- Employer:
- Royal Air Force
- Location:
- RAF Cranwell, Recruitment & Selection, NG34 8HZ, United Kingdom.
- Pay:
- £33,100 per year
- Hours of work:
- Over 41 hours per week
- Training provider:
- FutureQuals
- Level:
- Higher Apprenticeship (Level 4 and 5)
- Sector:
- Travel, Tourism and Leisure
- Pathway:
- Travel
- Possible start date:
- 17 January 2025
- Closing date:
- 31 March 2025
- Positions available:
- 30
- Vacancy ID:
- 6162
About the apprenticeship
Duties
• Coordinating air traffic to and from military airfields
• Part of the team that orders Typhoon jets to scramble and intercept.
• Controlling fighter, surveillance, refuelling and unmanned aircraft as they support missions at home and overseas.
• Working alongside civilian controllers as an Area Radar Controller, making sure military aircraft doesn’t clash with civilian airliners.
• Giving specialist battlespace management support to both UK and international missions around the world,
• Travelling on military operations as a Tactical Air Traffic Controller, setting up temporary runways.
Additional information
As an apprentice in the RAF, you will be trained to play a role in the RAF’s mission to defending the skies of the UK and projecting the UK’s power and influence around the world. You will also be involved with assisting to deliver humanitarian aid around the world as directed by the UK Government. You could work at multiple locations in the UK.
Requirements
Skills
• Team work
• Organisational skills and personal management of time
• The ability to work under pressure and still produce effective results
• Being motivated and prepared for a challenge
• Ability to take direction and follow instructions carefully
Qualifications
Have GCSEs at Grade C/4 or Scottish National 5 at Grade C in English Language, Maths and at least 3 other subjects.
Have at least 2 A2 levels.3 Highers at Grade C or above (excluding General Studies or Critical Thinking) which must total a minimum of 64 UCAS points. Or hold a UK degree at Grade 2:2 or higher (or acceptable alternative)
Language
- Welsh Spoken Skills:
- No
- Welsh Written Skills:
- No
Course details
- Training provider:
- FutureQuals
- Training provider course:
- Level 5 Air Traffic Controller
About the employer
RAF Cranwell, Recruitment & Selection
Cranwell
Out of Area
NG34 8HZ
Disability confident
No, we are not part of the Disability Confident Scheme from the UK Department for Work and Pensions.
Please note that all apprenticeships are open to everyone. However, some organisations have worked to achieve Disability Confident accreditation. You should always apply for the apprenticeship you feel best suited to.
Interview arrangements
Throughout the RAF application process, you will do an Computer Based Aptitude Test (CBAT), selection interview and medical suitability and fitness test. You will then attend Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre (OASC), controller medical.
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