Royal Army Medical Corps is responsible for maintaining the health of servicemen and women.
The Corps is represented wherever British Soldiers are deployed, providing medical support to operations, exercises and Adventurous Training expeditions all over the world.
Key Responsibilities
Provide frontline medical support at every level of care
Work in challenging and hostile environments
Build and maintain your clinical skills in NHS hospitals
Enjoy opportunities for postgraduate training
Enjoy a wide range of sports and an excellent social life.
Qualifications and Requirements:
Age:
From 17 years & 9 months to 36 years & 11 months.
Qualifications:
Degree in Medicine. Full registration with the UK General Medical Council (GMC), you could also be at the point of completing your medical training.
Age criteria differ (up to a maximum of 55 years) depending on qualifications and experience.
Please give us a call to find out which specialties we are currently recruiting and the specific criteria.
An Army doctor who undertakes specialist training in general practice or a hospital speciality must fulfil Royal College requirements to be awarded the Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training.
Specialists can apply up to the age of 55.
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m
MSFT (beep test) level 5.8.
Pay & Benefits
Once you have completed your military training, you will be on a minimum salary of £70,928. This will go up once you’re fully qualified.
Life as an Army Dentist can be an amazing experience. There’s travel, challenges, sports, training and the freedom to perform high-quality dental work.
Looking after the oral health of Army personnel all over the world is the job of a Dental Officer. The Royal Army Dental Corps can be found everywhere from large, nine-chair practices on huge Army bases to small mobile surgeries on operations. You’ll experience plenty of both during your career.
There’s also plenty of independence. You choose the treatment you think is best – not what the patient can afford. What’s more, you’ll get a non-contributory pension, further professional training and the chance to do sports and Adventurous Training. And if you’re currently a dental student you may eligible for the Army’s Undergraduate Bursary scheme.
The Royal Army Dental Corps has taken care of the Army’s dental health for more than a century and continues to provide high-quality dental care to the Army both in barracks and on operations. Wherever in the world the Army operates, you will find the Dental Officers and Dental Nurses of the RADC.
Key Responsibilities
Get a competitive salary and non-contributory pension
Enjoy clinical autonomy to deliver high-quality dental care
Take part in sports and Adventurous Training
Benefit from leadership and professional further training
Bursary scheme available for dental students
Qualifications and Requirements:
Age: From 17 years & 9 months to 36 years & 11 months
Qualifications: Qualified dentist with active registration with the General Dental Council (GDC). Can also be at the point of completing dentist training.
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m
MSFT (beep test) level 5.8.
Pay & Benefits
You’ll earn a minimum salary of £70,000 after training.
Learn vital medical skills with first-class Army training that is fully funded by us. You will be able to apply the skills you learn in operating theatres worldwide.
When it comes to surgery, Operating Department Practitioners are crucial. They prepare operating theatres and work alongside surgeons and anaesthetists during procedures.
In this role you can be posted all over the world and help patients with all kinds of injuries and illnesses. In short you’re a key member of the medical team, helping to save lives.
The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is responsible for maintaining the health of servicemen and women. The Corps is represented wherever British Soldiers are deployed, providing medical support to operations, exercises and adventurous training expeditions all over the world.
Key Responsibilities
Prepare operating theatres before surgery
Assist military surgeons and anaesthetists during surgery
Help with post operative patient care
Get a UK-recognised Higher Education Diploma in Operating Department Practice
Be involved in all aspects of care during the immediate pre-surgical and anaesthetic phase through to recovery.
Qualifications and Requirements:
Age:
From 17 years & 6 months to 32 years & 11 months
Qualifications:
Student:
112 UCAS points and GCSE Grade C/4, or Scottish Highers, or above in at least Maths, English Language and a Science subject
Direct Entry:
You must hold professional qualification in Operating Department Practice and be registered with the UK Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) in order to practice.
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m
MSFT (beep test) level 5.8.
Pay & Benefits
You’ll earn £25,200 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.
This job is like no other Army role. You could be attached to any unit and go with them wherever they go. As well as being a fully trained soldier, you’ll be responsible for the day-to-day actions of your unit, in barracks or on operations.
Your responsibility will start on day 1 and increase as your rank advances. You can get qualifications that develop your skills and are recognised outside the Army. With worldwide travel, Adventurous Training and the chance to make friends for life, it’s exciting as well as rewarding.
The SPS (Staff and Personnel Support) Branch ensures that the British Army’s people are ready to deploy at a moment’s notice by managing its people, finances and information.
We are soldiers first, and serve alongside every unit in the Army; wherever the Army goes, we are there too.
Key Responsibilities
Serve our soldiers through administrative support.
Support the chain of command with their decision-making
Deploy on operations.
Qualifications and Requirements:
Age: From 16 years & 6 months to 37 years
Qualifications:
GCSE Grade A–D/9-3, or Scottish National 4, in English Language and Maths minimum, or vocational qualifications such as an NVQ in Business Administration.
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m
MSFT (beep test) level 5.8
Army Reserve standards
Mid Thigh Pull: 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw: 2m 70cm
MSFT (beep test): Level 5 shuttle 8.
Pay & Benefits
You’ll earn £25,200 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.
Postal and Courier Operators play an essential role in maintaining one of the Army’s vital lines of communication as well as keeping the morale of troops high.
Getting mail delivered isn’t just important in the Army – it’s vital. As a Postal and Courier Operator, you’ll play a key role in getting mail to soldiers, sailors and aircrew so they can stay in touch with friends and family.
You’ll train as a courier, mail guard, counter clerk and sorter, learning how to use the latest IT and satellite communication systems You will work in the Secure courier network, safeguarding and distributing Protectively Marked Material in the UK and overseas.
The Royal Logistic Corps are the Army’s professional logisticians keeping the Field Army marching, its helicopters flying, its vehicles moving and its tanks and guns firing. We enable its deployment and supply it with everything it needs, wherever it operates, throughout the world.
Key Responsibilities
Run your own Post Office using state-of-the-art IT systems to handle large amounts of cash and stock. Work with all types of mail – both official and private.
You’ll be based at South Cerney in Gloucestershire with opportunities to be deployed worldwide.
Deploy all over the world on exercise and operations – wherever your expertise is needed.
Gain your Level 2 modern Apprenticeship – NVQ Level 2 Express Mail Services as well as the Defence Awarding Organisation’s Level 2, 3 and 5 Award in Postal & Courier Services.
Earn your category B Driving License
Qualifications and Requirements:
Age:
From 16 years & 6 months to 35 years & 6 months
Qualifications:
GCSE Grade A–D/9-3, or Scottish National 4, in Maths and English Language
Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m
MSFT (beep test) level 6.6
Pay & Benefits
You’ll earn £25,200 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.
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