Ongoing Development
As your career progresses, we will continue to train you in new skills. In addition to management and leadership training you may be selected for one of a range of further training courses. This will be in one of the specialist intelligence( INT) fields including Imagery( IMINT), Open Source( OSINT), Signals( SIGINT) or Cyber.
These opportunities can arise at any time in your career, but normally occur following your first tour.
Int Ans will not routinely complete Language Training due to differing entry criteria. Completion of Language Training will be dependent upon successful completion of the MLAT and Service Need.
Upon successful completion of Language Training, personnel can be expected to be employed in Language Duties for at least one tour of duty, after which they can return to Int An roles or continue as an Int An( L) specialist in language roles.
Language Training is held at Defence Centre for Languages and Culture( DCLC), Chicksands, Defence Academy Shrivenham, or at civilian establishments. At the end of Language Training personnel will be required to complete a Multi-Level Assessment( MLA) in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. Success in this assessment attracts a financial reward of between £ 4500 and £ 11700, dependent on results, under the Defence Operational Language Award Scheme( DOLAS). Most Intelligence language specialists also benefit from an additional daily rate of pay under the DOLAS scheme of between £ 9 and £ 23.40 a day, dependent on results.
Your Future Career Prospects and Progression
After completing one year’ s total service you will be eligible for promotion to Air Specialist( Class 1)( AS1), providing you pass the Basic Specialisation Training and Professional Workplace Assessment. There are limited opportunities for overseas postings, and you should expect to be deployed on an operational tour of up to six months at various stages in your career. Promotion to the rank of Corporal and beyond is by competitive selection once vacancies become available and is statistically quicker than most other specialisations. Established Int Ans may also consider applying for a role as an Airborne Specialist or for commissioning into the Intelligence Branch. As part of one of the specialisations in the RAF that is currently expanding, you will have many opportunities to specialise in roles that will support current and future intelligence collection platforms. Commanders cannot make decisions without reliable intelligence, and as an Intelligence Analyst in the RAF you will play a key role in this process.
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