Royal Navy Police

Once you’ve confirmed your eligibility, the joining process is as follows:

• Submit an application

  Once you’ve registered your interest and have satisfied the basic eligibility criteria, you will be sent an online application form

• Defence Aptitude Assessment (DAA)

  You’ll be tested on: Verbal Reasoning, Numerical Reasoning, Work Rate, Spatial Reasoning, Electrical Comprehension and Mechanical Comprehension.
  To prepare, you can practise the DAA

• Interview

  A formal interview to talk through your suitability for the role. This is normally conducted using your own device over the Shine video platform

• Medical and eye tests

  These are quite comprehensive and must be completed by one of our Ministry of Defence-approved doctors

• Pre-Joining Fitness Test (PJFT)

  This involves completing a 2.4km run on a treadmill within a certain time, at a fitness centre near you

• Candidate Preparation Course (CPC)

  This four-day induction to life in the Royal Navy, including a Swimming Test and a fitness assessment, is a pass or fail course

• Start training

  Once you’ve passed a Security Check, you’ll be offered a place at HMS Raleigh

Your Royal Navy career begins with 10 weeks’ basic training at HMS Raleigh, a shore base in Torpoint, Cornwall. The discipline, teamwork, organisational, firefighting and weapon handling skills you learn here will stay with you right through your career.

Aim to get as fit as possible before you arrive. You’ll be doing a lot of physical exercise, and you’ll find it much easier if you’re already in shape.

There's also a swimming test, so if you can't swim, make sure you learn by the time you join us.

After you’ve passed out of HMS Raleigh as an Able Rate, you'll continue with some basic seamanship training preparing you to be safe to go to sea.  Once this training is complete you will spend up to 6 months at sea in 'Marinisation Phase' here you will learn how the people you will police live in an unique environment.

When this is completed you'll spend 14 weeks at the Defence School of Policing and Guarding, completing the Royal Navy Police Initial Course (RNPIC). This includes modules on:

• Codes of conduct
• Policing duties
• Jurisdiction
• Forensics and crime scene investigation
• Disciplinary duties
• RNP administration

Completion of the RNPIC is when your career in the Royal Navy Police begins, you will receive your RNP Warrant Card, complete a leadership course and be promoted to Leading Hand RNP and join your first RNP Unit.

Between 15 and 24 months from passing the RNPIC you'll complete the Volume Crime Investigations Course (VCIC).