High demand role
This is a highly competitive role with a potential long lead time to join.
You may wish to consider joining the Royal Navy as a Survival Equipment Technician.or an Aircraft Controller.
Work with some of the most cutting-edge aircraft in existence as part of the team that keeps them flight ready.
This is a highly competitive role with a potential long lead time to join.
You may wish to consider joining the Royal Navy as a Survival Equipment Technician.or an Aircraft Controller.
The minimum you'll earn after training
Earn over this amount as you progress
I get to work with some of the most cutting-edge aircraft in existence, and without me they can’t fly. It’s a lot of responsibility, but it’s so satisfying too.
Brian
Naval Airman Aircraft Handler, Aviation branch
As a Naval Airman (Aircraft Handler), you’re responsible for safety whenever there’s aircraft on the deck or the ground. That means working with flight crews at Royal Naval Air Stations (RNAS), on our state-of-the-art warships, or even the new Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier. It’s a physical job where you’ll work outside in all conditions, but by making sure that our jets and helicopters are in the right place at the right time, you’ll be playing a key role in providing Royal Navy’s airborne capability.
From picking your role to starting on your first day, these are the steps you'll take to join as a rating.
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
Your Royal Navy career begins with 10 weeks’ initial 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.
You’ll spend six months at the Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose in Cornwall, working in an aircraft hangar or a flight deck team. You’ll learn to use the lifts, mechanical handlers and chocks and lashings used on board ship. You’ll also learn to fight fuel, hangar and aircraft fires.
When you’ve finished at RNAS, you’ll be posted to your first operational squadron.
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