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 Royal Marines Commando or an Engineering Technician.
Job Role
Physical Training Instructor
You will be the person responsible for organising and delivering sporting, fitness and adventurous training opportunities.
- £18,500 - £56,000
- No qualifications
- Surface Fleet
- Warfare
- Rating level
At a glance
As a Royal Navy Physical Trainer, you will be the person responsible for organising and delivering sporting, fitness and adventurous training opportunities, and for ensuring our people remain injury free and healthy.
6 weeks
Of paid holiday every year
Gain qualifications
Achieve recognised fitness and Adventurous Training qualifications
£23,496
Your minimum starting salary
Free
Medical and dental care
£56,383
Earn over this amount as you progress
Travel
All around the world
By joining as a direct entry Physical Training Instructor, it enabled me to join as a leader, empowering me to utilise my already established leadership qualifications.
Role details
What you’ll do
Throughout your career as a Physical Trainer you could be employed at Naval Bases, training establishments, Naval Air Stations and onboard Ships. You might be delivering a Royal Navy Fitness Test one day and organising a sporting event in an overseas national stadium the next. You’ll work alongside like minded people all committed to making a recognised contribution to improving the health and wellbeing of RN personnel, providing professional exercise and evidence-based lifestyle information as well as taking on vital executive duties in the process.
Your role
- Promote and deliver fitness, health and wellbeing
- Lead and manage sport and sports teams
- Lead and manage Adventurous Training
Pay & benefits
- A salary that rises to £23,496 after initial training
- Earn in excess of £56,383 as your career progresses
- Six weeks of paid holiday every year
- Free access to outstanding sport and recreation facilities
- Free medical and dental care
- Subsidised travel and accommodation
- Excellent pension scheme
Skills for life
Qualifications you'll gain
- Study for GCSEs, A-Levels, NVQs or a degree
- Gain industry recognised fitness qualifications
- Gain industry recognised Adventurous Training qualifications
- Gain national governing body sports coaching and officiating qualifications
Skills you'll develop
- Sports and exercise coaching
- Class taking/ Physical training Instruction for recruits and trained strength personnel
- Exercise physiology
- Administration
- Organising events
- Organising and delivering Adventurous Training expeditions
- Health behaviour change
Eligibility
- GCSE English Language and Maths Grade 4 and above - functional skills pass in these subjects are also acceptable
- Minimum colour perception standard of CP4
- Free from any criminal convictions
- You must be aged between 18 to 35
- A full UK Driving Licence covering manual vehicles must be held when you apply
- You must be a United Kingdom citizen or British Dual National. Dual Nationality restrictions do apply
- You must have lived in the UK for 5 years continuously prior to application
- Direct Entry PTI must pass a PT suitability board prior to entry, which is held during RN Candidate Course
- Pass the Naval Swimming Test
Skills & Interests
- Team player and independent thinker
- A passion for sport, fitness and outdoor activities
- Dedicated to helping people achieve their goals
- Physically and mentally fit
- Good organiser
- Strong communicator
- Willingness to continually develop yourself
Joining Process
From picking your role to starting on your first day, these are the steps you'll take to join as a rating.
Step 1
Submit an application
Once you’ve registered your interest and have satisfied the basic eligibility criteria, you will be sent an online application form
Step 2
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
Step 3
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
Step 4
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
Step 5
Start training
Once you’ve passed a Security Check, you’ll be offered a place at HMS Raleigh
Career Progression
From responsibilities to pay, find out where this role can take you.
Day one
You’ll spend 10 weeks at HMS RALEIGH, focusing on military and maritime skills which will be tested in a series of land and maritime training exercises.
Year one
Further training in seamanship, sea survival and leadership skills in preparation to pass Physical Training Aptitude.
First promotion
Become a Leading Physical Trainer
Second promotion
Specialise as an Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor or an Adventurous Training Leader
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