What your role could involve .
• World class training to allow you to work within the Air , Sea & Land environments .
• The opportunity to drive and operate specialist aircraft handling equipment .
• The chance to have an exciting and varied career both in the UK and overseas .
Movers are responsible for the movement of troops and cargo according to RAF operational needs .
You will operate IT systems , load and unload transport aircraft and accompany cargo all over the world . You could be checking-in passengers flying out on operations or operating forklift trucks and specialist vehicles to load cargo and baggage to transport aircraft .
It could be your job to plan aircraft loads using IT systems , or calculate aircraft weights and balances using pen and paper with weight and balance paperwork .
You could work in a port where shipments of cargo and explosives are handled , or help put together an under-slung load for a helicopter .
Like most people in the RAF , you will probably move jobs every few years , and each job is known as a tour .
Within your first few years , you will probably be detached overseas for anything from a few days to a few months .
You may also have a long-term posting to one of our overseas bases , such as RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus .
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