Ongoing Development
After your first tour, additional training is available throughout your career to support your continued professional and personal development.
For example, you could learn how to manage the full scope of training activity and develop your training consultancy skills. Equally, you could be offered the opportunity to train as a Parachute Jump Instructor, following which you will be responsible for the parachute training of the UK’ s Airborne Forces.
For the People Enablement, Infrastructure, and Media Communications Employment Fields, there are a series of upskilling courses available for each new role and opportunities for further professional development through the professional bodies or other internationally recognised institutes.
Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to develop your leadership and management skills through a series of residential and distance-learning courses that are common to all officer professions.
Much of the training you will receive is accredited or recognised by a wide range of professional bodies, including the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development( CIPD), the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors( RICS), the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants( CIMA) or the Chartered Institute of Public Relations( CIPR).
Your Career Prospects
You will join the RAF on an initial commission of 12 years and may be selected to serve on a pension earning commission of 20 years’ service or age 40, whichever is the latter. You will be promoted to the rank of Flight Lieutenant 3½ years after completing( M) IOT, subject to satisfactory service. Further promotion to Squadron Leader and beyond is through competitive selection.
On promotion to Squadron Leader, you could be offered a contract of Service up to age 55 years, some RAF Officers can remain in Service until age 60 years( subject to selection criteria and Terms of Conditions of Service).
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