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Weapon Technician
Survival Equipment Specialist
Vehicle & Mechanical Equipment Technician
Electrician
General Technician Workshops
As a Weapon Technician , you ’ ll be responsible for a range of weapons used by the RAF – from the bombs and missiles on our aircraft to the pistols and rifles used by our personnel . You ’ ll also maintain and repair bomb carriers and rocket launchers .
You ’ ll maintain and repair the survival equipment used by aircrew – from flying helmets and respirators to life rafts and parachutes . You could work with an operational flying unit , an air / sea rescue team or an equipment testing unit .
You ’ ll look after the mechanical equipment used to support aircraft operations . You could service and repair anything from aircraft ground power units and arrestor systems to fire engines and tracked vehicles .
You ’ ll be responsible for looking after the electrical equipment on airfields , in workshops and on operational deployments . You ’ ll use advanced test equipment to service and repair everything from generators to vehicle electrical systems .
Working in a specialist workshop or aircraft hangar , you ’ ll make and repair components for our aircraft or other vehicles and equipment . You ’ ll learn to use manually operated machinery as well as computer-controlled equipment .