REPAIR AND MAINTAIN ALL ARMY VEHICLES
LANCE CORPORAL HOWELL LOVES THE RESPONSIBILITY AND TRAVEL HIS JOB BRINGS
Training For The Role
Step 1
You'll start with your initial military training which will teach you how to be a soldier - this will cover everything from fieldcraft to how to handle a rifle. If you join as a Junior Soldier (under 17 years 5 months), you’ll do a 23-week basic military training course at Harrogate. If you join as a Regular Soldier (over 17 years 1 month), you’ll do the regular 14-week adult basic training.
Step 2
Then you go to the Defence School of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering at MoD Lyneham, Wiltshire. Here, you learn to be a mechanic. Over the next 46 weeks, you are taught how to fix vehicles and carry out maintenance, repairs, and inspections. Tanks,trucks, quads – you’ll work with all kinds of vehicles. You will also get car and HGV driving licences.
Entry Requirements
- Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
- Medicine Ball Throw 3m
- MSFT (beep test) level 6.6
Qualifications You Could Get After Training
- Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship in Engineering Maintenance
- Level 5 Higher National Diploma in Engineering
- Qualifications at different levels, in Leadership and Management
- Car and HGV licenses + Opportunity for tracked vehicle and plant licenses
Rank Progression
Pay and Benefits
HOW TO APPLY
Training For The Role
Entry Requirements
- Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
- Medicine Ball Throw 3m
- MSFT (beep test) level 6.6
Qualifications You Could Get After Training
- Eligibility for professional accreditation as an IMechE Engineering Technician once you have completed military Class 1 trade training.
- Qualifications/accreditation in Leadership and Management.
- You may also gain category B and C+E driving licences depending on your exact role.
Pay and Benefits
You'll get paid a day rate according to your rank, starting from £42.29 in training and rising to £53.79 per day once you're a Private. This includes being paid for weekly drill nights. Plus, if you complete all of your annual training days, you're entitled to a tax-free lump sum called a bounty.