Your Future Career Prospects and Progression
You will initially join the RAF for a period of 12 years on a Notice Engagement.
After completing one years total service, you will be eligible for promotion to Air Specialist( Class 1) AS( 1) #, providing you pass a Professional Workplace Assessment and Basic Specialisation Training.
As you gain experience and complete your Level 3 Diploma in Aviation Maintenance competence qualification, you will achieve Technician status.
Further promotion to the rank of Corporal and beyond is on merit by competitive selection.
As you advance through the ranks, you will have the increased opportunity to lead and direct people, managing resources and manpower within your area of work to deliver the required outputs whilst maintaining and instilling the highest standards expected.
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Transferable Skills
The Diplomas and Apprenticeship that you can earn are as valuable in the civilian world as they are in the RAF.
Furthermore, as an aircraft engineer in the RAF, the skills and qualifications you will have gained will place you in good stead for a wide range of employment fields when you leave the RAF.
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